Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Give them a chance to inspire those women by supporting your cause — you can even showcase photos of the women in your supporters’ lives on social media for a certain donation tier or send out a special IWD card to the women your supporters are donating for. Purim Costume Party Fundraiser (varies; usually early-mid March).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research. One of the photos in the top 10 most discussed is Tubby Lambergini. Read the artist statement and then read the discussion. One of my favorite photos is Etienne Frossard. Full Moon Over the East River.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

Photo by Aur2899. Last week I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research on different arts organizations using social media effectively. The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particularly its Click Exhibition (Nina Simon wrote an analysis of the project here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

The social media lab for arts organizations is a combination of face-to-face workshops, phone calls, and online support via a wiki and Twitter over several months. We were lucky enough to have a fabulous space for the workshop in the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Photo by James Leventhal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 14, 2008

Creating website content for universities, non-profits, or artists? You'll find a version of it in her book Creating a Life Worth Living: A practical course in career design for artists, innovators, and others aspiring to a creative life. Full-time work as a counselor doesn't give me enough quiet time during the day. Freelance writing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

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 really excited to find her photo contributed to one of my flickr groups! Meet Susan Silverman. I was teaching Web1.0

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Your recording booth asks participants for audio stories plus photos of themselves with their objects. We partnered with the Northwest Film Center to conduct workshops with community organizations around personal object storytelling. We invited a cross-section of artists, filmmakers, and advertisers to join us for a think tank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. It provides a huge return on investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

I spoke about social media and future leadership in the arts - and also did a workshop. The plenary and workshop took place in the black box theatre with a huge projection screen. See the photos here. I just got back from doing a plenary session at the Arts Summit organized by the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Your recording booth asks participants for audio stories plus photos of themselves with their objects. We partnered with the Film Center to conduct workshops with community organizations around personal object storytelling. We invited a cross-section of artists, filmmakers, and advertisers to join us for a think tank.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Photo Contest Photo costs are incredibly diverse. DIY Craft Workshops Offer virtual craft workshops with participants paying a fee to attend and learn a new skill. Tap your network to see what kinds of artists and craftspeople are out there and are available to teach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

You consider marketing a crafts night as either a workshop or more of a social gathering, or even offer them both. Make sure you promote them in a way that is both effective and appealing, with clear descriptions and attractive photos. You can also take photos and share videos on social media to make this more of a community event.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

Women Center Stage has launched women artists' work like Iris Bahr, who wrote and performed " Dai " at the festival, and is now performing her piece on Culture Project's main stage, and Staceyann Chin , who did a workshop of, "Border/Clash" as part of the Women Center Stage festival, and went on to produce fuller productions of the piece.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Last week, as part of my museum's year-long Loyalty Lab project , we hosted a workshop for Bay Area museum professionals with special guests Ian Kizu-Blair and Sam Lavigne of the game design firm Situate. Based on the Loyalty Lab workshop, we're now talking about experimenting with a "bring a friend" challenge.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. Some of these people are professional artists or exhibit designers, but most are just talented folks with an interest in museums.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Oakland-based performance artist, Aya De León , shared her secrets for a healthy relationship: Being in a relationship, particularly as a black woman with a black man, just means that we are each bringing our own land mines to the relationship. My teeth ground in frustration as I reminded her that I am Javier's other mom. For more info.,

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

The Museum of Art & History is now in the hands of internationally known innovator Nina Simon, while the community eagerly awaits what happens next By WALLACE BAINE Posted: 06/30/2011 01:30:40 AM PDT Click photo to enlarge Museum of Art & History Director Nina Simon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. This word cloud is from a virtual workshop I facilitated asking participants what the barriers to effective virtual meetings are: technology, engagement, connectivity, and participation. This helps created a shared experience.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. I designed electricity workshops for families. Now, as a freelancer, my work combines long-term, creatively challenging participatory exhibit projects with lots of little workshops and brainstorming sessions with institutions around the world.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Pivot this to virtual by having each participant upload a photo or live stream themselves walking their “at-home” runway. Pet photo contest – Everyone loves looking at adorable animals and showing off their pets. With a pet photo contest, ask supporters to submit photos of their furry friends beforehand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2015

I just spent two days in Miami at the Knight Foundation Media Learning Seminar where I co-facilitator a pre-conference workshop on leading on social channels with Amy Gahran and Stephanie Rudat. When I asked for a photo of him with the Fast Company magazine that includes the profile of him , he modestly posed behind the magazine cover.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2008

Photo by VaxZine. Almost ten years ago, I used to teach a workshop called " Digital Information Coping Skills " for artists and arts organizations as part of a series of workshop on the theme of how to integrate the Internet into your (arts) organization's mission. Think Web 1.0 Think Web 1.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

with geeks, artists, and civil society activists. Open Data in Aid Transparency — The organizers for this workshop, which will be held in Berlin on September 28 and 29, 2011, are OpenAid , Open Knowledge Foundation Germany , the Open Data Network , and the Böll Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I taught that same workshop inside of large corporations, and at the end of having taught that 12 times, I had two affects. BB: What advice do you have for artists who want to use their art for social change? PG: Actually, I was invited to teach a little course about exactly this at Book Passage Travel Writers Workshop.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I put each woman's photo at the beginning of when she talks to mark each section. Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance? I just want to dispel the myth that we are not activists and that we are not artists. Oh yeah, and I do some talking in the beginning, too (: The panel was about 50 minutes.

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