Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

A few months ago, I created a workshop called " Arts 2.0 " which was a strategic social media for arts organizations workshop. Does this story illustrate the art of network weaving ? t have an extensive classical music background, but learned quickly and learned to love it even quicker. As of now, we???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Photo by clyatt.jasper ( Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. Kicking off the effort was paired with an e-mail to a list of about 30 classical music bloggers.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Photo by Jon Bailiff. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace is primary used to participate in pop culture. It was still open and uncensored (at a time when Facebook was banning breasting feeding photos ) and remains that way, but by the time Facebook opened to the public in September 2006, the blogosphere was enamored with Zuckerberg of Facebook and thought Tom of MySpace had sold out.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

I immediately flashed to my work with art museums and staff members' concerns that older, traditional audiences will shy away from social engagement in the galleries. More so than teens in the past, teens today have grown up in a culture of fear around engagement with strangers. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Participants in the Summit recognized that if we can overcome challenges of verification, duplication, language, privacy, and culture, we will be in a position to empower the public to share valuable information with all of us. "One person can take a photo. One person can post a message. " People have always wanted to help.

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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. Share your silent auction basket highlights on all of your social media platforms, using both photos and videos to boost your items’ appeal.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2010

This morning, in less than fifteen seconds, I saw live video of: a guy on the phone, lounging in front of his computer a guy taking a photo of me while ignoring simple questions a guy who used a mirror effect to look like an alien a penis The penis was the last straw. Occasionally it's a place for a surprising cross-cultural encounter.

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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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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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. Ask your school’s cultural clubs to put together an educational video, whether it be a step-by-step art project, cooking tutorial, or something unique.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

This week's Ask Britt question, sent in by a reader, is, "How can I combine the creative arts with social impact? The arts are a wonderful way to make a difference in the world because they are fun, engaging, and oftentimes help you to tell stories, all key elements to attracting and keeping people involved in a cause. Great question!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. Or something you know about them that you maybe you just saw them at an art gallery or something like that. It’s dozens.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Many of them had almost nothing by way of material resources, but they had imagination, and if you have imagination, you can, it turns out, light the dark with all kinds of creative arts. They were using music, dance, poetry, and storytelling, and they were succeeding. BB: Why do you think the arts is such a powerful tool?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Now, type in the chat if you know this reference, if you know this pop culture reference. There are people doing art. So on a very simple level, I’m sure most of us have seen a 360 photo on Facebook. But what works best, music, humor, entertainment, surprise, relatability. Okay, so AI and chatbots.

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