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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

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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. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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JANUARY 30, 2010

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.) Many may be asking, therefore, “Why fund the arts?”

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Arts and Social Media View more presentations from kanter. This morning I gave a presentation for a group of senior marketing people from performing arts centers around the country on social media. It was one of the first examples I've seen of customer service for an arts organization. What is the best way to work with interns?

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Marc van Bree and I were chatting about some of the collaborative arts marketing strategies that some arts organizations have experimented with on Twitter. Since there have been a few examples, I asked Marc if would write a post looking at some of these. What do you have in store for the future?

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APRIL 22, 2014

Flickr Photo by Soyignatius. Content curation – the process of finding, organizing, and sharing topical, relevant content for your audience that supports your nonprofit’s engagement or campaign goals (or your professional learning) begins with “ Spotting the Awesome.”

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JANUARY 7, 2010

I combining raising money to send Cambodian youngsters to school, an action learning experiment on the art of retweet, guest teaching at Stanford Business School class on social technology, and eating chocolate. What have you learned about the art of retweet? It's my 53rd birthday on Monday and here's my birthday party plans.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You don’t have to be on the blog tour to write a blog post on “The Art of Beginning… Again”. You can subscribe on Jewels of Elul to receive inspirational reflections from public figures each day of the month. We invite everyone to post this month (August 11th – September 8th) with Jewels of Elul to grow and learn.”.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

I just got back from doing a plenary session at the Arts Summit organized by the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations. It's gathering of arts leader from throughout New York State. I spoke about social media and future leadership in the arts - and also did a workshop. Many, many memories. See the photos here.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Arts and Social Media View more presentations from kanter. This morning I gave a presentation for a group of senior marketing people from performing arts centers around the country on social media. It was one of the first examples I've seen of customer service for an arts organization. What is the best way to work with interns?

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MARCH 11, 2015

I just read Marie Kondo’s “ the life-changing magic of tidying up: the Japanese art of decluttering and organization ” which, of course, is talking about decluttering your closet and home, but the principles work for your professional life – clearing your calendar, to do list, and your online social network connections.

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MARCH 17, 2011

The Art of Story Capture. A group of volunteers, with parts and guidance from Cisco, installed of a wireless network at the WildTech Shelter. This network will enable residents to access the Internet for job searches, ID requests, and everyday communications.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Over the years, I remember some very devastating and painful US government arts funding cuts - from the National Endowment for the Arts to Massachusetts State Arts Council. Arts advocates have always fought back. Here's a social media infused campaign to fight 100% arts budget cut in Ottawa, Canada.

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MARCH 19, 2009

As someone who spent half her career working for and with arts organizations this news makes me sad: A report yesterday from the USAToday that quotes Bob Lynch , the President of Americans for the Arts estimating that 10,000 arts organizations will close this year, 10% of the total number.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

This came the "dashboard" for the Indianapolis Museum of Art , an ongoing effort to measure various aspects of the Museum's performance. The dashboard is one feature in he Indianapolis Museum of Art's new Website which launched in September with lots of social media features. I would like to see some context.

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DECEMBER 18, 2007

A few months ago, Rebecca Krause-Hardie and I co-wrote an article for ArtsReach Magazine about how arts organizations are mixing in social media strategies. If you are interested in learning about how arts organizations are using the social web, read Becky's blog! My Flickr Stream. You can find a copy of the article here.

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MAY 26, 2015

Last week, Andrea Kihlstedt and I did a reprise of our Guidestar webinar, “ Healthy and Productive Meetings ” as a learning session for Guidestar staff. Guidestar has multiple office locations, so this session was done as a virtual meeting using a platform and apps that offered features like chat, desktop sharing, polling, white board, (..)

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NOVEMBER 17, 2005

I create art with paper. I've also played with the idea of computer arts & crafts -- integrating digital and handmade art. I've also used computer arts & crafts ideas when I volunteered as a computer mentor at the computer kids clubs (a long time ago). So I just had to blog these computer paper arts & crafts!

