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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

In Uganda, a group of young people made incredible, heartfelt postcards filled with glitter and cut up magazine pictures to send to women in the Congo. Our grassroots campaign involves all ages from teens to seniors.

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Vote Today, Watch on Thanksgiving: 2009 CNN Heroes

Have Fun - Do Good

Personally, I voted for Betty Makoni (pictured left), because I was moved when I read her story in Paola Gianturco's book, Women Who Light the Dark , and when I heard her story again while interviewing Paola for the Big Vision Podcast. Even if you don't get a chance to vote, you can still watch the show on Thanksgiving.

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Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil

Museum 2.0

Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. Jen and I sat down to talk about building for teens, working the web, and the role of innovation in museums. The content starts with the teen team.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Reach Babyboomers with Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I told the story about posting a video interview with my dad (who was 86 at the time) on YouTube about his first blog post and how I discovered a community of "older" people using YouTube. many of the tools have similar elements - status updates, profile pictures, short bios. Is it only younger people who are using social media.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

Museum 2.0

I went to the library today and wanted to find pictures of houses to give me some ideas and I’m going to Paris so I wanted a book on that. One person commented about how he loved growing up in DC as a teen and generally using the Smithsonian as a playground. Put the internet inside the museum next to the picture and leave you alone.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Since beginning her career, the immensely talented Ava DuVernay has experienced some significant "firsts" - she was the first African American female director to receive a Golden Globe nomination and the first to have her film, Selma , nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture - but she's not finished yet. Future Sheroes.

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Backwards Interview: My Advice for Incorporation of Web 2.0 into Museums

Museum 2.0

But every once in a while, it's nice to go back to the big picture. If you had one youth educator, would you expect them to develop and run overnights AND scout programs AND teen programs AND toddler programs AND outreach AND… of course not. interview Core Museum 2.0 Most of the time this blog focuses on individual aspects of 2.0

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