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HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to FourSquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Add the Tags “nonprofit&# and “nonprofit organization&# and “charity&# , as well as any other Tags relevant to your organization and its mission (human rights, environment, peace, etc.). The default is that all Tags appear in lowercase. Very important: Add the city and state of your organization as a Tag.

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City Museum Video Contest: Cool Idea. What Happened?

Museum 2.0

A couple months ago, I read with great excitement about the St. Louis City Museum's amateur video contest. Louis film blogs and websites picked up the story. I'm not in St. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0 Unfortunately, you can't read the press release I saw; it isn't on their website anymore. follow-through.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

It was started in 2003 and is run by Mark Allen and a collective of artists, many of whom have also been applying their talents by performing "interventions" at formal art institutions including LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Tags: Unusual Projects and Influences.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

Museum 2.0

Some are scrappy and iconoclastic, like the City Museum in St. Louis, whereas others are august stalwarts like the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Tags: children's museums design business models. Trying to cover it up or smooth it out in favor of "best practices" does a disservice to the museum and the audience.

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What Makes an Innovative Idea Actionable?

Museum 2.0

Peter commented, I did hear from several people that the museum folks who loved visiting the City Museum when they were in St. Louis were quick to add, 'It's not a museum.' Tags: evaluation design Unusual Projects and Influences. Ticket sales reports? Does it need to take place in a venue similar to yours?

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Straddling the Comfort Zone

Museum 2.0

Some places, like the St. Louis City Museum, are able to offer a high level of comfort with a low level of safety. Tags: inclusion. So few experiences (museum or otherwise) encourage social, civic engagement. But I also appreciate the fact that inclusion in museums isn't just about participation--it's about safety as well.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I've long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Louis Science Center. It doesn't mean that these teenagers are any less valuable to the St. Louis Science Center or society as a whole than others. In the case of the St.