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

Museum 2.0

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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Being Open and Personal – Joining the Museum Trends of 2015

Connection Cafe

Trendswatch 2015 , the annual forecasting report from the Center for the Future of Museums , is now available! So when AAM and Blackbaud hosted Trends Watch 2015: Using Open Data and Personalization at Museums with Elizabeth Merritt , Michael Edson , and Stephen Watson , attending it was a definite no-brainer!

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Publicize volunteer grant opportunities. Or, if you’re a certified public accountant, you might be willing to lend your services to a nonprofit during tax season.

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One Nonprofit’s Anniversary Celebration Turns into a Bright Idea

NonProfit Hub

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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One Nonprofit’s Anniversary Celebration Turns into a Bright Idea

NonProfit Hub

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: Storytelling and Collaborative Video

Tech Soup

His writings and photographs have been published in print and online with the BBC , Guardian , Adbusters , the Sarai Reader , Glimpse Magazine , Next American City , Focus on the Global South , Alternet , and Grist. Berkeley, Stanford, United Nations University, New York University, UC.

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Book Club Part 3: Museums Seeking Definition

Museum 2.0

This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. First published in Curator magazine in 2002, this essay presents five different museum "types" and their distinct opportunities and challenges.

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