Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

Despite Challenges, Arts Organizations Remain Optimistic. Despite many challenges, nonprofits retain a sense of optimism about the next six months according to the survey results cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011). Are arts organizations just optimistic or do these results foretell a trend?

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sgEngage

JUNE 21, 2012

The Giving USA 2012 report is out and it gives us a look at philanthropic trends from 2011. Giving by individuals, bequest, and family foundations amounted to 88% of total giving in 2011. This was the largest cash donation ever recorded to an art museum in the United States. in inflation adjusted dollars between 2001 and 2011.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2021

Thus, if you are collaborating academically, professionally, or in the arts, a team is a group of people brought together by a singular goal and knowledge that collectively they are better off. What helped you succeed the most during your career? For the non-athletic reader what are some ways to gain teamwork skills early in life?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 4, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 4, 2011 Research Friday: "The Art of Data Interpretation" posted by Robert F. Whether practitioners, volunteers, or donors, we want our end-users to understand issues in ways that help them become more efficient and effective within their nonprofit organizations and across their networks of nonprofits.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn has been part of the Qgiv extended family since 2019—we proudly partner to help make a difference in our communities. Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Paintings and art. It may feel awkward and a little like you’re “double dipping” when you ask your donors to help with your auction in addition to their financial donation or sponsorship, but remember that they want to see your event succeed. The more people you communicate your goals to, the more potential you’ll find help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Arts and Social Media. Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites. Benchmarking, whether an informal or extensive research study, can be an incredibly valuable exercise because the numerical analysis can help you craft realistic measurable objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising by Michael Hoffman. Adding video to your end-of-year online campaigns can help you achieve, and even exceed, your year-end fundraising goals. Why is 2011 even more important? That shouldn’t come as a surprise. Why did it matter? Isn’t this the heart of the matter?

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2023

” Then, in 2011, President Barack Obama expanded the officially recognized Pride Month to include the whole of the LGBT community. Learning about the people that brought the movement to life and the reason why Pride Month exists will help you better understand the meaning of the month!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 4, 2017

posted by Jonathan Short Executive Director, Grand Canyon Performing Arts. Modern Portfolio Theory and Nonprofit Arts Organizations: Identifying the Efficient Frontier.” The Relationship of Nonprofit’s Financial Health to Program Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from Nonprofit Arts Organizations”. Sources: Bowman, W. 22(1), 37 – 51.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

In 2011, in the name of raising money for the Special Olympics, I participated in the Polar Plunge. Here are 3 arts and cultural organizations that have given crowd fundraising a go for compelling causes: National Air & Space Museum. Are there works of art you want to restore? Bonus: No one has to jump into a frozen lake.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The top 1% of donor households’ share of overall revenue has grown from 37% to 45% since 2011. Although fundraising is undoubtedly an art form in part—there’s a critical human element to building the requisite long-term relationship central to major giving—it is also a science. Data is helping the organization expand its outreach.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Executive Director Nina Simon, who was hired in 2011, says that in the years following the global financial crisis, the facility was struggling. “At The impact was dramatic. Within three years, attendance tripled.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 6, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, May 6, 2011 Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona nonprofit sector! May 6, 2011 1:19 PM Tom Noble said. 7 :) May 6, 2011 1:44 PM Sarah H said. May 6, 2011 2:02 PM Kayla said. May 6, 2011 2:28 PM Laura Bush said. May 6, 2011 3:57 PM Kayla said. Nice quiz! Great point, Sarah!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

That helps contribute to the fact that on average women only make 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. Handwriting is quickly becoming a lost art form. It helps you live in the moment free from distractions. Good luck.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

The fact is that if your product lacks value to the customer, gamification is not going to help you at all. Analytical evidence helps marketing departments understand how to place a product in front of the user and can increase the chance of purchases. Did it help build a larger online community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2013

