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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. The Field Museum Store offers gifts for those interested in science and cultural, natural, and human history. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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"It Is What It Is," and the Challenges of Dialogue-Focused Exhibits

Museum 2.0

Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." Living Library events consistently draw visitors and are packed with people having intense, messy conversations about culture, politics, and human relations.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

I remember being seven years old and learning about the Vietnam War and writing a letter to the President of the United States. I think what I want to say now is, really, that this work, albeit very sophisticated and strategic, there's just something about humanity and the world that we live in that I have always, since I was a little kid.

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Ask Britt: How can I combine the creative arts with social impact?

Have Fun - Do Good

Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. FiftyCrows Foundation eschews these media politics and prioritizes social awareness by using arrestingly real, timely photographic images as a catalyst for education, cultural understanding and social action."

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Mobile Storytelling: An Evolving Story

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I don’t have an identity grounded in an single culture, nation or land. Interactive artist, Jonathan Harris is an amazing story teller. " He has worked in Alexandria, Korea, Vietnam, and currently Seattle. At one time, I would have referred to this as being nomadic. Our Stories. What kind of story would that tell?