Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Click here to listen to a very brief interview Over the weekend, I attended the Technology in the Arts Conference in Pittsburgh where artist and activist Faith Ringgold was one of the keynote speakers. " I had a chance to do a quick video interview with her about her thoughts on women artists. Could you write a story?

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

The emails should include an emotional story , appropriate imagery, and a call to action that expresses urgency. Summit Dogs is a great example of how powerful livestreaming can be when you share on a variety of platforms, include personal stories, and include both asynchronous and live videos. Zoom to the rescue! Then share!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Not only does a hand-written thank you note make a strong impression upon the receiver, but it also makes you a better social media manager because it’s a practice in creative arts – and as all we know, the best social media managers are creative artists. 4) Read more books. Reading books does that.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2016

But even the most wearied donor is roused by an authenticate story of an organization’s tangible results. Stories like: A candid testimony of an nonprofit’s impact on a real person’s life. You know you’ve got these stories, but are you telling them? And that’s why nonprofit storytelling matters.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

There's the barrier of artistic quality--funders, trustees, or staff members who argue that work by non-canonical artists is not up to the standards of the institution. Reading the report, I kept thinking of Rick Lowe, the artist and community activist behind Project Row Houses in Houston.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2014

Some serious parallels to curating exhibitions and performances, especially with living artists. Speaking of contemporary artists, one of my favorite recent blog posts was this thoughtful essay by artist Brian Fernandes-Halloran about navigating the compromises between artistic ambition and the marketplace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. Young, old, poor, rich, conservative, liberal, urban, rural, black, white, brown, red, yellow, gay, straight, preps, goths, rappers, artists, hippies, yuppies… you name it. So, my Ode to MySpace: 1.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Some of us have children. The artist was masterful not only in her technical skill but also in her way with people. Another colleague, Reggie, then began to tell an amazing story of how she found herself cutting an enormous pumpkin at a state fair. If nothing else, you’ll get yourself a great story.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over the last year, the work of Traveling Postcards keeps crossing my path, so I asked its founder, Caroline Lovell, to share with us: How Traveling Postcards works The path that brought her to this work Her favorite Traveling Postcards success story How we can get involved with Traveling Postcards I've posted her answers below.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. About the Success Stories Contest. Images: Cary Creative Center. spanhidden.

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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. Posters: Wall of Reflection and Gratitude.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

But I see many nonprofits who are lazy at telling their story. It’s time for some phone calls to donors to hear their stories. Hungry children in Brazil? Enslaved children in the far east? Artists in your community? 7 Ways to Build Highly Committed Donors. OK this just seems so very basic.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2013

They present masterpieces by white male artists and innovations by white male scientists. When non-white stories are told, they are always flagged as such--an exhibition of Islamist scientific inventions or women pioneers or African-American artists. Not as humans, or artists, or scientists, or dancers.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2014

And as an ambassador for Shriner’s Hospital for Children, RJ is dedicated to helping #CutTheBull. Join us for the Impact Awards to hear the success stories of these 5 organizations and give them the recognition they so well deserve. You don’t want to miss it. BIG Idea Day. Best Use of Peer-to-Peer/Special Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

They’re jocks, geeks, artists, musicians and cheerleaders…and we need their help. On empathy & telling stories that matter. Here’s what’s pissing me off: The reason I have to fight every time to do these stories [like Darfur] is because the truth is that it’s hard to get the majority of Americans…to care. ” (not in video).

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Over the past seven years, this exploration has been undertaken by a staff of artists and more than 35 creators each year participating in our residency program.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

They are frequently about real people's stories. As cultural anthropology has swung away from a vision of authoritative history and toward the embrace of multiple perspectives, there is potential for those stories to come from all over the place, including visitors themselves. Children of the Lodz Ghetto ).

