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Rebecca Lawrence

@museumnotations

Museum/Garden Educator. Manager of Education & Public Programs @HersheyGardens

Joined April 2010
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Highly recommend this opportunity for students, one that solidified my start in the museum field. lnkd.in/eU5PSXhR
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We're #hiring! Perhaps you'd like to join our education and public program team at the M.S. Hershey Foundation and Hershey Gardens! #education #horticulturejobs #publicgardens lnkd.in/gyxycn87
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We're #hiring in our Education and Public Programs department at Hershey Gardens! #environmentaleducation #gardenseducation #gardening #kidsgardening #horticulturejobs lnkd.in/gfgM5EuU
With a state by state breakdown. @IHME_UW research
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) profile pictureInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)@IHME_UW26 Mar 2020
#BREAKING: Researchers from @IHME_UW find demand for beds in US hospital intensive care units is likely to far exceed capacity for #COVID19 patients as early as the second week of April. Press release➡️bit.ly/IHME-COVID19
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The @USBotanicGarden needs your ornaments for their 2019 holiday show, Season’s Greenings: America’s Gardens! The show will feature #PublicGardens from across the US, including trees decorated with ornaments from public gardens. If interested, email [email protected] [1/2]
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Asset building! Yes! Towards a More Community-Centered Museum, Part 3: – Art Museum Teaching artmuseumteaching.com/2018/1…
Towards a More Community-Centered Museum, Part 3: Defining & Valuing Community

Towards a More Community-Centered Museum, Part 3: Defining & Valuing Community

Written by Mike Murawski Obviously, there is no single definition for the word ‘community.’  And it does not benefit this conversation to check with Webster’s dictionary, since the traditional defi…

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#foodactivism #communitygardens #readinglist #foodinsecurity
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Mid career approaching middle age & no kids: the balance & maintenance is ever still a struggle. @NFPLeadership leadershipmatters1213.wordpr…
Museum Practice: Why Do We Work So Much?

Museum Practice: Why Do We Work So Much?

A million years ago when I was a young, museum director, I worked a lot. It was hard not to. I lived on site, and work–to bastardize William Wordsworth–was with me late and soon. Even h…

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Particularly 3 & 4. Fast Company: 5 unspoken rules of being a manager that no one tells you about fastcompany.com/90214163/5-u…
5 unspoken rules of being a manager that no one tells you about

5 unspoken rules of being a manager that no one tells you about

You'll be on the receiving end of more information than you want. Use that privilege wisely.

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Nonprofit Workplace Culture: Why It Matters So Much to Us - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/…
The Lucy Flower Self-Reliance Garden — COMPOUND YELLOW. Thinking about seeds, community, culture beyond PA Germans. compoundyellow.com/the-lucy-…
The Lucy Flower Self-Reliance Garden | Compound Yellow

The Lucy Flower Self-Reliance Garden | Compound Yellow

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Important to understand & listen to your audience when hosting an exhibition; #museumeducationinpubliclibraries smithsonianmag.com/science-n…
How to Talk With Evangelicals About Evolution

How to Talk With Evangelicals About Evolution

For two years, researchers from the Smithsonian traveled the country explaining the science of our shared origins

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#PAMuseums2018 is over but 2019 is around the corner. Tell any of us @PAMuseums @amy_bischof @JDIllari & me how to make it better.
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Truth. nitter.cf/rocketfiend/status/985…
“History is intellectual hospitality, a practice in humility, empathy & an embrace for the human condition” (para) -@JohnFea1 #pamuseums2018
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“It is important that the social connections & shared dialogue are rooted in good intelligence”- @JohnFea1 #PAMuseums2018
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“Argument is risky & unpredictable, therefore educational”-Christopher Lasch; #PAMuseums2018 @JohnFea1
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We couldn’t host the #PAMuseums2018 award ceremony without the @PAMilMuseum @PHMC & the longstanding history btw our orgs. @PAMuseums
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When directors humbly recognize the work of volunteers & staff in their award speech. Mary Sorensen is wonderful! #PAMuseums2018
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Public libraries are the living room of your community! Put libraries on your list of partners! #pamuseums2018
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