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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

Giving ChatGPT the prompt “Tell me why arts are important for youth development” generates two pages of text. Adding “in a short paragraph” to the prompt yields the following: Engaging in the arts is crucial for youth development as it fosters creativity, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence. 2013)… …and so on.

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Arts Organizations Digital Strategies Master Class and Train the Trainers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m teaching a master class today in San Francisco for arts organizations for Theatre Bay Area. This is a continuation of my work with TBA over the past 3-4 years. The first year I experimented with a peer design that included face-to-face workshops, action learning projects, and monthly calls back in 2010 called ArtsLab.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2010 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition to all those wonderful programs, I wrote up 11 more for 2010. Mission : To grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Mission : To bring more local stories, independent journalism, arts and culture to Americans. Shop PBS ].

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Tips to Prepare for Effective Grant Seeking

ASU Lodestar Center

There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. The art aspect refers to how well an inspired writer describes a project and the grant-seeking organization. Grant seekers must find ways for their proposals to stand out among the rest.

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Voting on Art and its Surprising Consequences

Museum 2.0

What happens when you let visitors vote on art? Each of these invited members of the public to vote on art in a way that had substantive consequences--big cash prizes awarded, prestige granted, exhibitions offered. In each of these examples, the press and public dialogue mostly revolved around the idea of public voting for art.

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The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Museum 2.0

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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5 Interesting Facts from the Giving USA 2011 Report

sgEngage

Total charitable giving was 2% of Gross Domestic Product in 2010 and this is a decline from the level of 2.3% Family foundations provided approximately 48% of all grants by independent, community, and operating foundations in 2010. The largest pledged gift in 2010 was $250 million worth of art and furniture from George M.

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