Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. So, how can we use family or experiences to get people to donate? As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization. Do you have a young curator’s program or zookeeper-in-training type of program for tweens and teens?

Arts 31

Arts Generation Culture Giving 31

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 19, 2014

Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Katie” was one of the first girls I ever met, a 12-year-old who loved ballet, soulful music, and chocolate chip cookies. Regardless of how you start, people pay attention to a good story. Katie attended.

Fundraising 48

Fundraising Teen Storytelling Captivate 48

Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Website or event page so people can find it. Provide water station stops and set up a picnic at the end for people that raise money. We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Outdoor Music Festival.

Ideas 98

Ideas Fundraising Movie National 98

Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres. Second, teens today are incredibly aware of "stranger danger." More so than teens in the past, teens today have grown up in a culture of fear around engagement with strangers. They like to do and touch and make.

Teen 49

Teen Social Museum Participatory 49

Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

By a strange and lucky coincidence, I was at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM) in Seattle for a two-day workshop. They staffed talk-back tables where visitors could write on butcher paper, and outside the museum, they put out boxes of sidewalk chalk to invite people to share their thoughts.

Museum 34

Museum Teen Learning Music 34

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

When you say you want to be relevant, that usually means "we want to matter to more people." Or different people. If you don't know many people in this community, this is a red flag moment. Don't assume that content/form that is relevant to you or your existing audiences will be relevant to people from other backgrounds.

Teen 20

Teen Museum Voice Collaboration 20

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 16, 2014

It was no frills; when my sisters & I suffered our teen angst-y issues or had drama there were no ‘ Full House ’ type moments. No conversations by the bedside with gentle music playing in the background like we watched so many times on television. Growing up, my mom had this wonderfully blunt but loving way of parenting.

Arizona 81

Arizona Public Meme Classes 81

Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

HART needed a technology solution that would allow it to go from a staff of 5 to 50 people — without having to pay additional costs or have extra maintenance. It's undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on Last Polar Bear reached 26.5 The Pumpkin Church.

Share 36

Share Organization Cisco Tech 36

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. Everything about the event--from the time slot to the tone of the content to the music played--was designed for that audience. Performances just for teens.

Audience 52

Audience Develop Museum History 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The chairs were cast-off art, reclaimed as art, available for people to take off the hooks and use. Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders. They were there for artist talks.

Process 20

Process Share Philadelphia Arts 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. In the next month, this blog will feature guest posts from a few of the people behind these innovative, quirky institutions, but in the meantime, here's a short list of six of my favorites to explore. Skill-sharing free schools.

Culture 49

Culture Alternative St. Louis Los Angeles 49

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

When it comes to convincing people to give, your message is everything. And you have to explain it all in a way that inspires people to give you money. But the more you work on your message, the better you will get at talking about your work in a way that leads people to give. It moves people to want to give. Harmonizes.

Donation 121

Donation Fundraising Teen Money 121

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers. Brahm Ahmadi: Sure.

People 43

People Podcast Oakland Local 43

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

How many people of color participate? The question came from a diversity consultant while we were discussing how young people today are being brought up on social networks AND some statistics about age and email/social network use. Pew Study on Social Media and Teens: (See page 33). Photo by MckaySavage.

Web 61

Web Social Blogger Stats 61

Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2016

There are doors through which people enter your room. This chapter explores the difference between connecting with new people by building new doors vs. connecting with new people by changing the content of the room. Think of the Subjects to Change teen program, or the free lunches at the Cleveland Public Library.

Museum 20

Museum Arts Language Chapter 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

Side Trip is an immersive environment full of interactive experiences that let visitors share their own stories of the 1960s, make their own rock posters, and explore the music and vibe of the time. I saw teens and adults who sat and did this activity for 45 minutes and wasn’t surprised to hear that some people spend over an hour on it.

Denver 21

Denver Museum Arts Remix 21

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

While standing on line, I noticed something surprising: when a car full of riders came back to the boarding area after their ride, people in line stuck out their hands to slap the hands of the riders in the car. Step 1: people on line wait for rollercoaster. Step 2: people see car is coming and stick out their hands.

Museum 20

Museum Participatory Teen Game 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

How can labels help people have a deeper connection with art? Most people aren’t educated in how to look at art. What do people love about this piece? Also, the teen selections often featured teenagers interviewing visitors about their reactions to the pieces. Labels that answer the stupid questions in our heads.

Arts 30

Arts Museum Artist Audio 30

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

It means seeking out people in their "natural habitat" of the social Web and paying attention to what they are blogging, writing, and saying about your institution. I watched many entertaining shorts featuring students explaining exhibits to the beat of popular and illegally uploaded music.

Museum 20

Museum Teen Second Life Discussion 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. Connecting with communities means making conscious decisions that invite in particular people. Pick a group of people to whom you would like to be relevant, and work with them to deliver programs that meet their needs.

Community 22

Community Museum San Diego San Francisco 22

Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2007

We tried on clothes, listened to new music, and threw pennies in the fountain. People don’t hang out at Target the way they flock to malls. Does the collection of experiences constitute a place that has something for all kinds of people? Mall content connects strongly to people’s lives. We ate in the food court.

Lesson 20

Lesson Museum Music Classes 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2019

He wandered around the big top playing music with his jiggered musical contraption attached to his body. We are spinning and performing, and most people have no idea of the preplanning it takes to make it look so easy. We can’t serve our patrons if we are not thinking about the people doing the work. What’s the solution?

Museum 29

Museum Accessibility Articulate Teen 29

Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

The recent flurry of restrictions that has sent teens fleeing? Social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, even ExhibitFiles are tools that allows people--strangers and friends--to connect with one another. Paradoxically, the anonymity of online interactions both protects and exposes people to harm.

Museum 20

Museum Myspace Facilitation Social Network 20

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

My house that I loved so much that I’m sure that I overpaid and was a fundraiser at Big Brothers Big Sisters at that time and really had to learn to navigate some really choppy waters around what it meant to help folks understand investing in their community in trying times, investing in young people, investing in our staff.

Management 97

Management Work Video Slides 97

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

Community 42

Community Teen Build Social 42

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Maybe it's a live music concert, or a museum visit, or a play. Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. For myself personally, this gulf rears its head every time I go to a live music concert.

Arts 50

Arts Museum Music Calendar 50

Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2014

By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. Fewer people reading; I weep for the future. Find Scott On Twitter. . A recent New York Times article stated that fewer than 20% of 17-year-olds read for pleasure “almost every day”, down from over 30% 30 years ago.

Teen 38

Teen Louisville Donor Strategy 38

Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

And if you’re one of those people and you’re really struggling and you need a lot of assistance and you’ve limited capacity, I feel you, so. But the principles, the principles are always the same, getting people to know you, getting people to like you, and getting people to trust you.

Social Media 85

Social Media Trend Video Marketing 85