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CC Is Refreshing Its Strategy. Here’s Why Your Voice Matters.
by Creative Commons, Jocelyn Miyara, Rebecca Ross About CC postImage by Mario Jr. Nicorelli is licensed via CC BY-NC 2.0 Over the past weeks, the CC board and team have been working behind the scenes on our strategy refresh. We are excited to share our progress as we enter the community engagement phase of the refresh and explain how you can contribute to the process.…
Moving Institutions Toward Open—Building on 6 Years of the Open GLAM Survey
by Creative Commons, Douglas McCarthy, Andrea Wallace Open Culture post“Violette Heymann, 1910” by Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection ,CC0. Creative Commons’ Open Culture Platform is supporting 25 institutions in opening up access to their collections by the end of 2025. Members of the Platform community will be working together to create a policy template, conduct outreach,…
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personDonette spearheads digital communications at Creative Commons, leveraging her diverse background spanning fashion, media, advertising, and non-profit sectors. This interdisciplinary approach has greatly influenced her work as a brand storyteller, digital advocate, and strategist. Her commitment to the Commons extends beyond the tangible, striving always to foster genuine connection in her work and beyond. Outside…
A Quick Look at the CC Strategic Workshop on Open Heritage
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict Open Culture postOne year after Creative Commons (CC) hosted an exploratory Open Culture Roundtable, in Lisbon, Portugal, which initiated the Towards a Recommendation on Open Culture (TAROC) global initiative, nearly 50 stakeholders from all continents gathered again for a strategic workshop, in Lisbon in May 2024. In this blog post, we share a snapshot of key highlights.
Recap & Recording: “Open Culture in the Age of AI: Concerns, Hopes and Opportunities”
by Brigitte Vézina, Connor Benedict, Jocelyn Miyara Open Culture, Open Heritage postIn May, CC’s Open Culture Program hosted a new webinar in our Open Culture Live series titled “Open Culture in the Age of AI: Concerns, Hopes and Opportunities.” In this blog post we share key takeaways and a link to the recording.
The CC Open Education Platform Funds Five New Community Projects
by Jennryn Wetzler Community, Open Education postThanks to the CC Open Education Platform community’s time proposing projects and voting on the proposals, we now have five winning ideas to advance open education globally. CC will fund five projects in 2024, spanning Brazil, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria. The CC Open Education Platform is also funding ongoing global community work supporting the UNESCO…
Join the Creative Commons Board of Directors
by Creative Commons About CC, Community postWe are now welcoming nominations to the CC Board of Directors. Each year, we seek nominations from the Creative Commons community for thoughtful and talented individuals invested in the future of the organization. The CC Board of Directors guides the strategic direction of Creative Commons, provides valuable expertise in key programmatic areas, and champions the…
Time for a Refresh
by Anna Tumadóttir About CC postThe CC team has been evaluating our progress toward our 2021-2025 strategy. Through that process, we have noticed the ways we have been organically adjusting to the social and technical shifts around us, as well as the ebbs and flows of funding availability. It would be an understatement to say that much has changed since…