#loi2018

Now we are seven. We’re down to seven projects, that is. And each of the home organizations will soon receive a version of the email below. Before we hit the “send” button, does anyone have any corrections,

Class is cancelled today (snow!), but we’re moving along in several ways as we have seven projects to consider: • Create Paid Internships at Art-Reach (proposed by @charliehersh) • Develop Community Led

Free Tours by Foot 20 N 3rd St Ste 201, Mailing Address Only, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2118 ***Great Ideas, and concepts organization currently provides/have -Currently they provide pay what you want -They

Decision Time Approaches Thanks to our collective teamwork, we now have two essential lists: 1) Nonprofit organizations, candidates capable of implementing projects with the 3000 STEEM we’ve accumulated,

It’s time to rank our top 10 project ideas for funding. In two recent posts - this one and this one - we presented summaries of ten interesting project ideas proposed by graduate students in public history.

It's time to design a decision grid. We have many ideas, good ones, and they are before us in posts on the PhillyHistory feed, summarized here and here. Now’s the time to look at them more closely and

For the last couple months I have been exploring the non-profit sector in Philly with a cohort of students at Temple University. We're using this platform as a thought experiment in public history, micro

It’s time to debate the PROS and CONS of our top 10 ideas. In this post and yesterday’s we present a total of ten summaries of project ideas proposed by graduate students in public history. The purpose:

It’s almost time to make a decision. Students have proposed project ideas after considering the needs and the capacity of the cultural community. Below are half (five) for discussion and ultimately, a

Who We Are As part of the #explore1918 crypto-experiment, my classmates and I have spent the semester blogging in order to raise Steem for donation to an historical institution in Philadelphia. We estimate

The job structure within the national cultural sector is broken. According to a 2015 report by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, only 28% of art museum employees are people of color, despite being 38% of

Yesterday, I wrote about the gaps I see in Philadelphia's history system. Today I give you, the funders, a mock Letter of Intent for a project that could meet some of those needs. It is a version of an

"The cultural sector must not focus on catching the latest wave, technological or traditional, but [instead must] build the tools of adaptability to change when change is needed. … Cultural institutions

The Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance seeks to create a museum and interpretive center to educate visitors from around the world on the history of intellectual and developmental disability

A $10,000 grant from the Philadelphia History Initiative (@PhillyHistory) would support the Philadelphia Public History Truck’s (PPHT) mission to “make culture accessible through creative community building

The Problem Philadelphia's cultural institutions need a boost. With the power of #Steem, this Philly history initiative @phillyhistory is starting to get closer to its goal of exploring history and empowering

To whom it may concern (Potentially The Philadelphia Art Museum (large Non-Profit) / Asian Art Initiative /Philadelphia Art Initiative (relatively small Non-Profit) My name is Gregg Connell, I currently

Image by Tamlyn Blasdale-Holmes Previously on this blog ... we posited new ways that blockchain technology, and Steemit in particular, can open up new revenue streams for nonprofit organizations as well

Philadelphia is a city known for its rich history and iconic symbols like the Liberty Bell, Rocky, and the Love statue. Places like Independence Hall, the Constitution Center, and Museum of the American