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Curtis Memorial Library: A Tradition of Local Support

DipJar

They’re so much more than book museums. Laptops and hotspots were offered. More power stations and a laptop bar. She showed and explained the DipJar to Elizabeth Doucett, the library’s director. At DipJar, we love our customers. Knowing our technology is working to support so many meaningful missions is really satisfying.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. We were lucky enough to have a fabulous space for the workshop in the Contemporary Jewish Museum. We arranged for wifi in the room and asked participants to bring their laptops).

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. Environmental Impact. Challenges. Images: Braided River.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. Environmental Impact. Challenges.

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Once Just Isn???t Enough| How to Keep Constituents Engaged Beyond their First Visit

Connection Cafe

Make sure you have a signup sheet, flyer, tablet, or laptop at the event. Offer visitors a discount on tickets to visit your museum, zoo, or aquarium. Create a contest giving away a dinner with your executive director, a donated experience from a board member, or any other item or experience constituents would value.

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

Tech Soup

The nonprofit creates books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Maryn Winn, the cofounder and executive director of the Shoreline Solar Project, says: "I can't imagine life without TechSoup." This story was written by Jim Lynch, director of green technology at TechSoup.