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Mentor Collective shakes off its boots to scale student support services

TechCrunch

Mentorship is a crucial ingredient to a student’s success. The startup, founded by Jackson Boyar and James Lu Morrissey , began by pairing up students with mentors virtually, and over time has added more structure and management to its marketplace. It also works with corporations such as Wells Fargo.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. The Denver Foundation. The Kresge Foundation. Kars4Kids Foundation.

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Defining Impact Beyond Attendance Numbers at the MCA Denver

Museum 2.0

I've always been a bit confused when people talk about the impact of a museum or arts institution as being about "more than numbers." I was visiting with Adam Lerner, Director and Chief Animator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Adam and his colleagues are more like a conceptual art collective than arts administrators.

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The Hat Trick: Aligning Your School’s Three Revenue Teams

sgEngage

While net tuition revenue makes up the majority of a private or independent school’s revenue—typically 70 to 80%—most don’t charge what it actually costs to educate a student. This includes recruiting more middle- and lower-income students who require financial aid, which increases fundraising dependency.

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Guest Post: Using Participation to Solve a Design Problem at the Carnegie Museum of Art

Museum 2.0

I'm on the road this week, with speaking gigs in Oslo, Denver, Charlotte, and Roanoke (join the NAMP livestream on Sunday at 9:25am PT here ). I'm thrilled to share this brilliant guest post by Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Reassert the "forum"? Who doesn't like a mini version of something?)

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End of Year Smatterings and Inspirations

Museum 2.0

In that spirit, I offer a few things that have excited me in recent weeks: The MCA Denver Holiday Video is out, and it is very, very good. I have felt in the past that some of the MCA's holiday videos were a bit too pretentious, but this year's edition is full of joy and a message that really reflects what they do in Denver.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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