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

Bloomerang

Today’s environment requires action, not passivity or complacency. There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people and enrich more people’s lives. Any culture where almost everyone follows, and few people lead, is one with a power dynamic that’s easily corrupted.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

“Many of the games at Babycastles don’t fit the traditional definitions of the medium; they veer closer to artistic experiementation than they do to mass-market viability.&# – New York Times. Tracy : When we speak about cultureal spaces, we are really talking about caging and preserving culture.

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Will Your Nonprofit Cease to Exist? Here’s What You Can Do to Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen

Bloomerang

Today’s environment requires action, not passivity or complacency. There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people, and enrich more lives. I came up with an idea to mesh my love of weekend crafts fairs and artist open studio visits with my day job.

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Top 21 Virtual Event Ideas for Your Next Online Event

AccelEvents

Hire a talented artist to create real-time illustrations in a session. With all the hustle and bustle of grind culture, you may find that your attendees are burnt out. Engaged and Augmented Virtual Environments. Some virtual environments look cool and keep your team engaged. Real-time Illustrations. Cocktail Class.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

NTEN

CNN "Many of the games at Babycastles don't fit the traditional definitions of the medium; they veer closer to artistic experimentation than they do to mass-market viability." - New York Times Future Babycastles is in Williamsburg, just opened. That's one of the goals of research institutions and cultural spaces in general.

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Flickr As Mechanism To Reconnect With Professional Colleagues

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met her like ten years ago when I leading training workshops for arts educators, artists, and arts organizations throughout New York State on how to use the Internet. I was teaching Web1.0 How much has our environment, culture, or information overload changed? Meet Susan Silverman.

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Using Design Thinking for A Foundation’s Investment Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. Over the past twenty years, the Brainerd Foundation has invested nearly $50 million in organizations working to protect the environment in the Northwest.

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