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A Few Social and Collaborative Fundraising Approaches

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was developed by Carnet Williams, a serial nonprofit social entrepreneur/techie, who I tracked down for an interview many months ago. In a recent interview with Cityzen Jane, she described an experiment where she was trying to convince her executive director that social networking can boost fundraising. ll do it, but only if you???ll

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

I went to two science centers, one huge (Museum of Science Boston) and one tiny (Acton Science Discovery Museum), and told them: "I'll work for you for free for three months, and then let's talk about whether you are going to pay me." By the spring of 2003 I felt I'd learned what I could in Boston and tried to figure out where to go next.

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5 Games Supporting Nonprofits’s Missions, from Low-Tech to High-Tech

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government and encouraging participatory democracy. The Senate Immersion Module will launch in Boston in March, at the opening of the EMK Institute. ” Senate Immersion Module. Created by ESI Design, the 100-player Senate Immersion Module game was made for the Edward M.

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The Story of Stuff: An Inspiring Example of A Network in Action

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week at the TechSoup Global Summit , I had an opportunity to meet Annie Leonard and do a quick interview about their lessons learned working as a networked. 2) Networks are participatory. People have spray painted the URL on bus stops. Building Relationships. They can get millions of people to help, not just paid staff. (3)

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

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But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. I interviewed Jim Spadaccini and he told me that initially more people had viewed the photos in flickr versus the exhibition web site. They are sensitive to the artists who are being judged.

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How Your Museum Can Be an Online First Responder

Museum 2.0

Imagine you are the Boston Museum of Science, and you are ready to make some videos to post on YouTube. When I search for "Boston Museum of Science" on YouTube, I find 83 videos. The Boston Museum of Science could start their own YouTube channel and post videos about whatever they want. marketing participatory museum.

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Great Conversationalists: Reflections on Being a Dial-a-Stranger

Museum 2.0

I still get fidgety listening to the podcast, but now I see it as an artifact of a supremely conducted participatory project rather the sole product of the process. And they made me appreciate them as superb facilitators as a particular kind of participatory experience: conversation with strangers. They really cared about me.