Candid

APRIL 22, 2021

In March 2020, Candid canceled all in-person events until a time to be named later. Julieta Mendez Senior Director of Network Engagement. I’ve also thrown on a stylish jacket from time to time to make me look as though I just landed from an international jaunt.” Yes, I do have a Zoom shirt. The result?

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

APIs and the Art of the Possible (Panel) Panelists include Nick Marchese of Emma Willard School, Shandor Simon of Beaver Country Day School, and Stephen Boyle of Blackbaud The power of APIs lies in their ability to seamlessly connect disparate systems, unlock data silos, and facilitate the exchange of information in real-time.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

On the other hand, can we use it to bring people closer to a reality that broadens their perspectives and fosters empathy?” – Corey Jones, Creative Director “Apple has delivered the best amusement ride or 3D movie I’ve ever seen. This will be a major deterrent for arts and culture organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

posted by Christopher Haines Artistic Director & Co-Founder, iTheatre Collaborative. To borrow from the song: “Art is a many splendored thing.” Art is also very subjective. Again borrowing: “One man’s trash is another man’s art.” So, what is the value of art? Recently, I attended a conference on arts education.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2011

Petri Darby is the Director of Brand Marketing & Digital Strategy at Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. I had a chance to spend time with Petri at SXSW this year where we talked about how Make-a-Wish Foundation of American is using social media as part of their digital strategy. He blogs at darbyDARNIT.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

But as a practical matter this seems awfully time consuming, especially for a small shop. — Can’t afford the time Dear Can’t afford the time, This is one of those instances where you can’t afford NOT to find the time. These are quick, pure thank you’s and don’t take a lot of your time. It may be the E.D.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. Arts organizations are not alone in this. The question.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 18, 2022

Using Nimble AMS, you can save valuable staff time by automating manual business processes. A state-of-the-art AMS system like Nimble AMS, which is built on Salesforce and offers extensive online training, can help you attract and retain a top-notch workforce. Attract and retain staff. Information technology (IT) . Membership .

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“The museum store should always stock items that are a reflection of the visitor’s experience, “says Julia Jordan, Director of Retail Operations & Associate Director of Visitor Engagement for The College of Physicians of Philadelphia which includes The Mütter Museum. “It’s Ringing it all up .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

At the end of the month, I’ll be facilitating a workshop at the 92nd Street Y in NYC call “ Social Media Mindsets and Toolsets for Nonprofit ,” an interactive workshop is for executive directors and organizational leaders that work for nonprofits and want to learn tips and techniques for scaling social in their organizations.

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CauseVox

MAY 25, 2021

Check out our top three tips for increasing memberships and selling more tickets in 2021: Expand your membership tier options Plan for universal timed ticketing Create smaller group events with higher value. Plan For Universal Timed Or Capacity-Controlled Ticketing. is Communications Director for Doubleknot and ClearView CRM.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The f amous art director Paul Rand said, “ Design is the silent am bassador of your b rand. ” In my opinion, no truer words c ould des cribe the art of branding. ​ As Director of Marketing for Blue Fox , I think our founder and graph ic des igner struck blue gold when they brought alive, Penny the Blue Fox.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2011

project will focus on apps for arts organizations, with a practical. We'll share some interesting apps developed for arts. Discovering Public Art with Public Art Omaha. engage with public art? engage with public art? The really cool thing is how Public Art Omaha did it: their public art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. What can we effectively with limited time? It was one of the first examples I've seen of customer service for an arts organization.

