Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. The post Forum One Takes Home 8 WebAwards! appeared first on Forum One.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Embarking on Your AAPI Heritage Month Journey Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrated every May in the United States, provides an important opportunity to honor the history, culture, and achievements of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Notable AAPI athletes, journalists, or other public figures.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

More to eat: Mintwood Place (Columbia Heights). Songbyrd may seem like a coffee place, but it brings a lot more to the table, including a robust live music and event calendar. The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. National Museum of American History (The National Mall).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. We’ve been doing this for close to five years and have accumulated over 2,000 publications. Connections between the publications are more important than strict regional boundaries. Geography is fluid, though.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

They had at the tips of their fingers vast amounts of information and knowledge, so they no longer had to travel to libraries to obtain research and have access to information. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . 21 st Century Data Breaches.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

Bryan Stevenson (BS): It’s important that we have a new consciousness about the problems created by our history. So while it was an extraordinary moment, there is so much about our history that we’ve got to change. When we teach history in the United States, we often skip the parts that are not so wonderful.

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DipJar

JUNE 24, 2021

But the history and relationship of these two organizations goes back further – and is broader – than this one important program. Similar in structure and purpose to library Friends groups, the Friends of Dallas Animal Services creates opportunities for the community to support an essential institution.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This is the second installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community?

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Candid

MAY 30, 2024

As a co-leader of the Queer Diversity Resource Group at Candid, I hope you’ll take the time to peruse the list and learn more about the history of Pride Month and the struggle for LGBTQ rights. Learning about the history of Stonewall If you’re interested in learning more about Pride, here’s a good place to start.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

By utilizing our community’s talents for writing, designing, programming, developing, and all-around technical know-how, we believe we can make the Web a better place for everyone. The Mozilla community has a history of changing the world – and the Web – in all kinds of amazing ways. Get involved! Create a Project.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Fortunately, I'm hitting the road this fall, and I hope to be able to discuss this book with you at a time and place that hits your sweet spot in the effort/meaning calculus. But here's a quick list of the conferences, public events and workshops where I'll be appearing in the next few months. I'd love to meet you there.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

One thing hobbling the project has been that it took place well after the flurry of U.S. Kate told me the history of the successful Keyspot Project , which was launched with federal BTOP funding during the stimulus days. Digital Divide Using the Web and Internet libraries nonprofits broadband digital inclusion BTOP'

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 In this courageous guest post, Adrienne Berney, a Collections Care Trainer who works primarily with history museums, gives us an insider’s guide to these issues. are well versed in new ideas for audience engagement and committed to opening up their institutions to increase public access.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Pick a beach, park, or other public space and set up a donation table for community members to give to help your cause. You can work with your local nurseries and local parks to provide a place for the trees to be planted. Encourage participants to take advantage of your local public library and get reading!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. I started the keynote by reading a poem by Deanna Zandt, a friend and the author of Share This!

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

I often recommend you look to your local community for grant writing courses offered by community foundations and libraries and those available in the continuing education offices of universities and community colleges. If you prefer reading, check out TGCI publications center ! Q: Do I need an academic degree?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Workers leaving Pennsylvania shipyards, Beaumont, Texas (LOC) Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress About a month ago, the Library of Congress put two sets of photographs (about 3000 images total) up on Flickr. A nice Friday example of visitors making our content a better place. It's the people. Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2011

Easily see Microsoft donations details at a glance: To help organizations manage their Microsoft donations, TechSoup has created the Microsoft Donation Center (accessible from the Donation Request/History page under My Account), where nonprofits can get all the pertinent details in one place.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

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. One of my favorite places for a long time now. Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). Skill-sharing free schools. Community science workshops.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. For events, ongoing series, or recurring celebrations online, consider the following options for publicity: 1. It is seen as wasteful overhead. Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The Public Service and Graduate Education Resource Center (PSGERC): Articles and help for those considering returning to school for a graduate degree in public service. The site is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit founded in 1995 with a rich history of helping people share resources and information.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Contributor Development Partnership – Public Media. Plus, the resources section on their website has a library full of information to help your nonprofit succeed. Having a real, professional-grade strategic plan in place goes a very long way to help boost growth. Bentz Whaley Flessner – Alumni Relations Strategy.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Content management programs like Windows SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites (admin fee: $708) are used for deploying and managing a public-facing website. ESD (admin fee: $35), a handy HTML editor for design and publication of your website. In that case, be sure to ask for examples of work they’ve done in the past.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

Many of my favorite museums, libraries, and zoos are customer-centered places. I never felt like I stumbled into the gallery where no one else dares to tread (as I often feel when I enter the dioramas in many natural history museums, or the period rooms of art institutions). They care about visitor comfort.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. Openly invite collaboration by establishing and maintaining transparency about your partnerships with the public and fellow staff members. Can't wait to hear what you think.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum. You remember seeing them stand in front of the magic mirror in the history gallery, laughing as they made themselves into giants in the glass.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

The later public phase will focus on raising money from smaller individual donors. Research and Development Research and development initiatives are particularly popular in science or public health-based nonprofits. Before you go public, you should set a funding progress goal of 50% or more. What Is a Capital Campaign?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

She doesn't have a specific idea for a partner event or exhibit, but she feels like we have a lot to offer each other in terms of publicity and a shared focus on enhancing cultural experiences in the community. Yes to the heirloom seed library that now graces our lobby. Do you feel like you work in a place where "yes" is the default?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! The unconference got lots of locals "in the door" who otherwise hadn't considered the museum a useful or interesting place. meetup for Elite Yelp! Other person: Nope.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It has a very long history, though, since it is based on Borland’s InterBase codebase. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It has a very long history, though, since it is based on Borland’s InterBase codebase. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Our Story I came to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago. As one visitor recently commented, "the MAH has become 'our' museum, a reflection of us and a place where we can appreciate art, share it with each other, learn and make new connections." At the time, we were fighting for survival. We had to make a change.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web. Many native groups are not eager to offer up their cultural stories and history for mash-ups on the web.

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