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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. Young, old, poor, rich, conservative, liberal, urban, rural, black, white, brown, red, yellow, gay, straight, preps, goths, rappers, artists, hippies, yuppies… you name it. Nonprofit movements have been born on MySpace. Apples and oranges.

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Sustaining Innovation Part 3: Interview With Sarah Schultz of the Walker Art Center

Museum 2.0

Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. What do you see that makes that possible--or not possible--in different situations? That said, the fact that we work with contemporary artists can also create a lot of stress in our institutional systems. That's how we build trust.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Alternatively, participants can all be given a sheet they need to fill in as they go to different tables. LGBT Pride Month (June, US). 2019 Start-Date: July 28).

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How Different Types of Museums Approach Participation

Museum 2.0

This post outlines what I see as the opportunities and challenges for different kinds of museums in pursuing participatory visitor engagement. Finally, many art museums do fabulous, highly participatory projects that are led by participatory artists who work specifically in the realm of dialogue or active social participation.

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Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

We've done this numerous times and it's taken different forms. This picture is from the "Chalk Art Phase" last summer in which we would write loving messages on chalk - Lilly is the artist, I'm the lookout and embellisher. We heard gossip later about how pleased and mystified people were!

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Authenticity and Demystifying the Artistic Process: Walker Art Center Blogs - Part 2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, for a museum that is presenting contemporary art -- anything that helps us demystify the artistic process and better understand the art is, in my opinion, a good thing. We started blogging to give a online to a lot of different. For example, this one about the exhibition called: " The Table." audiences via the internet.

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