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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

Amy Sample Ward

Last month, the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11th 2011, the first day of the conference. The site was hosted on [link] , which used a URL and design that supported a strong sense of community around the campaign. Hanson led a 12-hour telethon that featured over 40+ artists. What you will change the next time?

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Inside the Design of an Amazing Museum Project to Capture People's Stories

Museum 2.0

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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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. In fact, Snapchat is giving rise to anew type of artist – the Snapchat artist.

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Juicy Blogging E-Course (online) + Blogging for Writers (SF)

Have Fun - Do Good

As many of you know, in addition to blogging and podcasting for myself and others, I'm also a blogging trainer and coach for artists, writers, creative entrepreneurs and do-gooders. I have two blogging workshops coming up, one online and one in San Francisco, that I thought might interest you.

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Event Engagement: 5 Strategies for Nonprofits

DNL OmniMedia

Re:Charity recommends designing your flyer with your nonprofit’s and event’s name, branding, and logo and compelling, eye-catching visuals. Ask your supporters for feedback on everything from your event’s theme to your merchandise design. Go old-school by creating an event flyer to post around town. Surprise guests.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, let’s get out the nonprofit vote for the nonprofit panels at SXSW 2011 ! In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork? Trust me.

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How We Doubled Attendance in a Year: One More Post about How Events Changed Our Attendance

Museum 2.0

The busiest day in both 2011 and 2012 is our longtime community program, Free First Friday. And finally, and perhaps most interestingly, here's a comparison of Jan-June 2011 vs Jan-June 2012. I'd like to show you the data for the full fiscal year, but we only have this daily data beginning in the winter of 2011.

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