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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES students defy expectations.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES students defy expectations.

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Building Community Bridges: A "So What" Behind Social Participation

Museum 2.0

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

Museum 2.0

We''re more successful when we target particular communities or audiences and design experiences for them. What started as a series of experiments and happy accidents is now embedded in how we develop and evaluate projects. It''s impossible for any organization or business to do a great job being for everyone.

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

Museum 2.0

Going to MAH and seeing the LOVE exhibition on First Friday was a wonderful experience. We experimented with many different forms of visitor participation throughout the building, trying to balance social and individual, text-based and artistic, cerebral and silly. Some are conceptual (i.e. making a special gift).

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

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The Create Amazing fundraising thermometer blends in perfectly with their minimalist black and white site theme, as well: The website also conveys a sense of community and stewardship with its donor call-out section By adding filters to each image, Create Amazing stayed on brand, highlighting their attention to detail and strategic design approach.