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Giving in America: A look at philanthropy’s history and a unique Candid connection

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About a month ago, Candid was tagged in a social media post from someone who had visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. Empower Young Children through Philanthropy – guest blog post by Vincent Law, CEO and Founder at PhilanthroKids Academy. As you might know, the English word ‘Philanthropy’ has a Greek origin.

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What’s trending? Top subject searches in Candid nonprofit profiles 

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These subject areas are derived from Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System. Here we provide a snapshot of what’s been trending. and whether your profile might benefit from a review and update. We’re focusing on subject areas because this controlled vocabulary is consistent and can be accurately ranked.

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Worst of Museums for this Decade

Museum 2.0

These two adages were both in my mind last week when I asked people for the worst museum trends. In this decade museums worst trends were in labor and tech: 1. Susan Spero brought up the cost tuition rises had to the field: The rise in tuition which in turn has meant that museum studies programs have taken a huge hit.

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Museum Work

Museum 2.0

While many American museums require 37.5 The whole issue of wages gets at the heart of the faulty systems of capitalism, the culture of women’s work, and museums as privilege-concentrating institutions. In the last twenty years, or so, professionalization has changed museum work. Not the work we do, but the ways we do that work.

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Audience Engagement Conversation at Western Museums Association

Museum 2.0

The Western Museum Association was kind enough to invite me to speak on a panel about engagement at their annual meeting in Boise. Phillip’s early remark about museums was an invocation for everyone. As an outsider, he immediately saw that museums were operating “under a business model that doesn’t work.” We need to change.

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[Webinar] Major Gifts: Asking in the Age of Zoom

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Named a top-25 fundraising consultant by Philanthropy Media in 2016, Diane Remin, MBA, is the President of MajorDonors.com. She founded MajorDonors.com eleven years ago to help small-to-mid-sized nonprofits with limited resources boost their revenues, with an eye toward major gifts.

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