Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire. In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire.

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AUGUST 22, 2009

  I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts for 12 years on a range of arts and technology programs, including a network for artists called Arts Wire. .  The arts community is so powerful in telling stories. Art grabs people who don’t necessarily read the local paper.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

As you probably know, the Pope is visiting the United States this week in Washington, DC; Philadelphia; and New York City. There are even whole novels like “ Emoji Dick ” or famous art works explained in emojis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. Earlier this month, Janet sent me a note that she had completed her Ph.D. From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Last June, I facilitated a leadership workshop at the Americans for the Arts Conference where I tested some of the assessments and checklist tools in our book. Erika’s organization is a small to midsize arts organization, with six full time staff members and an operating budget of less than $1 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 Jumo setup their offices in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. Chris Hughes brought in Kirsten Titus as Managing director of Jumo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. Social Media Trainer's Bag of Tricks View more presentations from Beth Kanter. My job was the network weaver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2009

A guy gets into a cab in New York City and asks the cab driver, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" Does represent a possible new business model in the light of crumbling arts nonprofits ? Tags: Arts & Technology. . That's an old joke from my music school days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

We have a family membership at an upstate New York sculpture center featuring outside exhibitions. Even though we can assume every org has a range of target audiences, members have to be a priority for every arts and culture organization. Courtesy of Nancy Schwartz, publisher of Getting Attention.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Its strategic partnership with Electronic Arts has enabled GlassLab to develop SimCityEDU, a game-based classroom tool that uses the beloved SimCity franchise to engage students in real-world challenges. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Back in the early 1990s, I was "hoisting" web pages onto the Internet with a colleague David Green who worked at the New York Foundation for the Arts on the Arts Wire project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, healthcare, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2008

The only festival dedicated to the new movement using Digital Games for Social Change will explore real-world impact, the latest games and funding strategies. Hosted in New York City by Parsons The New School for Design, the 5th annual Games for Change Festival will take place in June 2 - 4, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

I met her like ten years ago when I leading training workshops for arts educators, artists, and arts organizations throughout New York State on how to use the Internet. Meet Susan Silverman. I was teaching Web1.0 Susan was doing these amazing collaborative, user-generated content projects over the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2003

Solid policy research into the nonprofit arts and culture sector, once rare and anecdotal, is now accumulating. Boston Foundation's report on arts funding was designed to answer two fundamental questions: How does the financial support available for metro Boston???s Paul, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2006

A few years ago when I was working for the Online Arts Leadership project with the New York State Alliance for Arts Organizations and Cornell University, I met Julia Fabris McBride. At the time, she was deputy director for programming at the Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation (IAAF).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Arts & Culture. included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, healthcare, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. The grant categories will be: Health. The Planet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2006

4 jobs I had: General Manager of the Pro Art Chamber Orchestra Management/Capacity Assessment Evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grants Day of Service Consultant for N-TEN Community Builder/Network Coordinator for Artswire, an online network for artists and project of the New York Foundation for the Arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

In those days, I was " circuit rider " where I traveled around New York State to work with very small local arts councils in rural areas. Photo by Eurleif. I've been working in nonprofit technology since 1992. Yes, I used to crawl under desks and plug in wires.). (Yes, Yes, I used to crawl under desks and plug in wires.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2003

Cuts in funding have forced the Dance Theatre of Harlem, in New York, to lay off 19 of its 27 staff members and reduce its budget by $3-million, reports. The Ballet Tech company, in New York, has canceled its upcoming season to avoid a projected $665,000 budget shortfall, reports. The New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2010

This happened right before the holidays in December and an article by Stephanie Strom in the New York Times reported: JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Seth Godin poses the figurative question “are you willing to get arrested for your art?”)Though Our founder, Eglantyne Jebb, was arrested in May 1919 for distributing provocative leaflets depicting photos of starving children. Though the tools may have changed, the basic human rights and need of children have not.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

He writes about Cambodian culture, arts, comics, and many other topics. Andy Roberts is a doctoral student from the New York Botanical Garden doing his research in a rural province in Cambodia. John Weeks (aka jinja ) has lived in Cambodia for a long time and has been blogging for many years. Hi blog is always informative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

The space reminded of the many artist-run spaces and community centers I've visited when I worked with the New York Foundation of the Arts. There was something very engaging and even artsy about this community of geeks volunteering their time, hanging out together, and shoulder-to-shoulder learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. He employed similar tactics to promote his Pepsi Refresh entry, which would pair creative seniors with at-risk youth to create fine art and dramatic storytelling. Photo: Jim Harrison.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Speaking of personal fundraising campaign, check out the " luck of seven " - an open source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change from noel hildalgo, a new york city-based activist, organizer, blogger, and barcamper. He did a video interview with Dirk Slater , too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

Here are some patterns of success: To expand reach, new, recycled, and interesting content is key, but posting too frequently can cause people to hide or unlike you. The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Mary Wittenberg , New York Roadrunners. Billy Shore , Share Our Strength.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

ANN CURRY | Today Show News Anchor | @AnnCurry. The quotes below are taken from a New York Observer story about an incredibly interesting panel that included Ann Curry, Robert Scoble, and other journalists from CNN, FOX and NBC in a discussion about the evolution of journalism in the context of Twitter and social media. …I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2005

For starters, podcasting can liberate art lovers from the museum's clunky audio sets and enjoy the Museum's "Official Audio" more stylist piece of equipment. These audio guides were inspired by a recent podcasting trend called "sound seeing," in which people record narrations of their vacations so others can enjoy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2008

New York Times via Ed Philp ,??? The Art of Commenting on Blogs. Click to see larger image This diagram, credited to the ??? original source ) illustrates the flow of comments on a blog. If you are reading many blogs and entering in many conversations, how to track where you've left comments? What did they say well?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

button on any post, I always ask myself, 'if the New York Times linked to this would I be okay? m Googling for something and my own site pops up in the results." " Her advice for those that work for nonprofits and do not blog anonymously. "Before I hit the ???publish???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

Beth Dunn wrote a great piece called " We're The Young Generation " reflecting on an article in the New York Times about the growing use of social networks by young people for social good. " And, then, of course, there is the art of integenerational online fundraising. I am learning so much from Nhuong Son.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. A photo of meeting Jayne Cravens face-to-face after following her work for ten plus years online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2009

Social networking/media can help you in your core mission: bringing art and music to people. Let’s look at some of the mission statements from orchestras around the country: New York. These statements speak of bringing art to communities and audiences the world over. And that’s a goal or objective too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The winners: Ashley Messick from the Blood Centers Vikki Baptiste from Mid Central Communication Action Barbara Christensen from Conservation Northwest Jessica Fillinger from Bridge New York Some Highlights from the Interview The first question that Kari was terrific. Chris Pirillo comes to mind.

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MAY 17, 2005

But, found this interesting example of using this new technology to make art more accessible. Makes me wish we lived in New York or that it could be done for MFA in Boston. ??? Art Mobs ??? sOrganizational Communication course at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. Gilbert explains: ???In

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