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Developing a Participatory, Provocative History Project at a Small Museum in Minnesota: Interview with Mary Warner

Museum 2.0

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. How do we get the history of the poor?

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Technology to Help You Vote

NTEN

These hotlines are also great resources if voters have trouble casting their ballots: 866-OUR-VOTE (687-8683) 888-VE-Y-VOTA (839-8682) Voter guides and sample ballots Nonpartisan voter guides can be found from your Secretary of State, League of Women Voters, major newspaper or a voter education partner in your state ( an example from Minnesota ).

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The Intersection of Marketing and Fundraising: Tips from the Autism Society of Minnesota, a CauseVox Nonprofit

CauseVox

So when their day job employer, the Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM), decided to start using CauseVox for their peer-to-peer fundraising, Zephyr was all in. Zephyr James is not your average CauseVox user: they have a bit of an unfair advantage, because they wrote CauseVox education materials for years. So what is a toolkit?

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How To Put Social Fundraising On Steroids: Community Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Giving Days have been a proven technique to raise millions of dollars and generate attention for the local nonprofit community. The grandfather of all Giving Days – Give the Max Day in Minnesota has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009.

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Member Round Up: Working Together!

NTEN

Thank you, Debra Askanase, Chris Bernard, Rick Birmingham, Britt Bravo, Barbara Buswell, Gavin Clabaugh, Martin Dooley, Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Paula Jones, John Kenyon, Kivi Leroux Miller, Julie Macalik, John Merritt, Laura Quinn, Amy Sample Ward, Ash Shepard, and Michael Stein ! Read about all the ways Change.org is supporting impact !

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Last Day to Register for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference at the Regular Rate!

NTEN

Minnesota , who says: I was very fortunate to attend last year's conference and I was blown. That's just a tiny sampling of the 90+ sessions you can attend. The conference fee -- currently $459 for NTEN Members -- goes up after March. You'll meet folks like Hussein Farah, from the African Development Center in. to have some.

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5 Essential Controls for Charities during the Holiday Giving Season

Connection Cafe

In my state, Minnesota, we have a “Give to the Max Day” to encourage giving to nonprofits and schools before Thanksgiving. The unofficial kickoff of the charitable giving season occurs on Giving Tuesday, which takes place the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday here in the United States.

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