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Straddling the Comfort Zone

Museum 2.0

Some places, like the St. Louis City Museum, are able to offer a high level of comfort with a low level of safety. Supportive facilitators?) So few experiences (museum or otherwise) encourage social, civic engagement. But the City Museum experience is more physical than emotional or intellectual. overcome the lack of others?

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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. In the summer, they spend 8 weeks working full-time at the Taylor Center learning and facilitating public programs. What does it take to make that happen?

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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. In the summer, they spend 8 weeks working full-time at the Taylor Center learning and facilitating public programs. The Taylor Center is a testbed for the St.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

This summer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published the kind of "how sausage is made" story that rarely gets written about the arts. It''s about museum attendance and how the five big, free museums in St. Louis count it. Louis Science Center''s mission is to "ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning."

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Less a conference than a facilitated retreat, the 2016 gathering will encourage the active and full engagement of all participants. CSPRC / St. Louis, MO / Price TBA. Netroots Nation / St. Louis, MO / Less than $500. Entrepreneurship. The 2016 Just Giving Conference. The 2016 Just Giving Conference. Apr 19 - 21.

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

Bloomerang

It may be that, for some organizations, a really large strategic planning process would include hiring an outside facilitator, doing a. Hiring an outside facilitator, spending six to nine months, and, you know, reviewing all of your programs. Steven: Next week, our buddy Maryanne Dersch from St. oh, thank you for that.

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