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Highlights from Issue Lab’s most popular 2024 resources 

Candid

In June of 2024 residents of three coastal statesConnecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Islandparticipated in a survey designed to capture their views on the threat of climate change and the role that renewable energy sources like offshore wind can play in mitigating its effects.

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And the Winner(s) of the Social Media Library Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am the director of a non-profit that promotes open museum practices, and we are in midst of launching a free service for arts organizations: a web site that permits any museum to create a participatory exhibit space and social network centered on the museum's collections. It takes content, strategy and elbow grease.

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A Few Social and Collaborative Fundraising Approaches

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The CyberYenta, Deborah Finn , recently had a successful pledge as follows: "I will smile and say "hello" to strangers I pass on the streets in my neighborhood but only if 50 residents of Boston, Massachusetts, USA will too." I will do this for free for a minimum of six months (in my free time).

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Taking Local Currency Digital: A New Experiment Emerges

Non Profit Quarterly

But if the digital platform works, it could generate interest far beyond western Massachusetts. As a platform for such local activity, more participatory forms of engagement are already envisaged—an area “culture pass” for museums and arts institutions is one exciting example—to further stimulate local activity.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Participatory Analysis with Data Placemats in Nonprofits. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Nonprofit Communications Strategies That Get Results. Boston, Massachusetts: TSNE, TNB, and TNB Labs Super Roundtable: From Data to Decisions at Your Nonprofit. Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

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The Magic Vest Phenomenon and Other Wearable Tools for Talking to Strangers

Museum 2.0

My first museum job was working on the floor at the Acton Science Discovery Museum in Massachusetts. I wouldn't be the person I am today, one who is genuinely interested in others' opinions and jumps into participatory museum experiences, if not for my time on the museum floor in the magic vest. It was blue. It was polyester.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: The Magic Vest Phenomenon and Other Tools for Talking to Strangers

Museum 2.0

My first museum job was working on the floor at the Acton Science Discovery Museum in Massachusetts. I wouldn''t be the person I am today, one who is genuinely interested in others'' opinions and jumps into participatory museum experiences, if not for my time on the museum floor in the magic vest. It was blue. It was polyester.

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