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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

In "The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty" , Princeton University professor Peter Singer famously highlights one study in which individuals who were shown a picture of a girl named Rokia and told her story were willing to give far more than when asked to help three million hungry children in Malawi. We never backed down.

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How Different Types of Museums Approach Participation

Museum 2.0

Recently, I was giving a presentation about participatory techniques at an art museum, when a staff member raised her hand and asked, "Did you have to look really hard to find examples from art museums? Aren't art museums less open to participation than other kinds of museums?" Children of the Lodz Ghetto ).

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Comic Book on Fair Use for Filmmakers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Direct Link to " Tales from the Public Domain: Bound By Law " Museum, Education, and Library IT networks have special interest or affinity groups on the topic of copyright and fair use. The MCN (Museum Computer Network) Intellectual Property Special Internet Group is chaired by. Amalyah Keshet.

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Mexico’s cultural appropriation ban is off to a messy start

The Verge

A law meant to protect Indigenous art might just be lip service The first embroidery stitch María Méndez Rodríguez learned at the age of 7 was the chain stitch. It’s the same one that, years later, she would teach to her seven children. Whether the law actually works is another question. Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children. Museum of Children's Art is an arts program where low-income Oakland families can explore interactive spaces where they create, share and connect with each other through art.

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Breaking down the CARES Act:  How the New Stimulus Bill Could Provide Relief for Social Good Organizations

Connection Cafe

On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives and the President signed into law H.R. 748, the third relief package Congress has passed, and the President has signed into law to address the US response to COVID-19. Children and Family Services Programs – $1.9 Institute of Museum and Library Services – $50 Million.

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

Museum 2.0

This week marks one month of live activity for the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop , a collaborative, online platform for exhibit development. But museum folks, no matter how much we want to collaborate, don't move quickly. A month ago, I invited you to join this project. Now, a month tired-er, I still want to invite you.

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