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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

It was started in 2003 and is run by Mark Allen and a collective of artists, many of whom have also been applying their talents by performing "interventions" at formal art institutions including LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. In other words, they're not pretentious.

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What Makes an Innovative Idea Actionable?

Museum 2.0

We all felt like the process was too alien to our work environments, too hard to sell, too hard to integrate. So that's one big reason innovations don't get integrated: they are just too foreign to our standard practices and work environments. Louis were quick to add, 'It's not a 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. On average, we were able to serve around 250+ students a day between the two schools.

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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. What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. YES students defy expectations.

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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. What started with 15 students in 1997 has grown to support 200 students per year. YES students defy expectations.

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Game Friday: Lessons in Environmental Storytelling from an Imagineer

Museum 2.0

Carson argues that environments have to answer two user questions immediately: “Where am I?” If a person can confidently answer both these questions, he or she is ready and open to experience the environment without constantly wondering how they are supposed to feel or what they are supposed to do. The City Museum of St.

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

Bloomerang

I have actually one of my students on the on this call which is fabulous. For anyone who’s been my student or come to my trainings, I’m really focused on usable knowledge. Who are we in the context of our community and the environment? I do run the Cal State East Bay Nonprofit Management Certificate Program.

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