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Museums and Relevance: What I Learned from Michael Jackson

Museum 2.0

I watched this happen magically and easily for hundreds of people on Friday at EMPSFM, folks of all ages and backgrounds intently taking photos, writing messages, and talking to their friends. It was a rare moment where the cultural and historical importance museums tend to bestow on all exhibits was sought and appreciated by the public.

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Memejacking: Does Your Nonprofit Dare?

Tech Soup

If you somehow missed #TheDress, here's the scoop: One day, someone posted a photo of a dress to Tumblr and asked if people thought it was white and gold or blue and black. Memejacking is simply a type of newsjacking that connects your communications to a meme — that is, a pop culture trend. What Dress? spanhidden.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

By slowing down and making a piece of art for someone, we provide a personal connection to the issues and to individuals and create opportunities to see our commonalities despite geographic or cultural borders. I feel that art is able to translate beyond language, and communicate a much larger vision of personal connection.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. NMC Flickr Photos. NMC Consortium Summary.

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. We assume that people in Second Life are people who care about others and who are open to most communicating across boundaries - both cultural and geographic. Second Life 101 - some great photos. What's your advice?"

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. Amy says that now that her daughter has entered her teen years, they segued to more complex themes. or someone else???s

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What's a Virtual Visitor Worth?

Museum 2.0

How much do we value bringing global cultures and opinions into our institution? Many museums run outreach programs at a variety of levels of local to global reach. Others produce publications and media for global distribution. Bringing in Global Voices Does your collection come from far-reaching lands?

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