Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This role goes beyond just ensuring the aesthetics of the event; it’s about crafting an experience that resonates with your audience, leaving them eagerly anticipating the next edition. From stage design to backstage arrangements, collaboration is key to delivering a flawless experience.

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Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Held annually at Carnegie Hall, this event not only invites attendees to revel in captivating musical performances but also serves as a vital platform for celebrating and safeguarding Tibetan culture. The right tools can help you offer the best user experience for participants and make it easy to promote your show online.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. GuideStar provided information on several theatres’ expenses so I could explore if it was financially viable to increase actor compensation while maintaining quality audience experiences. . Grants to Individuals .

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Achieve

JANUARY 18, 2023

Between exciting auctions and marathon events, there are several opportunities to provide a memorable experience for your supporters, all while driving engagement. Creating an online event that’s just as engaging as an in-person experience can be difficult, but not impossible with the right engagement tactics. Add gamification tools.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If this sounds like you, think about offering one-of-a-kind furniture and home accessories. . Enlist an impartial third party to visit your shop and feedback on their experience. Work with a local artist to create artworks inspired by your collection. Do lots of families visit your museum?

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. We are trying to change the visitors' experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum. I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another story. Organizational Culture' It’s not that you don’t think it is a good idea. But you are probably, like most who work in the social change sector, incredibly busy. .

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. The title may sound innocuous. We may say that we want to support programming and cultural opportunities for low-income and non-white people, but that's not where the money is going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Chalk up my vote for 2011’s “Best Debut Artist” and “Best Supporting Actor.”. In this sound bite culture, social justice organizations must carve out nuanced positions on complex social issues, from racial and gender equity to immigration reform.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

One of the things people are missing is the shared experience of a live concert. By streaming a show as an event, or as part of a larger virtual event, can be a valuable experience for your attendees. . With this virtual event idea, you may be surprised at how high the sound quality is. Real-time Illustrations.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Earlier this fall, I read this headline: "Stanford study: Participation in a cultural activity may reduce prejudice." When the music video was focused on Mexican culture, the researchers found that the white and Asian participants demonstrated a decrease in prejudice against Latinos, both immediately after the activity and six months later.

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Everyaction

JULY 12, 2018

Anyone briefly strolling through this park will likely hear the sound of a brass band and see local artists scattered along the sidewalk. Ranked one of the country's best zoos, take a break from that city life and experience some wilderness at this beautiful zoo. The Audubon Zoo. Mardi Gras World. Verti Marte. Sazerac Bar.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

A few years and a few hundred open mics into that experience, it became obvious that some venues fostered amazing poetry communities, others, not so much. The whole experience welcomed newcomers while helping them understand what "value" constituted in that community. One of my favorite open mics was at the Cantab in Cambridge, MA.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt).

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Admittedly, many of these posts exist in a bubble of inter-referencing (which I am only exacerbating with this post): Clay Lord weighs in on the data about audience representation in Bay Area theater, and the ways that a majority culture can oppress its own value systems on others.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I'm personally most excited about the two types of interns who will be reporting to me: Community Research interns, who will start developing a methodology for us to use to understand how people in Santa Cruz connect with arts and culture experiences and what role the museum can play in satisfying their interests. Sounds good?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

Major research studies by the NEA and others demonstrate that adults well into their 60s are highly motivated to participate actively with cultural experiences. It's possible--likely even--that today's adults are more motivated by interactive experiences than generations past. They're going to trivia night.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

In my experience, innovation is about flexibility, capacity, and collaborative relationships. Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. That said, the fact that we work with contemporary artists can also create a lot of stress in our institutional systems.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

By inviting people to actively participate with us in co-creating programming, we empower them as creative agents, cultural producers, and people for whom the museum is a relevant, compelling partner. You want to have an artist collective sleepover at the museum? Sounds great. We believe in fearless experimentation. No problem.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. I honestly think the only kind of cultural institution that cannot support audience participation is one in which staff members don''t respect visitors or what they have to contribute. Yes and no.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I had specifically asked about places that feel welcoming, and the responses were about exclusive experiences. In his identity work , John Falk determined that people use cultural institutions to reflect their personal self-concept as learners, social leaders, spiritual pilgrims, hobbyists, and experience seekers.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2013

We now have a painting hanging from the ceiling that you can lie under and experience in 3D. We also have 75 new friends, slightly bleary from the experience, which felt like one part intense work project, one part marathon, one part hallucinogenic love-in. Four years later, my appetite for these kinds of experiences hasn''t changed.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. I honestly think the only kind of cultural institution that cannot support audience participation is one in which staff members don't respect visitors or what they have to contribute. Yes and no.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2010

Sound scary? In cultural and educational institutions, we always try to make participation as safe and comfortable as possible. The artistic power of what I saw came from the palpable sense of risk--for the participants, for the dancers, and for the entire audience in the room.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Dear Museums on Twitter, Thanks for experimenting in a new and largely uncharted online environment. I am a museum of Native Cultures and Art!" It may sound like work to reply to others, but it can be easier than generating your own content. Note: this is a geeky post that assumes familiarity with Twitter. But not enough of you.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

This year, Forum One took home one platinum, four gold, and six silver awards in the categories of cultural, non-profit, science, health, and school/university websites, as well as digital branded content, arts and culture virtual experiences, and family and kids apps and software.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape? No, this is not a reality TV show.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 8, 2006

Elisa’s focus is interactive arts, media design, and cultural management, and she has been involved in many pertinent projects, such as MUVI (the Virtual Museum of the Collective Memory of Lombardia). the question of how cultural objects are defined and valued and 2. How are you selecting the people who will record the sounds?

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

Forum One received 11 awards in seven categories in this year’s awards for excellence and distinction in website and app design, development, and digital strategy across the categories of non-profits, cultural institutions, science, health and wellness, and education.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Not only did we make the list one time – we made it eight times with two gold wins for non-profit and cultural institution websites and six silver wins for apps and websites in non-profits, health, families and kids, the environment and sustainability, science, and education. Check out all of our w3 Award winners below!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

On Spot.us, we're trying to bring in a culture of transparency in journalism, where we say, "Invite the public into the reporting from day one. I guess, if you do have a big vision in something, you end up having to tackle these business and legal issues along the way, and I'm happy to do it, but that's a learning experience.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

Going to MAH and seeing the LOVE exhibition on First Friday was a wonderful experience. It made me think in ways that I haven't before about the relation of art--as expressive culture--to democracy. This sound installation is delightful and adds surprise to the museum. After the Breakup, I."

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2011

In 1990, educator and cultural critic Neil Postman described a museum as "an answer to a fundamental question: what does it mean to be a human being?" The first-person narration allows the project to directly address the audience with deep questions without sounding unnatural. Welcome to Pine Point is not a museum project.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

But today, a conversation about the often sticky world of cultural interpretation with chapter 20, "A Jew Among Indians" How working outside of one's culture works." From my non-native visitor experience, NMAI felt neither foreign nor inclusionary; it felt stale. This first issue is about cross-cultural understanding.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2009

Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." I know it may sound like I'm asking for something overly structured, but compare It Is What It Is with another dialogue project, the Living Library.

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