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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients

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With the support of volunteers, we are able to effectively engage with individuals experiencing homelessness in D.C. while providing them with the essentials they need,” said Andrea Scallon, Director of Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning, Miriam’s Kitchen. “Volunteers are crucial to the work we do at Miriam’s Kitchen.

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MuseumCamp 2014: Experiments in Social Impact Assessment

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MuseumCamp is an annual professional development event at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in which teams of diverse, creative people work on quick and dirty projects on a big theme. The San Lorenzo Levee group used movement of homeless people as an indicator of social disruption. It strengthens your community.

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Art Brings People Together: Measuring the Power of Social Bridging

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The book of the same title that he edited is rocking my world, both as a museum professional who cares about inclusion and as a new mother. So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact. This blog is about shared learning, and I went to engineering school.

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What Are Admin Expenses?

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It doesn’t matter if your mission is educating your members about the artwork in your museum, providing scholarships for children to attend your school, or buying warm coats for homeless families; when you spend money on those activities, you’re justifying your own existence by improving your community.

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What Are Admin Expenses?

Connection Cafe

It doesn’t matter if your mission is educating your members about the artwork in your museum, providing scholarships for children to attend your school, or buying warm coats for homeless families; when you spend money on those activities, you’re justifying your own existence by improving your community.

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We Need Fewer Bottom Lines in Nonprofits

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ending chronic homelessness"), we measure lots of things. I''ve been thinking about all of this recently because I''m in the midst of negotiating a partnership with a for-profit real estate developer to enhance a public plaza adjacent to my museum. business models evaluation institutional change'

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