Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

For example, when I worked as director of development and marketing at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, I was looking for ways to expand awareness and build our mailing list. I came up with an idea to mesh my love of weekend crafts fairs and artist open studio visits with my day job. It seemed like a win/win. . Way more intense.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Remember to dunk your executive director or board chair if you raise a certain amount of money through the event to really up the ante!

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Auctions are a classic fundraising event that can not only raise an impressive amount of money but also provide your supporters with a much needed night of fun. Whether you choose the Roaring 20’s or want to host an 80’s event, decade-themed fundraising auctions are some of the most fun occasions to both plan and attend.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, with the rise of COVID-19, festivals all over the world were put on hold, and the events industry, artists, and festival vendors were forced to find other ways of sharing their passions with the world. . Drive-in movies can be simple to operate and bring a ton of fun. . People can stay in their vehicles and watch films.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. Many of us are familiar with local businesses sponsoring local sports teams. You can also send fun cards using Felt. Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.”

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, with the rise of COVID-19, festivals all over the world were put on hold, and the events industry, artists, and festival vendors were forced to find other ways of sharing their passions with the world. . Drive-in movies can be simple to operate and bring a ton of fun. . People can stay in their vehicles and watch films.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

Betsy Dassau, C3's founder and executive director, believes in the power of art. Anyone from professional artists to average passersby can come to the booth and do a "make and take," where they create a collage or sculpture that they can take home, what Betsy calls "instant art. Creative Reuse: A Universal Language.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

As an arts organization, you can have lots of fun coming up with incentives for your peer-to-peer fundraisers , and you can also empower them to offer ticket and class discounts in return for donations. Get creative and host an auction for your arts organization where the artistic experience itself is what’s up for bidding.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

2012 Stacey Edgar, Founder, Global Girlfriend listen 2011 Gabriela Masala, Founder, One Love Alliance listen Robert Wolfe, Co-Founder, Crowdrise listen Aneesha Raghunathan, Founder, Hope Line Fashions listen Rachel Cohen, Founder and Executive Director, Hand2Paw listen Kathy LeMay, Founder, Raising Change. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition to being the co-founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship, he is the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Since moving to Santa Fe, he has developed New Mexico Creates , an economic development initiative that creates market links for New Mexico artists and artisans.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

It's my second week as the Executive Director at The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA, and boy is my everything tired. And that's just the fun stuff. I want to invite local artists, crafters, and people who practice historical folkways to come and demo/make/perform in the lobby on a regular basis.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

A few weeks ago, the MAH Director of Community Programs, Stacey Garcia, came to me with an idea. Stacey has been collaborating with local artists to produce a series of content-rich events that invite visitors to participate in a range of hands-on activities. full description here , photos from the event here ).

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Instead of serving everyone at a single location, consider a catered meal delivered to each of your donors from a local restaurant. All of these forms of live performance go over well over live streaming and can even be made more fun than their in-person counterparts.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 17, 2012

But in the past year and a half as a museum director, I find myself increasingly interested in #3 and #4. We invited local artists and community groups to perform. We make room for interns and artists and people who walk in the door with crazy ideas. We scrounged for free couches.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Marisa Handler, Author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

A big thanks to everyone who listens to the program, and reads the interview transcripts here on Have Fun * Do Good. 2006 Alli Chagi-Starr, Co-Founder, Art in Action / Art & Media Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights’ Reclaim the Future Program. February 18, 2009 was the 3rd anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast !

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2005

Right now he is the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation in Santa Fe. 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. Their site goes live Dec. 1 at www.leadwithexperience.org.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

March 2-6, four women arts activists ( Cris Williamson , Vicki Randle , Alix Olson and Pamela Means) will travel to New Orleans to collaborate with four local women musicians ( Asia Rainey , GaBrilla Ballard , Sunni Patterson , and Charmaine Neville ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Marisa Handler, author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Then we started working with our local design and technology firms— Ziba Design and Fashionbuddha —and in the prototyping, it became clear we had to go another way. We invited a cross-section of artists, filmmakers, and advertisers to join us for a think tank. Photos are fun. Why did you choose this format instead of video?

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Most people have a trail somewhere near where they live, so encourage your peer-to-peer fundraiser participants to do their hike locally and share their amazing pictures on social media. Unrelated speaker: Have a standup comedian, yoga instructor, mindfulness coach, etc join for a fun activity. Virtual Sleep Out. Virtual Trivia Night.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. Then we started working with our local design and technology firms— Ziba Design and Fashionbuddha —and in the prototyping, it became clear we had to go another way. Photos are fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos. A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed. What is a Widget?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. A co-worker recommended that I go to the Green Festival and hear Van Jones, who was the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights at the time, speak about, "Green Jobs, Not Packed Jails."

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

As Peter wrote: If someone enjoys Arts Event A because it’s social, informal, energetic, fun, and hip, why should we expect her to also enjoy Arts Event B if B is individual, formal, quiet, serious, and traditional (at least in its presentation, if not artistically)? Dias de las Muertos or Chinese New Year to attract new audiences.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a creative, fun fundraising idea to engage supporters and boost your funding, you’ve come to the right place! And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet!

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Media are the everyday bloggers, local groups and traditional media. I’m your host, Randy Hawthorne, Executive Director of Nonprofit Hub, an educational resource for nonprofits. JEANETTE: And if you’re active on social media, you want something that’s fun to share, too. Our featured artist is Bernardus. True celebrities.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But we’re going to have some fun over the next hour or so, for sure. ” And use the word “projected,” because we know that the service definitely impacted people in a positive way and we’re using local statistics to make sure that we’ve captured that impact. So the program director, their resume.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. While many of the women had traveled the world, many of them had also devoted their lives to local solutions. From that point, my path shifted.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

The mission of World of Good, as a company, is to create the largest distribution system for fair trade, handmade items from artists' and women's cooperatives around the world. I became the Executive Director and co-founder of an organization there called Free At Last , which serves people that have substance abuse issues.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 15, 2022

A trivia night, casino night, yard sale, talent show, or auction of local artists’ work are just a handful of ideas that can make your event memorable and engaging. Large corporations and small local businesses alike make great partners to take some of the pressure off of paying for your whole event. Don’t stress. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer Co-Directors, Women's Earth Alliance. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (April 20, 2010) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 3. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (May 18, 2010) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 4. Cristi Hegranes Executive Director and Founder, Global Press Institute.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

The speakers were Alli Chagi-Starr, who is the Co-Founder of Art in Action ; Ilyse Hogue, the Campaign Director for MoveOn.org ; Melinda Kramer, the Founder and Director of Women's Earth Alliance ; and Reem Rahim, the Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Numi Tea. Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance?

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