Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

For the purpose of this blog post I’ll discuss three key ingredients from my thesis that can activate community engagement in museum programs and how we apply this to programs at the MAH: assessing and responding to community assets and needs, building social capital, and inviting active participation.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

This list doesn't include many approaches that I see transforming museum audiences, like political activism, multilingual programming, intergenerational events, or cultural festivals. What does this list have in common?

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Audience Washington Museum Intergenerational 49

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 16, 2013

For us, annual attendance includes programmatic activities onsite and off. Why do we count participants in an art activity for families at a community center but not members of the Rotary Club to whom I give a presentation about the museum? as part of a meeting)?

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St. Louis Impact Museum Denver 55

Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

You want to spend the time thinking through ways that you can actively bring them into the work. You also want to think about how to actively leverage their networks. It offers an intergenerational experience. But you want to focus on enlisting them to participate with your organization. And they’re social savvy.

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Donor Video Boston Slides 131

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. We focus on people who are culturally curious, actively creative… but may not see a traditional arts institution as a place for them. For years, I’ve been associated with the idea of “visitor participation.”

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Community Build Museum Artist 20

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

AD: I think it is important to start by saying that the Women of Color Resource Center came out of a lot of political thinking and activism of the late '60s and '70s, when women of color really felt that it was important that their voices be heard in a movement that was largely dominated by men, and also white women and white allies.

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Resource Interview Policy Issue 40

Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

So you can follow this sort of volunteer continuum where we support activism, we have a young nonprofit professionals group, and we have ongoing leadership opportunities. .” We don’t want to forget you all. We see you here on the call, with your birthdays coming up and all of that.

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Professional Video Group St. Louis 57

The Verge

MARCH 25, 2022

Adapted from Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel of the same name, Apple TV Plus’ most ambitious project yet is a sublime epic that questions cultural identities, national histories, and intergenerational memory and mourning.

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Japan Children Childhood Culture 85

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It starts with destigmatizing the conversation, overcoming the perception that needing help makes you weak, and then actively seeking the support you need. They were too busy working and keeping a roof over our head to have time to deal with their mental and emotional issues,” he said in episode five of the Force Multiplier podcast.

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Conversation Children Campaign Intergenerational 111

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

It has the potential not only to help build or rebuild much-needed community support systems ravaged by this pandemic, but also — if designed intentionally — to be an integral part of the nation’s intergenerational poverty-interruption arsenal.

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National Service Americorp Intergenerational 52

VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

With five generations active in the workplace, there is a growing body of evidence from employers to show that co-generational programs foster innovation. Simply put, co-generational teamwork will not only strengthen the outcomes of the program in the communities it serves but also foster greater intergenerational respect among volunteers.

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Volunteer Intergenerational Generation Challenge 52

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

They allow donors to be actively involved and avoid the risks of perpetuating dynastic wealth. Numerous families have created intergenerational, philanthropically inclined heirs that lead, distribute, and manage the foundation for good. Spend-down funds offer an interesting dichotomy to the perpetual family foundation.

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Attention Fund Intergenerational Foundation 89