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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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Carolyn has many years of hands-on experience working in the trenches of nonprofit fundraising across Texas and beyond. CA: Those who have asked are of all ages, backgrounds, and life experiences. It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. Are there a lot of people looking to change careers?

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One Small Step for Detroit, One Giant Leap for Museum Ethics (Maybe)

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Over the past three years, the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) has served as the museum poster child for the debate on the public value of the arts. Last year, the DIA was saved from financial crisis by voters in its three neighboring counties who elected to take on an additional property tax to support the museum.

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Things We Like (September 2014)

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Truer words … If you feel like (re)making history, the British Museum is looking for help to create its own digital clone in Minecraft. Experiment coming live to a zucchini or watermelon near you. Raise your glass for the RFP drinking game if you’re frustrated by proposal guidelines.

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Becoming Generous Thieves: Notes from the Museums in Conversation Keynote

Museum 2.0

On Monday, I gave the keynote at the Museums in Conversation conference in Tarrytown, NY. I learned to cultivate creative greed while working on Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum, where I was lucky to be working on a project that was so new to us that we didn't have any pre-established models or structures for doing it.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." hour at the Museum. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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Top Tips for an Amazing 15NTC

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With 100+ sessions to choose from, a packed social event calendar, and long attendee list, how do you make the most of your conference experience? For a historic outing, Carolyn Appleton proposes a self-guided tour of the Texas State Capital. Experience uniquely Austin sights. Austin also has a terrific street art scene.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I did a roundup of nonprofit panel proposals a few weeks back and wanted to give you an updated list. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. Museum APIs: What Are They Good For?