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Introducing the 2013 Communities of Impact

NTEN

As Amy wrote recently, many of you have told us that 2013 will be the year you really tackle the data at your organizations. (If The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data.

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Three Nonprofits Pioneering Responsive Web Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

All that said, if your nonprofit is currently in the process of redesigning your website or it’s on the list for 2013, then please prioritize making your website compatible for the Mobile Web. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh :: pittsburghkids.org. World Wildlife Fund :: worldwildlife.org. Smartphone.

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On White Privilege and Museums

Museum 2.0

I write this piece in good faith about the organizations I know best: museums. The vast majority of American museums are institutions of white privilege. The popular reference point for what a museum is--a temple for contemplation--is based on a Euro-centric set of myths and implies a white set of behaviors.

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4 Ways Museums Can Engage Millennials

Achieve

What do Millennials want from a museum experience? Museum development officers and marketing professionals are all wondering if members of the Millennial generation (born after 1979) will support museums like our parents did. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) seems to think we won’t. The New York Times.

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Nonprofit Technology News for August 2013

Tech Soup

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Historical societies and museums might especially benefit from using this app. Now, here's the latest: Email. Images: Shutterstock.

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Guest Post by Porchia Moore: Performing Blackness--Museums, Mammies, and Me

Museum 2.0

Kara Walker, The Emancipation Approximation (Scene 18) This guest post was written by Porchia Moore, a third year doctoral candidate in Library Science and Museum Management at the University of South Carolina. I was first exposed to Porchia’s work in the fall 2013 issue of Exhibitionist. Henry is not the typical museum professional.

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New Approach, Historic Mission: Remaking a Factory Museum via Community Co-Production

Museum 2.0

But not enough people care about it anymore, and the museum is fading into disrepair. The Silk Mill is part of the Derby Museums , a public institution of art, history, and natural history. Many people would look at the world''s oldest mechanized silk mill and say that the core content of the museum is silk. What do you do?

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