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OCTOBER 20, 2006

I'm live blogging from Pittsburgh - Carnegie Mellon - Technology and the Arts Conference It's a gathering of arts people from all over the country to discuss technology issues. Live blogging today Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. The wireless works!

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OCTOBER 21, 2006

" They covered the why, what, and how to get started of podcasting in the arts sector. Jerry Coltin gave an excellent overview which included listening to and showing some examples of arts podcasting and video podcasting. Brad Stephenson has been sharing his learning on the Technology in the Arts Blog about his podcasting efforts.

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OCTOBER 5, 2006

In two weeks, several hundred arts leaders from around the country will gather on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University to discuss the role of technology in the arts field at the Technology in the Arts Conference. Tell me a little bit about how you got into arts management? Was that your progression? Actually, I???m

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MAY 24, 2006

The Art Museum Social Tagging Project is a group of art museums is looking at integrating folksonomies into the museum Web by developing a working prototype for tagging and term collection, and outlining directions for future development and research that could benefit the entire museum community. A tag is a user???s s collection.

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JULY 17, 2017

The San Francisco Museum of Art recently launched an ingenious bot called “Send Me” that allows anyone to send a simple text message and receive a picture of a piece of art matching the idea, words, or phrase texted. According to the Mollica, that is more art than is currently on display.

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MAY 20, 2013

Sunrise on Sacred Maori Land outside of Auckland, NZ.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Yesterday, I presented a workshop called " A Crash Course in Social Media for Arts People " hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Crash Course: Social Media for Arts People View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: arts ).

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JUNE 23, 2006

I've been invited to be on the Honorary Committee for the Technology in the Arts Conference. The idea is to bring together a variety of people in the arts sector to examine the commonalities that exist in useful technologies as well as the opportunities for partnership. that was launched back in 1992.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2005

the blog of Barry Hessenius, executive director of Alonzo King Lines Ballet in San Francisco, and former executive director of the California Arts Council takes an interesting twist on a group blog. The blog is being hosted by Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) at www.westaf.org/blog and join in the dialogue!

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AUGUST 12, 2005

Check out the interview with the Dutchess Arts Council ! The [link] explores artists and artist resources in New York's Hudson River Valley. Interesting use of the medium!

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OCTOBER 16, 2007

I was sad to miss the Technology in the Arts Conference this past week, but Maryann Devine whose blog I read was there. | View | Upload your own. She was kind enough to forward me a copy of her slides - and looks like I had a little bit of presence there!

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JULY 2, 2005

Via Joho the Blog a link to Gary Turner's experimentation of a new art form. Also has possibilities for the field of psychology - web traffic rorsasch tests.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

As KD Paine and I wrote in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” measuring your social media channels, overall communications or marketing strategy is not a form of voodoo black magic; it is an art and a science. So, what does it take to do the art and science of measuring your marketing or communication strategies well?

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. The organization is a Packard Foundation grantee.

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JANUARY 20, 2007

In cooperation with Amoration AMO Studios, NMC Campus is hosting a large scale art event February 11-13, 2007. Here's the email announcement from Alan Levine: The NMConnect Visual Symposium will be the largest collaborative art event ever created in Second Life! This will take place over multiple sims on some of NMC's new land.

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OCTOBER 20, 2006

Find your peers who are in a similar situation and it doesn't have to be another arts organization. He notes, "It isn't possible for one person to keep up. You need your peers. You need a network. Find your peers and share knowledge." " Be aware of vendor-driven solutions.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

It's a collaborative art project reminding me of the early Internet projects like Douglas Davis 's " The World's First Collaborative Sentence." s to The One Second Film is The World's Biggest Shortest Film is several things rolled into one. " It's a micro-fundraising project - donate a dollar and participate.

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JUNE 26, 2008

In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research. on how different arts organizations using social media effectively. The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particularly its Click Exhibition , an experiment in crowd-sourced exhibits. networks.

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