Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

This recent article from AIGA, “ Small Budgets, Tight Deadlines, Important Work: Lessons all designers can learn from working with nonprofits ,” was one of those instances. What would the structure be like? Ethical storytelling: It is not just about telling the right stories, but also telling the stories the right way. .

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Design Experiment Nonprofit Collaboration 52

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

From recruiting, developing and sustaining Black teachers for schools, BTP works to develop recruitment strategies, create support structures and even conduct research to ensure long term sustainability for Black teachers. Black Public Media emerged out of a need for more stories from Black storytellers. Black Public Media.

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History Support Organization Portland 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

They will also discuss the many opportunities and challenges that arise from the aftermath of a viral campaign and more importantly the lessons they have learned about replicating the results. Our session used the following structure. In August, 2015, the second ALS Icebucket Challenge took place.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Their new report dives into lessons on how to engage volunteers in community change efforts, telling the unique story of KaBOOM!, In return, she'll invite you to join her no-charge webinar in July, "How to Tell Your 5-Star Stories" Hurry, the deadline is Wednesday, June 13th. The Knight Foundation published KaBOOM!:

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Museum 2.0

MAY 4, 2007

Two of the articles that most influenced me were written by Don Carson, Disney imagineer turned video game designer, about "environmental storytelling." (You The unifying story is espionage, and the game-like question: “Do you have what it takes to be a spy?” Here are some lessons I've learned from Carson.

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Game Storytelling Lesson Museum 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The afternoon featured six mini-workshops that drilled down in the use of the tools such as Facebook , Blogging , Storytelling , Listening , Twitter , and Social Media 101. (The What Powers Learning: Sharing Experiences and Stories With Peers. The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Some Reflections.

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M+R

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I took away a few lessons from Taylor’s smashing success that nonprofits can apply to communications and media relations. Before making a splash in the media, take a cue from “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”—explore where your stories are already woven into the fabric of your existing audience engagement.

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Communication Professional Learning Press 88

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

They’re able to tell a great story and they’re able to communicate a solution to an obvious need. It’s just a structured approach walking you through and it’s not necessarily, you know, the where all be all. That’s an awesome story. This is really interesting to listen to and hear the stories.

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Campaign Video Project Process 89

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Accounting / @nysscpa. Accounting. Jan 20 - 22.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2007

I read the (long) article fascinated, wondering if such a resource might exist for museum exhibitions, charting the top 10 exhibitions that use play, or storytelling, or any other core museum design tenet. I know plenty of museums that hand out maps, but few that structure those maps as core parts of the visitor experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There is no better way to structure your thinking that the POST which stands for People, Objective, Strategy, and Tools. 3: Socialize your content with compelling stories that inspire people to donate. Successful crowd funding depends on great storytelling. And the moral of the story is…. Click to download worksheet.

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Fund Campaign Practice Giving 130

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. The Nonprofit Storytelling Conference is unlike any conference you've ever attended.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Working for a large nonprofit focused on programs and services that have impact on peoples’ lives, we often find ourselves with great stories of inspiration to tell. The challenge is identifying ways for the staff, who are responsible for implementing programs of impact every day, to tell the organization’s stories.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

And so I’m looking forward to being able to share how some of that happened and the lessons that I learned and provide some helpful tips if you find yourself in the same situation. So we’ve now heard your personal stories and I want to start helping the people who are in the audience right now. Ephraim: Thank you very much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

Storytelling and Knowledge Transfer :: sharing innovations, lessons learned, fail stories, and emerging best practices. Staffing Support :: advising on staffing structures, integration efforts, and hands-on support with talent recruitment and hiring.

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Journal Change Learning Technology 101

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

Free Range Studios is an advertising and marketing firm that specializes in progressive non-profit and socially responsible businesses, but we are best known for our online storytelling. We do a lot of print design; we started in website design; what we do that people see the most is online storytelling.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

and those Structural adjustment plans had very harsh yet actually superficial theoretical ways of wanting to solve this – and never did) And unfortunately $1.50 The photos were awesome and told a powerful story of crisis and recovery. a day is also still poverty even in the poorest nations. Tell it quickly.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

One of the biggest lessons is that we have something extremely wrong: we think our audience is rational, making their decisions based on facts, like Spock. AM: organizations are not investing enough in storytellers. They can come up with solutions by investing in really great storytellers. This is wrong. 1) Create a space.

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