Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Cooking or baking class. Reach out to the chef of a popular local restaurant or send a call out to any supporters who are baking aficionados to host a virtual cooking or baking class as a fundraiser. Student art show. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Bring in a top local chef (see point #3) to host a virtual cooking class. Then, your attendees can navigate to their session for a tea break and see what interesting art was created. Virtual Musicals. Musicals can be fun, and many people enjoy them. Cocktail Class. We all need a little fun in our lives.

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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. Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. Sheet music is a beautiful analogy for this.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

Working with arts organizations there are often concern that your constituent stories aren’t as impactful. million likes surely someone touting the effect of music and art on their lives can get just as many. Annual Fund Fundraising Arts & Cultural museum' to participate in an event. How did it help your child?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance. I've learned so much from my dad about making art, putting on a great show, inviting audience participation , and navigating celebrity. Their music was relevant to the crowd. I loved the piece. Here's that chapter.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

For the last several years, Symphony Nova Scotia has been changing children’s lives with music. Through its Education and Community Outreach programs, the Symphony helps bring music into the lives of over 14,000 school children each year - students who may not otherwise have access to a symphony.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I'm also always interested in how the national media portrays changes in the cultural sector. Executive Director Nina Simon, who was hired in 2011, says that in the years following the global financial crisis, the facility was struggling. “At

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute in Aracaju, Brazil provides educational opportunities to low-income kids in the agricultural Brazilian state of Sergipe, the home of Brazil’s far-famed Forro music. They’re now to the point where each student has access to an individual computer workstation during classes.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. Machine Project is a non-profit storefront arts venue that hosts a dizzying array of eclectic classes, workshops, events, and occasional exhibits.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2021

People are very aware of the rabid fandoms around various mainstream geek culture, things like Star Wars or Marvel movies for example. This emotional response is a sign of an unhealthy relationship to cultural production. Often extreme fans of these media properties refuse to tolerate any serious critique.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute in Aracaju, Brazil provides educational opportunities to low-income kids in the agricultural Brazilian state of Sergipe, the home of Brazil’s far-famed Forro music. They’re now to the point where each student has access to an individual computer workstation during classes.

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Everyaction

JULY 12, 2018

Located in the heart of the French Quarter, this acclaimed music venue was founded in 1961 to protect, preserve, and perpetuate traditional New Orleans Jazz. At Preservation Hall , catch nightly acoustic concerts celebrating the city's musical legacy with some of its finest performers. The Spotted Cat Music Club. Live Music.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

I will be leading several workshops called " Exploring Cambodian Culture " at the Sage School (preK-8 school for gifted students) during "Cluster Week." The site defines it as: CultureQuests allow students to examine, understand, and appreciate diverse cultures, including the student's own culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Different culture has different understanding of philanthropy and we use different words to represent various aspects of the concept. In most cultures, philanthropy existed a long time ago. At one of the pre-conference master classes, I met 2 young women from Cairo. In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 20, 2015

People share viral videos of flash mob orchestras in grocery stores and operas on the street because these events set isolated art forms free. This isn't just true of the arts: think of an outdoor capoeria class, dog festival, or co-working meetup. If we walk by many public art installations, we may feel more inspired to create.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

WEINGARTEN | Rolling Stone Music Critic| @1000TimesYes. That dude John Burn [an earlier presenter] was up here saying that ‘Twitter makes it easy to find stuff that pertains to you.’ “Crowdsourcing killed punk rock…Crowdsourcing kills art…It’s bullshit. It’s the music that the most people can listen to. Generic license ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Recent reports have alluded to class and race divisions between MySpace and Facebook users. In fact, I think MySpace is probably the best online representative of our society in terms of race and class that exists on the Web today, but it is incorrect to assume that MySpace is only a community of poor people. Apples and oranges.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2015

In pop culture-land, relevance is all about now. This is the least useful form of relevance for the arts. It's a cultural institution problem. Consider the experiments at the New World Symphony in Miami, where they are performing classical orchestral music for outdoor "wallcasts" that include projections and visual content.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. Both of these exhibitions are relevant to the cultural identity of Santa Cruz. These boards connect modern-day surfers to something greater than themselves: across oceans, across cultures, across time. The rechewed meat of culture.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Growing a Strong Volunteer Culture Every year, thousands of new librarians and archivists graduate from MLS programs. This Pop Up Library just returned from a folk music festival. One lives a double life as a soul music collector and DJ. You go online, and that’s why physical culture is at risk.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

While you don’t have to put the latest gadgets and popular items into all of your baskets, being aware of cultural trends can help you find unique additions for your gift baskets. If there are candy-making classes in your area, a gift certificate will come in handy for beginners looking to master the art of sugar confections.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

Organized by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) , this year’s 29th annual awards included around 3,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the world’s largest awards of its kind. The Communicator Awards honor excellence in innovation and creative work in marketing and communications.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

The five types Elaine defines are: object-centered (focus on STUFF) narrative (focus on STORY) client-centered (focus on AUDIENCE, children's and science museums fall here) community (focus on SELF-EXPRESSION, community and cultural centers fall here) national (government-sponsored) Each of these types has its strengths and challenges.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Virtual cooking class. Give your supporters the opportunity to try a new recipe and bring their inner chefs out with a virtual cooking class fundraiser. Perfect for high school students, a virtual “around the world” festival is a great way for students in cultural clubs to provide a fun learning opportunity for your community.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Imagine this situation: You go to an arts event, one of a type you rarely or never take part in. Maybe it's a live music concert, or a museum visit, or a play. There's been a lot of innovation in arts programming in the last few years. For myself personally, this gulf rears its head every time I go to a live music concert.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

posted by Maureen O'Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum. I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota. It was wonderful to again be immersed in French culture and language.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

posted by Maureen O''Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers).

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

You can even center your questions around your specific mission or choose a theme like Pop Culture or Movie Trivia. Art show – Are there any local artists in your area? Encourage them to show off their latest creations with a fundraiser art show! Then, each attendee will wear the headphones and start dancing to the music!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 8, 2010

They focus primarily on women from culturally diverse and immigrant communities. Below is an edited transcript of the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast site , or through the iTunes Music Store. The Mission District in San Francisco has a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen that's an envy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

In Grub , you paired music with recipes and meals. I also like to include art, music, culture and a lot of things that I think get lost in the politics. If you think about a bunch of kale, a bunch of collards, and a bunch of spinach, we're talking about a buck-fifty or two bucks at most for each bunch.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. People were saying that stuff when Clinton was president. What does that tell you? 5 Ron 08.11.08

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. It's only been open for a few weeks, and they already have lots of visitors sharing stories, making and sharing art, and adding their voice to the exhibitions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. We'll be taking with arts activist Alli Chagi-Starr, the Cultural Arts Director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ' Reclaim the Future Program. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes.

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