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Four Tips for Being Creative in the Workplace

Media Cause

Creativity is often associated with being an artist. If you’re not an artist by profession, it’s easy to tell yourself that you don’t have room to be creative at work, but that’s not true. You may not be a traditional artist (a painter, designer, musician, actor, etc.), The importance of collaboration.

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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The group was dealing with a triple threat—uncertainty as people, as an organization, and as an industry. The group didn’t want to be trapped by traditional assumptions or by imagining that members simply didn’t understand the organization. Artists were experiencing rows of empty seats at ‘sold out’ concerts.

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Unique Nonprofit Fundraising Event Ideas to Stand Out

DipJar

Artistic & Culinary Experiences Both art and food have a way of transcending differences, removing barriers, and rallying diverse groups around a common cause. Consider putting out a call for artists in the months leading up to the event date and provide a theme for the works. Crowdfunding campaigns.

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Guest Post by Rebecca Krause: How Can Artists Inspire Service in Community?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.  I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts for 12 years on a range of arts and technology programs, including a network for artists called Arts Wire.   There were artists who had studio spaces in the buildings - lives were lost as well as complete life's work. Three Things Artists Can Do. Tell stories.

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5 Tips To Help Your Nonprofit Receive MacKenzie Scott Funds

Bloomerang

Scott works on who to give her funding to with the Bridgespan Group , a national nonprofit organization that advises charities and philanthropies, including prominent philanthropists like Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg. Bridgespan will not take calls or interviews about their client.

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Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Storytelling Recap

Tech Soup

kicked off with a special edition of Nonprofits Live on the topic of collaborative storytelling. Collaborative storytelling refers to working with a team, sometimes distributed, to produce video. Starting a Collaborative Project. If you need to look outside of your organization for collaborators, look to your network.

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Forward Unto the Breach: Don’t Rest on Nonprofit Laurels

Bloomerang

If you’re doing anything worth doing, you can collaborate with business, government and other nonprofits in consortium efforts to address complex problems holistically. And when making promises to a group where trust matters, the second rule definitely applies. You can take art to the schools or bring students to your art.

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