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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

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Beecher Hicks III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville, TN. NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. Technology enables us to be as national as our name implies.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

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Beecher Hicks III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville, TN. NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. Technology enables us to be as national as our name implies.

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Covid-19 and Museum

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As a Historic Interpreter for Telfair Museums, I would lead visitors through the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters on a 45 minute guided tour of antebellum Savannah history discussing politics and urban slavery. When the Museum closed I was expecting the next few weeks to be different. I set up digital lunches.

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22 Must-Circle Nonprofits on Google+

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Most nonprofits are still experimenting to discover their Google+ voice and hone in on a frequency of publishing content to the stream that makes Google+ both viable long-term and worth the time spent exploring Google+. To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook. Children’s National Medical Center.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: I Am An Elitist Jerk

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This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 I went to Wyoming and learned that I am an elitist when it comes to national parks. It’s an uncomfortable truth which is forcing me to examine my arguments for inclusivity, access, and populism in museums. blog posts from the past. It’s true. They are elitist jerks!

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

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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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10 Types of Planned Gifts Your Team Should Understand

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Try using this language on your Ways to Give page or planned giving microsite—here’s an example from the National Museum of Wildlife Art. For nonprofits, it’s an extremely helpful way to diversify and stabilize their revenue streams. They’re also framed in appealing ways that emphasize the benefits donors receive from them.

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