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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

Museum 2.0

Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Some are scrappy and iconoclastic, like the City Museum in St. Louis, whereas others are august stalwarts like the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Graduating Ally shares his unique perspective

ASU Lodestar Center

I was born the second oldest of six to a single mother on the north side of St. Louis, City. Where I lived, 16 family members in a three-bedroom home, mostly boys, you would think the house would be a rowdy environment. These clean-ups would inspire my family to host one of our own back home in St.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I''ve long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Louis Science Center. Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. It doesn''t mean that these teenagers are any less valuable to the St.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I've long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Louis Science Center. Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. It doesn't mean that these teenagers are any less valuable to the St.

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[VIDEO] First Steps to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Now!

Bloomerang

Who are we in the context of our community and the environment? Some questions to consider, how much have we shifted our program due to changes in the external environment? So first of all, the first question to think about is, who are we, in the context of our community and environment? Who are we? But it’s really.

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Open Letter to Arianna Huffington, Edward Rothstein, and Many Other Museum Critics

Museum 2.0

While both these articles have some reasonable points in them, the underlying argument reflects a bias about what museums are for. reflect the power and grandeur of their creators." I'm thinking of the tensions and lessons that come when an institution authentically engages with new audiences, as in the St.

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Cause Marketing or Cause Me To Puke Marketing? Interview with Scott Henderson

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Unfortunately, I had to cancel and asked Scott Henderson if he'd do on my behalf. I met Scott online over a conversation in the comments when I wrote some reflections about David Armano's personal fundraising campaign back in January. Louis sales manager for Kimball Office).

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