Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. Jen and I sat down to talk about building for teens, working the web, and the role of innovation in museums. The content starts with the teen team.

Interview 20

Interview Museum Teen Myspace 20

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. During the school year, they spend one day per week at the Taylor Center working on science projects and leading science programs for young children, seniors, and other community groups. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities.

St. Louis 45

St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. During the school year, they spend one day per week at the Taylor Center working on science projects and leading science programs for young children, seniors, and other community groups. Many YES teens don't come in with confidence about their own abilities.

St. Louis 53

St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2015

For example, they ran a campaign for teens to collect food for a Food Banks around the country. They interviewed them and found out that homeless teens want one thing – jeans. So they started a partnership with Arrow and campaign called “ Teens for Jeans.”. At DoSomething, they were getting text messages back from teens.

Learning 50

Learning Teen El Paso Homeless 50

Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

With 93 percent of teens online, 80 percent using social media, and 87 percent sleeping with their phones nearby – technology was a key option to helping find a solution. Proposed tech solutions were presented to a panel of judges who picked a winning solution.

Hosting 60

Hosting Proposal Teen Conference 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Mozilla Week of Service Begins September 14th: Mark your calendars and sign up to offer your geek skills to your local community for a service project this week. They're encouraging folks to submit proposals. (I'll be delivering the keynote, my first in a virtual 3d environment.). Projects working in the U.S.

Nptech 91

Nptech Social Media Ning Media 91

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 26, 2005

Last weekend I went to a great house party/fundraiser for Art in Action camp , a 10-day cultural boot camp for budding teen activists. Teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn and individuals (like you and me) fund the proposals. Pretty groovy, huh?

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Jordan Giving Proposal 40

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

That’s what got me started, writing grants for environmental projects. So there are projections that a lot of foundations made about 10% in profits that year off their assets. I wrote this one just a month or two ago about what to do with unsolicited proposals. And GPC stands for Grant Professional Certified. Now, the IRS.

Grant 97

Grant Video Donor Foundation 97

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School.

Voice 42

Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42