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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. Specific comments on the proposed Clearinghouse. Specific comments on the proposed Chairman’s Awards. It’s not clear that money awards would be an important driver of this Phase: the gift of attention to the issue would be the main payoff.

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Participation Starts with Staff: The Ruru Revolution

Museum 2.0

Ruth is a curator of pictorial collections for Puke Ariki, a museum/library/visitor center in the small city of New Plymouth, New Zealand. Puke Ariki has about 70 full-time staff members, of whom 10 work for the museum, and the institution is pretty siloed. Where do you start? Ruth Harvey has a brilliant solution to this problem.

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5 Ways Nonprofit Facebook Messenger Bots Can Deliver Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Museum Visitor Experience. Museums have been all over bots on other platforms, see the Momabot on Twitter for example. So, it comes as no surprise that Museums have been early adopters of Facebook Messenger Bots. The Australia Democracy Museum also has a Facebook Messenger Bot, with similar objectives. The Pop Bot.

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How Networked Nonprofit Use Facebook SMARTly

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The “ Valid Metrics Grid &# is a proposed standard being debated by measurement professionals, but can help guide your thinking. It looks at communications in three phases with each having specific metrics. The big mistake that many organizations make is that they stop at the “attention” phase of the ladder of Facebook love.

Facebook 101
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What we are called to do now

Museum 2.0

There’s power in giving ourselves permission to be the one to imagine the next phase…what am I contributing to what comes next?” — adrienne maree brown To be clear: I am an abolitionist. The city of Seattle continues to propose an income tax that is, in my opinion, incredibly fair. Does it need to happen?

Seattle 48
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The HEROES Act – How This Proposed Legislation Could Provide Relief to Social Good Organizations

Connection Cafe

As with most legislation, it is unlikely that this bill will become a law in its current form as passed by the House, however it begins a conversation among the House, Senate and Administration on the next phase of COVID-19 relief. Here are a few of the amendments proposed by the HEROES Act –.