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

But that's only part of the story. The institutions that seem most prey to a "cookie cutter" approach are science centers and children's museums. The best children's and science museums are deeply community-interrelated, often in ways that are hard to discern from the exhibits when experiencing them casually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

“There’s only so much a 12-year-old kid can do,” Noah says in his campaign story. So if your child wants to use their social network to raise money for a good cause, getting involved will help you keep them (and their personal information) safe from would-be scam artists and predators.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

In children's museums and science centers, this relationship is at its most extreme. We're showing an installation by artist Shelby Graham which features beautiful photographs of butterflies juxtaposed with images of the bombing of Japan in World War II. Share your story with other visitors.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Foundation also supports organizations that provide direct services to children and youth (ages 0-18) by addressing their basic human needs and safety through financial grants as well as Adobe employee volunteer support and software donations. The Bronx Guild in New York brings you the story of a young woman coming out to her family.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 15, 2009

Listen/subscribe on iTunes Tranquility du jour with Kimberly Wilson Kimberly Wilson, author of Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , interviews artists, creative entrepreneurs, yoga teachers, and other hip tranquil chicks. They often interview children as sources for their stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

ChildrensHealth : Children's hospitals always need toys this time of year. Remember the story of the guy who ‘Traded up' the paperclip for a house in Saskatchewan ? Shelters R being overwhelmed because people R losing homes/can't afford pets. Don't wait till the last minute - it takes time to sort, distribute.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

It was a quintessential Davos moment that drives home the accessibility of world and corporate leaders to each other and to social entrepreneurs, religious figures, artists, and the leaders of non-governmental organisations and trade unions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library’s collection. My focus is on how children learn science. People are now coming to the library to see it as it includes content by all the 500 participants from that night. Learning Science by Design.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

To make ends meet, artists would sometimes team up as a studio — helping each other come up with ideas, chipping in when someone was in danger of missing a deadline, teaching each other tips and tricks. But there’s no future here for my children.” It’s been passed around, in one form or another, ever since. We know that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2005

SFGate had a story yesterday about the Purpose Prize. Not only does the Market give folk art collector folks an opportunity to see and buy work from all over the world, the coolest thing is what it means for the artists. Each attending cooperative might represent, for example, 600 artists back home in Bangladesh.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2010

Images courtesy Chris Danemayer, Proun Design I've been collecting stories and images of really effective visitor-response stations for awhile now, and I've noticed an intriguing trend: exhibits that invite visitors to write a letter to someone, especially with a typewriter, tend to yield elaborate and interesting responses. Some wrote poems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

I show the tool and then they say, “yeah, but we really want people to share their own stories about fly-swatters,” or, “we think our visitors can make amazing videos about justice.” It’s easy for museums to assign a corner and a kiosk to visitors and say, “we’ll put their stories over there.” It’s like cooking.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists. You can either host constituents who share stories related to your cause and your nonprofit’s work, or you can provide a stage for local storytellers to share narratives, myths, or personal tales. Storytelling Night There are two ways to put on a storytelling night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2006

The Storyteller and the Listener Online , edited by Holly Stevens of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, publishes two guest essays each month which explore, "the role of story and narrative in peacemaking, healing, bridge building and reconciliation processes in communities around the world." Can you tell me a story about you?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

They launched an annual fundraiser and gift-collecting drive for the children's hospital in their community (in WA). It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. Free Books for Kids!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

The Odditoreum is a temporary gallery for the summer school holiday in which the Powerhouse is displaying eighteen very odd objects alongside fanciful (and fictitious) labels written by children's book author Shaun Tan, schoolchildren, and visitors. I enjoyed listening to it (virtually, not at the museum). It's not self-important.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

Last month, artist and game designer Nikki Pugh led an utterly charming, often hilarious community residency at the City Gallery in Leicester, UK. Also many of the children were around 5 years old or younger, so some of the Ministry ritual and specific reinforcing language I used may have gone over their heads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

I've even taught my children about creative commons (check out Harry's screencast - What A Second Grader Knows About Creative Commons that earned him a feature story in the School Library Association Journal) All of this assumes that people really bother to look at the license, understand it , and respect the rules.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

I show the tool and then they say, “yeah, but we really want people to share their own stories about fly-swatters,” or, “we think our visitors can make amazing videos about justice.” It’s easy for museums to assign a corner and a kiosk to visitors and say, “we’ll put their stories over there.” It’s like cooking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

These teens are actively involved what Jenkins calls "participatory culture" - a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one's creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices.

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