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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

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Imagine you've just been tasked with developing an innovative, future-thinking national museum for your country's history. Blueprint is the story of a group of people who tried to create a Dutch Museum of National History (INNL). It's hardly a model for an entirely new approach to museum design. Where would you start?

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Launching the First Wave of the OF/BY/FOR ALL Change Network

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We've see this model succeed at the MAH and at other community-centered organizations around the world. The model we landed on was movement building. We're excited about this movement-building model for three reasons: It taps diverse sources of expertise. We want to share the methods and tools that make it work. Consulting.

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Anyone Who Says this isn't a Business is Nuts.

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In the Netherlands, State Secretary for Culture Halbe Zijlstra slashed 200 million euros from the national budget for the arts, leading to the close of the innovative National History Museum project and crippling many superbly inventive and inspiring organizations like Mediamatic and the Waag Society.

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Innovation and the Future of Science Centers: Your Thoughts Wanted

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I look at the skunkworks model for non-sweeping change. And Beverly takes a broad view from a national perspective. As is the fashion these days, we're trying to avoid the standard 15 minutes of powerpoint drudgery apiece and present something a bit more engaging. Please join the conversation started in the voicethread below.

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[VIDEO] Best Practices for Recurring Donor Acquisition

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Sixty percent of younger donors are on some type of subscription model, whether it’s Netflix, or a meal service, or whatever it is. Again, I’m from the Netherlands, and I saw another person who was also Dutch, well, we’re used to giving our bank account information everywhere. And more donors can give.

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