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Why do we keep working in museums?

Museum 2.0

TL;DR A lot of really shitty people hate museums and hate that museums would even attempt social justice therefore museums are okay, maybe. It is well documented that most jobs in museums pay poorly. Gainful, full time museum employment is also notoriously difficult and competitive.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland. One of them was the curator of the world largest archaeological museum, Grand Egyptian Museum. At one of the pre-conference master classes, I met 2 young women from Cairo. It was her first time to attend such a large conference. I was there as a new trainer.

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Member Round Up: Research, Reports, and a chance to win FREE registration to 2014 SXSW!

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In other Blackbaud news, npVOICES episode #6 is now available, featuring Roger Craver with The Agitator and DonorTrends, Will Cary with the Portland Museum of Art, and Amy Braiterman with Blackbaud. Read more about the research project and, even better, take part in the survey ! Check out their blog to see what they''ve learned.

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Jen Lemen Raises Over $3,000 in 24 Hours for Rwanda Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jen Lemen is a writer, illustrator, blogger and immigrant advocate living in Silver Spring, Maryland. s essays have appeared in Good Housekeeping, The Huffington Post and Imagining Ourselves, an online exhibit founded by Paula Goldmanfor the International Museum of Women in San Francisco.

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#GivingTuesday: The Arts & Culture Way

Connection Cafe

Example: The Maryland Zoo joined #GivingZOOday and asked donors to allocate their funds to a certain species. Let the donor choose: A great way to increase donor participation is by letting them choose which area of your organization to support. They are encouaring donors to share on their behalf, broadcasting their goals.

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Notes on Structure Lab: Legal and Financial Models for Social Entrepeneurship

Museum 2.0

It also helped me identify people I should be spending more time with in the short term (and it made me think of you, Museum 2.0 B Corp is newer--right now it's a national trustmark (a certification, like organic), though Maryland just passed a law making "benefit corporation" a legal designation. Finally, we looked at assets.

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Game Friday: I Feel. Connected?

Museum 2.0

I'd love to see this in a museum with Jeff Han's touch technology--the thoughts and feelings of all kinds of visitors, grouped in all kinds of ways. The college student in Maryland feels ambivalent. You can compare the most frequently cited feelings in the last few hours across different metrics. The Findings page is just numbers.

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