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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.”

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here. The shelvers tonight come from the ranks of the Chicago Public Library and the Chicago Public Schools’ libraries.

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Online Fundraising Ideas (7 Strategies & 63% More Donations)

Nonprofits Source

Custom Facebook Audiences. Custom Facebook audiences are an effective way to leverage your existing email lists. They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Instead of uploading their entire list, EDF first segmented it into 2 groups: Giving History. Had a 55% increased conversion rate.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

I'm fascinated by these places because of their ability to attract diverse audiences to idiosyncratic experiences, and I'm curious how they stay afloat. From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences.

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A Decade of Museums and Museum Work

Museum 2.0

I love alternative history novels. I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored.

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Thriving in the Knowledge Age: Interview with John Falk and Beverly Sheppard, Part 1

Museum 2.0

While at times wonkish, the book is also energetically adamant that museums need to change in several significant ways to be valuable and relevant to their audiences. I encourage you to share your own questions and thoughts in the comments, and of course, to read this excellent and challenging book.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'll be using a new online learning platform that I haven't used before and the participants are a slightly different audience than nonprofit staff or at least I think. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. I'm nervous.

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