Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

I’ve been working in the nonprofit sector almost 35 years and 20 years ago I had the a front seat at the creation of a new field, nonprofit technology and using the Internet for mission driven work. My first job was as a network coordinator for an online network of artists, called ArtsWire. My job responsibilities: designing and delivering (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2012

When I started working in then embryonic field of nonprofit technology (back in 1992), my job as online network coordinator for Arts Wire (an online network patterned after the Well, but for artists) was to provide training and technical assistance to those brave artists and arts organizations who wanted to get online. When I started, I didn’t (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2005

And, for a museum that is presenting contemporary art -- anything that helps us demystify the artistic process and better understand the art is, in my opinion, a good thing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The Tools Artists Need Geeks To Create Join us to discuss the digital tools being used and abused by theatre makers, dancers, musicians, crafters, wordsmiths, cinematographers, photographers, painters, and other multimedia artists. What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork? What’s new? What works?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Is that a Zen graffiti artist? She also admits that shift from artist to curator is not an easy one for many nonprofits because of the way they are structured. Flickr Photo by TheeErin. Trying to do everything, a scarcity model, is such an exhausting way to work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire. I had a chance to collaborate with every type of art form, arts management programs, arts education, and individual artists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Back in the mid-1990′s – after 15 years of working the nonprofit sector, I got obsessed by technology and started working as the network weaver for an online network of artists called ArtsWire. His projects included the National Strategy for Nonprofit Technology and the Circuit Riders Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Predictably, some filmmakers reject the concept altogether because they draw a sharp line between “artist” and “advocate;” or as one said, “I tell stories; what people take away is up to them” But many talented filmmakers, like Maya, also define themselves as change agents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Back in 1993, I first started working with nonprofits and the Internet as the Network Builder for ArtsWire, an online peer community of artists. I didn’t know a modem from a microwave, but I was responsible for providing technical support to over 1000 artists who were first getting online or building web pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Daniel Sieradski , a digital strategist and artist, pinged me on Twitter with the above spoof on Apple’s “ Think Different &# campaign pointing out the connection between these “geniuses&# and nonprofit organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2016

In those days, I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on a project called ArtsWire, an online network for arts organizations and artists. In 1992, I had the honor of having a front row seat at the creation of a field – how nonprofits can use the Internet for mission driven work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. All evaluations are private; all artists are unnamed. They are sensitive to the artists who are being judged. What Should Artists and Arts Organization???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Note From Beth: Yesterday, I attended a convening called “ Beyond Dynamic Adaptability ” for arts organizations about cultural participation in the arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2012

Charlie the Artist. He went on to describe how to activate social voice by describing how these personas use social networks to share information about their favorite charities and fundraise for them. He was asked to donate to cancer charity. He was not impressed and neither were his friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2008

Tina, an artist, has a terrific post about why twitter is a great for artists.(Thanks Sharing technical information - helping other artists who need tips for photos, Flickr, blogging, Etsy, html, etc. I'm an artist and a business, while the first is more important it doesn't mean the second can be ignored.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For nonprofits, crowdfunding is also a new way to reach out to prospective donors and can provide a significant revenue stream along with an opportunity to raise awareness and increase engagement with their cause and programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

The Joe Goode Dance Company spoke about the challenges of getting an artistic director to Tweet. One of the things they discovered is that their audience wants to hear from the artists. But not all the artists are comfortable on Twitter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

The failure bow is what trapeze artists, acrobats, and other athletics do after a fall so they let got the fear of making a mistake. In essence, the BLK SHP are a loose guild of America’s leading creative thinkers, writers, policy-makers, artists, entrepreneurs, investors, and social entrepreneurs. Do the failure bow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

About a year ago, I came across David Sibbet’s book, “ Visual Meetings ” I have known of his work for years, but always thought graphic recording was for “real artists who can draw.’ Rachel, a virtuoso technologist and artist, used a drawing tablet and Sketchbook pro.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. I’ve been working in my pajamas since the early 1990s, during the early years of the Web. Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2011

Miriam was a brilliant cartoon artist and did the daily 501-c3 planet comics on the Compasspoint site. (Sadly, we lost Miriam to breast cancer in 2006, but she chronicled her fight in this graphic novel - and NTEN raised some scholarship money in her name).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2008

skills to artists and educators. Digital or Internet literacy skills are nothing new - my first introduction was over ten years when Doug Johnson developed the Mankato Scale. I used to teach " Digital Literacy Workshops " in 1997 to introduce Web 1.0 What might be differnt if you were teaching this class today?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

These artists are all great examples of how media can be used for social change - as a vehicle for storytelling. Last week I was listening to some old school hip-hop - you know, Eric B and Rakim , Public Enemy , Boogie Down Productions , etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

Connect the Dots with hundreds of artists as we Illuminate and innovate together to weave new networks. Structures of artistic expression in every medium will be linked and combined to tell new stories on how we bond within our shared new worlds. This will take place over multiple sims on some of NMC's new land.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

   I met both of the artists and did live stream interviews with them.    Mural Artist Alex Volkonsky. I started my  Day of Service experience at Friendship Public Charter School  at the Southeast Elementary Academy  in the school cafeteri where volunteers were hard at work painting two murals.  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2015

Data visualization is less about science as it is about a creative, even artistic process. .” Data Visualization As Creative Process. Ann K Emery gave an incredible workshop about how to visualize data in excel. Her workshop included presentation, demonstration, and lots of hands-on time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

Artist Tiles. I’ve found that it lights up different parts of my brain and helps think more creatively than starring at a screen or typing. If you want to give a whirl, here is a greater set: One Zentangle A Day by Beckah Krahula. Zentangle Pens and Pencils.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

Fifteen years ago, I was the community builder for an online network of artists. A colleague from a performance artist group in NYC posted a discussion thread with the title "Web Ennui." And, in a yawn, swallow the world; He is Ennui! The Web just hit the mainstream and people were giddy with excitement. Then summer hit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Their program includes about teaching artists. Erika’s organization is a small to midsize arts organization, with six full time staff members and an operating budget of less than $1 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2006

Our assignment was to write an essay on the topic of "Who's your favorite artist (visual, dancer, performer, writer, or musician) and why?" " Here are our posts: Britt Bravo: Art for Social Change Beth Kanter: Are You An Artist too? Here's the posts - read and comment: Leyla has a hard time choosing one favorite artist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Under the theme “ Build Your Own World ,” ZER01, in collaboration with dozens of partners, will present over the course of 4 days, from September 16-19, hundreds of artworks , performances , events , and artist talks , which not only imagine the future of the world) but begin to build it. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2013

Trapeze artists do it, improvisers, gymnastics stars do it. Watch this brief video clip and you’ll recognize it. It keeps you from being creative, stops us, but here is a technique to get past it: The failure bow. It helps us come to terms with mistakes and clear us for learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. My job was the network weaver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

You don’t have to be the world’s best artist to create a respectable infographic to help you make sense of your data, but it does take a little consideration and small amount of inspiration. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Is it only used by people with artistic talents and graphic design skills? Anyone can be a designer! The curriculum was based on their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book and “ taxonomy for innovation.” ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research. Read the artist statement and then read the discussion. on how different arts organizations using social media effectively. One of the photos in the top 10 most discussed is Tubby Lambergini. Full Moon Over the East River.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

While the cards were designed for creative people (artists, museum professionals, etc) to make space for life and work, they are great way for anyone, including all nonprofit professionals who want to avoid burnout by practicing self-care regularly.

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