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The Living Library: Using Our Institutions as New Models for Civic Dialogue

Museum 2.0

A platform for museum staff to serve as facilitators of safe spaces for difficult conversations? The Living Library was conceived in Denmark in 2000 as a way to engage youth in dialogue about ending violence by encouraging people to meet their prejudices and fears in a safe, fun, facilitated environment. well, you know.

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5 Advantages of Grants Management Software

sgEngage

From reports in a PDF to emails letting you know of a staff change, storing information in a grants management system gives everyone access to the information who needs it—the data is not tied up in one person’s email or cloud storage. Are you looking at incorporating more participatory grantmaking principles?

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The annual conference PDF Poland-Central Eastern Europe has become the biggest European event devoted to technology, democracy and civic engagement providing space of debate for participants from more than 25 countries. Entrepreneurship. The 2016 Just Giving Conference. The 2016 Just Giving Conference. Apr 19 - 21.

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Gov 2.0, Shirky & Local Communities

Amy Sample Ward

David Wilcox and I are getting ready for iterations on Social by Social - the first two being applications of the lessons learned and strategies for using social media shared in Social by Social ( read online or download the PDF for free, or buy your hardcopy ) in local communities and the same for local government. of other projects.

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