I’ve been a content curator for many years , using the techniques to help me develop curriculum materials for workshops and blog posts – as a form of professional development. So, varying speakers, interaction, and mediums – helps make the content stick. The Seek-Sense-Share framework really helped me.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. Her mission in her blog has been to rebrand the experience of going to a museum, chasing away the old ideas of a quiet temple of tweedy art appreciation by generating new ideas of what a museum could be.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The earlier high point had come in September 2011, with 84 exemptions approved. The new exemptions this summer include an unusually large group of arts organizations, such as Kids Unlimited in Tucson, the Arizona Shaolin Cultural Center in Chandler, Arizona Youth Ballet in Mesa, and the Flagstaff Youth Theater.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. To modify the steps of the game to help tell the story, here’s how Ericha used the Community-Driven Social Impact game with her network of Community Media Center participants.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Fear not, nonprofit professionals! Even setting up a basic Excel document will help you out when things start to get crazy. Finally, ask for help! Remember, you are not alone and there are resources, tools and practices that you can access to help in your good work. Great post, Aaron.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. Thanks Beth for helping shepherd me through that learning curve).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

You don’t have to physically help to help, you simply have to help spread the word, while exuding as little physical activity as humanly possible. But does that really help? DNA on a SHIRT (DOAS) , a Phoenix-based genetic art company, is combating slacktivism from a new angle – a personal angle.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Cloud computing helps accomplish this goal because employees can work from any location as they connect via mobile to the information and projects they need to access.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. While both these submissions do not require many words, there is an art to creating successful submissions. To learn more about this art, check out these helpful guides that Chan has created: [link]. #5 and James L. “New

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The mission is to promote participation and practice in dance, movement, and performing arts traditions from around the world while using the arts as a key tool to revitalize community. They used social media to win “ Deals for Deeds ” contest. They used social media to help win the DC Best Place to Volunteer Contest.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, June 10, 2011 Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has been Revoked? million on their last return in 2006 , is the Helping Hands Agency in Page. Still, I called them up, and their voicemail message identifies them as Helping Hands, although no one was answering phones during their advertised office hours.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2011

It's even helpful to watch their mistakes in order to learn what to avoid. Don't be afraid to ask for a helping hand in order to move forward. And if you start to wobble or lose your balance, there's always a helping hand close by. When you come across your first tight rope line, you may assume it's perfectly even and stable.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Member Appreciation 2011 NTEN Member Appreciation Month is still going strong! Today's daily prize pack of NTEN Member gear goes to: Margaret Cohen, of Children'ts National Medical Center Congratulations Maddie, Margaret, Nelsion & Shannon, and an #NTENThanks for being Members!

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. The ASU Lodestar Center can help! Below are a few examples to help you get started. We welcome your comments and feedback. Does your nonprofit need board governance assistance? Fiesta Bowl conflict of interest.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, May 20, 2011 Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When is a Team Relationship a Team. The Organization for Nonprofit Executives (ONE) recently performed a survey of its members to help gather information for my presentation on the Board Chair/Chief Executive relationship. June 1, 2011 12:03 PM Kayla L.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2013

Depending on the size of your organization and what the mission focus is, there’s probably a social media campaign that’s been executed with the ultimate goal of rallying followers to help you win an award, attend an event or just increase engagement overall. Go inside to expand: Staff, board, volunteers. realize they have.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Creating, Building, and Sustaining Nonprofit Communities posted by Hannah Humphrey , Public Allies Arizona Alumna / Outreach Coordinator, Xico What does it mean to be a community organization? I see community when someone asks me for a recommendation, and I can say, "Sure, I know exactly who can help you.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 1, 2011 How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Make the Leap posted by Robert Duea , Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center and Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center So, youre thinking about starting a nonprofit organization. "Why

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 19, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Networking posted by Jessica Sadoway , Nonprofit and Social Media Blogger Just last Friday, The Collaboration Prize announced its third annual winner (congratulations to the Adoption Coalition of Texas !). Two heads are better than one, right? How about three?

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