The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

to plan a monthlong peer-to-peer fundraising campaign: February = Black History Month, American Heart Month, Oral Hygiene Awareness Month, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Eating Disorder Awareness Month. Chances are that there’s already a dedicated day for celebrating the cause you care about.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

These sorts of echo chambers are common inside the Twitterverse – it’s the same with most celebrities and musicians who also tend to only follow each other, but in the case of nonprofits and politicians who are working on many of the same issues, not following the nonprofits listed below is a lost opportunity. Ashoka :: @ Ashoka.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2017

This is the second installation in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. I love art and performances and family festivals. Whenever possible, we held public presentations/celebrations of the project.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. But there was no such program focused on the arts.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

It was a local history urban scavenger hunt that sent teams of 2-5 people out into the city to track down as many historic checkpoints as they could over the course of an evening. We saw Race Through Time as an opportunity to share our mission around engaging with history with a new and highly desirable audience of young professionals.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

Then again, Saturday was hardly normal at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. The group was mostly young (teens to thirties) and nerd-diverse: a little bit punk, a little bit hacker, a little bit craft grrl. To get lots of participation, always celebrate the human quality of the work.

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