Forum One

MARCH 30, 2023

Forum One’s recent design work with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Simmons Talks series was a dream come true: an opportunity to put passion behind a design that I believe in and honor the work of others who inspire me.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Musician’s clothing Costumes Musical instruments Include a certificate of authenticity with the item to reassure donors of its credibility. Travel-related live auction items People often attend auctions to discover unique experiences or opportunities that help them check off bucket list items.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Embarking on Your AAPI Heritage Month Journey Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrated every May in the United States, provides an important opportunity to honor the history, culture, and achievements of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators.

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OneCause

MARCH 27, 2023

These individuals live out the organization’s mission, are dedicated to the donor experience, never stop learning, and always give 100% to the cause. this year’s Raise Conference will be held in Nashville, TN at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Hosted in Nashville, TN! With past locations varying from Chicago, IL to Washington, D.C.,

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Kindful

JANUARY 5, 2022

Organizations in this category include theater, dance, and musical groups. Music Worcester. This image is from Music Worcester , a nonprofit that spent $53,416 on advertising in 2020. Cecilia Music Center. ??. They have an annual median spend of $53,416. Nonprofits with a typical spend in this group include: .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

For those who don’t know the history, the @ NonprofitOrgs brand launched on Myspace in February 2005. It was my first first experience with online social networking and from that first “Friend Request” I was absolutely hooked – obsessed even – with the potential of social networking for social good.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Partner with a local golf course to provide your participants the chance to compete against each other in their very own Masters experience while raising money to support a great cause. Partner with local spas or wellness centers to sponsor the event for a luxurious experience. Irish potluck for St. Patrick’s Day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Field Museum Store offers gifts for those interested in science and cultural, natural, and human history. Proceeds aid musicians and music industry workers who are struggling with illness, disease, and age-related problems. Perfect gifts for the nonprofit techie! 8) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. How do we get the history of the poor?

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

The initial wave of generative-AI examples in the art, music, and written composition spaces has generated a lot of interest within the technology sector. Naturally, this led to a ton of consternation about Carroll’s play-calling (“worst play-call in Super Bowl history.”)

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

Venture over to Shaw for a limited-time Cherry Blossom Pop-Up Bar experience from the folks at Southern Efficiency and Mockingbird Hill. Songbyrd may seem like a coffee place, but it brings a lot more to the table, including a robust live music and event calendar. National Museum of American History (The National Mall).

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Everyaction

MARCH 22, 2018

Ranked one of the country's best zoos, take a break from that city life and experience some wilderness at this beautiful zoo. A super touristy experience located close to downtown, Mardi Gras World is a 300,000+ square foot warehouse where the floats for the legendary annual holiday are built and stored. The Spotted Cat Music Club.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Gen C’s digitally-connected consumers were heavily influenced by the very nature of these experiences. The pandemic hastened digital interactions; the experience evolved. Brian Solis, and psychologists and neurobiologists, uses the term somatic marker to help define this experience and its effects. Image from Brian Solis.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The three main types of AI you should know about: Generative AI are programs that can use your input to create new content, from images to texts to music. This helps improve your volunteers’ experience and maximize the impact of their contributions. There are various approaches to AI that each serve different purposes.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A brand story relays the history, character, motivations, and other defining qualities of your nonprofit, from conception until today. All the creative elements—music, word choice, images—should all be centered around the seriousness of the information being provided. Going to the Next Level in 2021 with Stellar Fundraising Auctions.

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Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Enter any number of musical themes (does anyone hear the Jaws theme?) Not sure your organization is going to experience these results? A History of Previous Support. We’ve all been there. We’ve outgrown our space, we need a bigger endowment fund, we need to serve more people – it’s time for a capital fundraising campaign.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Participatory processes challenge traditional concepts of ‘conflict of interest,’ because the very premise of shifting power is to bring in people with lived experience and expertise, who know their communities, the histories, and the solutions. Integrate elements of creativity and art: some grantmakers include music, poetry, and art.

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Everyaction

JULY 12, 2018

Ranked one of the country's best zoos, take a break from that city life and experience some wilderness at this beautiful zoo. A super touristy experience located close to downtown, Mardi Gras World is a 300,000+ square foot warehouse where the floats for the legendary annual holiday are built and stored. The Spotted Cat Music Club.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

Airbnb , the home-sharing service, has just launched social impact experiences. How Social Impact Experiences Work. Guests can book your experience on Airbnb, and all of the funds collected go directly to your organization. What Does a Social Impact Experience Look Like? What Does a Social Impact Experience Look Like?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

That said, there are some resources and tools that I continually refer to and use again and again, and others that I am still experimenting with that may (or may not) become integral to my communications routine. Nonprofits can use Dipity to create timelines that highlight their organizational history, current events, and special campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Throughout history, philanthropy plays a very important role because it directly impacts our wellbeing. She came up to me and said she was very impressed by the history of American philanthropy and the AFP professionalism. I then said to her ‘Don’t you know that Egyptian has a longer history of philanthropy than the Americans?’

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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. It also sparked a conversation on Twitter among some classical music people.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Musical Instrument Museum. This pairing speaks directly to my passion for the arts – my day job is as manager for individual giving at the Musical Instrument Museum , and I serve on several music-related boards, as well as perform as a flutist and singer. Maureen Baker , Manager for Individual Giving.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

To plan an online fundraising auction, you’ll need to finalize a couple of logistics: Auction items or experiences. Livestream some 60s music and entertainment. Music can always add a fun touch to any decade-themed event! The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Technology advances have created the opportunity for many of us to experiment with one or more of these models. Jimmy and I spent an hour trading music together. He would play me a 90’s punk song, and I’d download Pat Benatar (saying, I had music like that when I was your age). I had never heard of it. It was a magical hour.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. But each of these studies yields another useful nugget. Direct questioning.

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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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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change isn''t an art club or a history group. It''s about empowerment and community leadership through art and history.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

One of those organizations is the German American Heritage Center (GAHC), a nonprofit dedicated to preserving German heritage and sharing knowledge about the German immigrant experience. The GAHC had been using Excel to manage campaigns but didn’t have a way to view each donor’s giving history and other crucial donor information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? How can we get people to talk to us? Even asking direct questions doesn’t result in replies.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

With 100+ sessions to choose from, a packed social event calendar, and long attendee list, how do you make the most of your conference experience? Or, you can take David Neff ''s local advice: skip the lines at Franklin''s and instead check out the amazing BBQ, bar, and history behind Freedman’s. Experience uniquely Austin sights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Experiences: People love getting to do something unique, interesting, and valuable, even more than they like “things.” Throw in beer and pizza and music and it can be fun. It is seen as wasteful overhead.

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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. The event was oversold, and participants raved about the experience. Those events bring in specific crowds for singular experiences, but to what end?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

A cheerful curly-haired deli owner stands in front of 30 of us and shares a quote he loves: "Artists live in the present and write detailed histories of the future." A vision is a detailed history of the future. This is a detailed history from the future. WHAT IS A VISION? A vision is not a solution to a problem.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2014

They host festivals that combine brunch with electronic music. One of my favorite exhibition experiences ever was their moody, academic exhibition Through Labyrinths. CCCB is an incredible institution. They present gorgeous, challenging exhibitions. They do research on literature, media, engagement, and serendipity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

I invited her to share her experience in crowd funding. Stories surround us on the radio, in newspapers, in our music boxes, in short web videos and on large screens in movie theatres. I saw for myself that history was unfolding in front of me. Vince Stehle thinks so as he explained in this guest post about Gasland.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). You can download and read the full version of my thesis here.

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