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Forum One

MARCH 30, 2021

Museums and cultural institutions have long had the task and challenge to build valuable online experiences that complement the physical museum experience, but no one could have guessed that this online experience would become, for a time, the only way to engage with museums. What are the priorities? How do you even get started?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Our webinar speakers were Melissa Cronin, director of special initiatives at the 92nd Street Y, and Wendy Harman, director of information management and situational awareness at the American Red Cross. Establishing small goals like raising $3,000 for an arts program. A Call to Action That Celebrates Giving.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. Betsy Dassau, C3's founder and executive director, believes in the power of art.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Crystal Dionysopoulou is the founder and Creative Director of Lucid Fox , a dynamic web design and development agency that puts people first. They don’t need to appear all the time, but make sure your web developer has created a place for them that you can bring them to the forefront and update the content as necessary.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

To successfully secure gifts of time and money you have to be ready to hear no. Let’s face it we hear no all the time in our personal and business lives. Very often donor prospects will ask for more time. Not setting a specific date and time can place you in a Bermuda Triangle of sorts, with all sense of urgency lost.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 2, 2018

Wealthier donors will continue to itemize deductions, and they are more likely to support higher education, the arts and cultural organizations. At times like these, it becomes particularly important to ensure your organization is having the mission impact intended and resources are appropriately directed to this impact.

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M+R

MARCH 4, 2024

Read time: 3 minutes Here’s what’s on our calendars for the next couple of months. How about you? Let us know here if you’re planning on attending any of these conferences — we’d love to say hi, buy you a drink, ply you with delicious conference session knowledge, and other fun stuff. We’re also hosting a party on 3.14 (aka Pi Day!).

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Candid

MAY 28, 2024

I asked Kate Tkacik Sweeney, Candid’s senior director of development, for advice on how to decide which funder to approach and how best to make the ask. You’ll also want to confirm that it’s the right time to ask. Building, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with long-term funders is more of an art than a science.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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? All in one day.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary. I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. Naming our goals and our culture.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

Smithsonian Associates (SA) , which annually presents 700+ classes and other educational and entertaining programs, made a hard fast pivot in June 2020, when it began to present all of its lectures and art courses as livestreamed programs on Zoom. The images chronicle what the volunteers have been doing with all this time on their hands.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2022

They have historically been left out of the conversation, but want to give their time and resources to make the biggest social impact possible. For example, leaders might survey who makes up a board of directors or determine if there are groups that would benefit from an organization’s services that currently are not.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you’re not “ all signs point to go ,” it may be time to either hang up your shingle or look around and see what other problems you might address. Here are signs your work may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time, or it has shrunk.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Parker, a Seneca Indian who worked as the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. National Native American Heritage Month was created with the intention to provide a platform for American Indians to share and honor their culture, traditions, music, art, dance, beliefs, and ways of life.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

It breaks my fundraising heart each time I read about hard-working fundraisers spending hours crafting a donor-centered appeal only to find their CEO had “fixed it” by: . Fundraising is both an art and a science. A few months ago, I referred the Executive Director of a nonprofit to a consultant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. What can we effectively with limited time? It was one of the first examples I've seen of customer service for an arts organization.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

Unfortunately, it’s also several times more expensive to acquire new donors than retain old ones. At the same time, nonprofits are struggling to retain fundraisers and crucial development staff. So what can nonprofit leaders do to combat staff turnover and improve donor retention rates at the same time?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

As always, I read this article through the lens of our arts and cultural customers. As a result, I put together my perspective on this game changing technology for arts and cultural organizations. Unique to the arts and cultural space is the need for leveraging mobile devices for tickets. Are the same trends applicable?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2016

One of my favorite times of year is fast approaching—bbcon. Knowing that those three days are so jam-packed with content, I often get asked what bbcon offers for arts administrators, and the answer is…a lot! Kathryn will help you ensure that your funding proposals have a greater chance of rising to the top!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

By: Stu Manewith, Director of Thought Leadership and Advocacy at Omatic Software. If you fail to consolidate that information in a timely manner, or if it somehow gets lost in the shuffle, your Salesforce system can quickly become out of date and stale. Discrete segments can be tested based on timely nuances in supporter behavior.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2022

During COVID-19 and in the wake of early teacher retirements, Matt Walker, Director of IT, explained that MSTA’s retention rate was declining. Predictive analytics help to reduce staff work time, anticipate member behavior, and offer targeted actions to increase member engagement. 20 apps Nimble AMS customers love. Adam Carey, Sr.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. Environmental Impact. Challenges. Images: Braided River.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. We got a chance to talk shop with Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg. Environmental Impact. Challenges. Images: Braided River.

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