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A Guide to bbcon 2021 Virtual for Arts & Cultural Organizations

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bbcon 2021 Virtual , happening October 13–15, will bring together thousands of arts & cultural professionals from zoos, museums, aquaria, performing arts organizations, gardens, and beyond for three days of cutting-edge thought leadership, virtual peer networking and unforgettable experiences.

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The Marriage of Art and Technology - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

AFP Blog

The Marriage of Art and Technology - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : "Suitable Technologies recently partnered with eight U.S. The storytelling, history, and objects translate beautifully to a Beam visit,” explained Ch" 'via Blog this' museums to create virtual experiences for visitors. Museums are the perfect space for Beam experiences.

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Saving the California Condor: A Collective Impact Story

ASU Lodestar Center

After a contentious and much-publicized debate, the decision was made to capture all remaining wild condors and bring them to the San Diego and Los Angeles Zoos for captive breeding. An ornithologist and manager at the San Diego Zoo, he was involved in the conservation effort for many years and was a proponent of captive breeding.

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Balancing Engagement: Adventures in Participatory Exhibit Labels

Museum 2.0

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum recently loaned us some fabulous surfboards that tell the co-mingled history of surfing and redwood trees in Santa Cruz. We blatantly borrowed the brilliant technique the San Diego Museum of Natural History used to write labels based on visitors’ questions. how did they ride the plank?”

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Brief History of Hash Tags Chris Messina ( @chrismessina) is credited with starting hashtags and has written about how to make them most useful. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag. engaging in conversation, finding it more useful as a social media tool).

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Charitable Giving in Higher Education: A Conversation with CASE’s Sue Cunningham

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On a positive note, evidenced by the history we have seen through six decades of the CASE VSE, philanthropic giving roughly mirrors the stock market, so the strength of the stock market over time has buoyed educational philanthropy. Public institutions fared slightly better than their private counterparts in our most recent survey.

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Does the Most Powerful Work Live Onstage or Behind the Scenes?

Museum 2.0

Let's say your organization has a mission to increase X (art, healthy kids, clean water, community cohesiveness, etc.). On the other hand, in onstage mode, we could present more highly visible opportunities for people to be empowered and connected through art and history.