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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

Museum 2.0

This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums. You can download the research report and find out about the research model, methods, analysis and implications for the field.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

The purpose of my thesis was two-fold: To research and analyze community and civic engagement practices, methods, theories and examples in other museum programs. This can be accomplished through a variety of feedback methods conducted both inside and outside the museum.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

As we developed new 3rd Friday community festivals , we were careful to design them as intergenerational experiences. Clarity of goals, methods, and measures enables us to proudly and honestly pursue the work that we think is most important. When I first came to the museum, it was not perceived as a family-friendly place.

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Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Often, our approach to social media had been the “spaghetti method” – we threw things up. possible solutions to the problem of intergenerational poverty. At that time, we only had about 100 Twitter followers – many of them local businesses trying to get us to follow them – and 175 Facebook fans. against the wall to see what stuck.

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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

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And Derrick said, “Millennials are working to fix the problems they see in society using non-traditional methods without waiting around for anyone else’s approval or participation. Right now, millennials believe in organizations and in other ways to effect change. Together, millennials and nonprofits can create solutions. .”