Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Click here to listen to a very brief interview Over the weekend, I attended the Technology in the Arts Conference in Pittsburgh where artist and activist Faith Ringgold was one of the keynote speakers. " I had a chance to do a quick video interview with her about her thoughts on women artists.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

You can view all of the interviews, and subscribe to the show, on iTunes , or on the Big Vision Podcast's landing page. The way they're titled below is how they were listed at the time of the interview. Today is the 6th anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast! Happy listening! Women, Girls, Education and Global Health.

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MAY 17, 2011

Gateway to the Arts is a Pittsburgh-based organization that exposes young people to the arts through performances, classroom visits by professional artists, and integration of arts into school curriculum, all with a staff of six. In 2008, Gateway to the Arts was in need of a major overhaul. We had a non-logo.

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JUNE 29, 2010

." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below. He is also the co-founder of the International Folk Art Market. This was 7 years ago.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

For the past five years I've had the amazing opportunity to interview 56 changemakers for the Big Vision Podcast who I think have big visions for a better world. I come away from each interview energized and inspired You can view all of the interviews, and subscribe to the show, on iTunes , or on the Big Vision Podcast's landing page.

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MARCH 11, 2021

Ascertaining this is difficult when interviewing a facilitator, but you can glean insights from former clients, which is why you want to watch testimonial videos and call references. Facilitating a high-impact, memorable retreat is an art and the best facilitators are master artists. They don’t follow a script.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2005

The [link] explores artists and artist resources in New York's Hudson River Valley. Check out the interview with the Dutchess Arts Council ! Interesting use of the medium!

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JUNE 17, 2011

After going to Amoeba, we visited a few artists' studios as part of the East Bay Open Studios , including the Institute for Mosaic Arts. I'll post the interview soon. Also excited to start editing my Arts and Healing Podcast interview with the lovely Susannah Conway about the healing power of photography.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2005

And, for a museum that is presenting contemporary art -- anything that helps us demystify the artistic process and better understand the art is, in my opinion, a good thing. This Walker Blog let's us peer into the inner workings of the art institution. it allows the public to see what goes into making an art center.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Below are links to conversations with 48 big visionaries who I've interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast over the last four years. Please note that because the interviews take place over four years, some people's work and lives may have changed. The way they are titled below is how they were listed at the time of the interview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research. on how different arts organizations using social media effectively. Read the artist statement and then read the discussion. One of the photos in the top 10 most discussed is Tubby Lambergini. Full Moon Over the East River.

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MARCH 16, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview (especially new, young big visionaries), please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. June 1-22: My Juicy Blogging E-course: The Art and Play of Blogging for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

I’m always on the lookout for good icebreakers that don’t suck and was delighted with her movement icebreaker, although it might might work best with artist or activist audiences. She did so in the first few minutes. It was before we did anything else. I told them to come back at a precise time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I’ve been busy interviewing people who work for nonprofits for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit : Strategies for Impact without Burnout, with Aliza Sherman. Nina Simon, a long time colleague and author of the Museum 2.0 The camp was co-designed by Beck Tench , a designer and brilliant thinker about creating space for creativity.

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JANUARY 3, 2012

I'll be interviewing Stacey, the Founder of Global Girlfriend , for Have Fun, Do Good in early 2012. I want to interview Christine about her book for the Arts and Healing Podcast. The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon by Mark Bryan with Julie Cameron and Catherine Allen.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

A big thanks to everyone who listens to the program, and reads the interview transcripts here on Have Fun * Do Good. I've listed all of the interviews below with links to the audio and the transcripts. Please note that because the interviews take place over three years, some people's work has changed.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. In the education department, we have some key values around slowing down, conversation and participation around art, and deep looking. So what did you do next?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. June 1-22: My Juicy Blogging E-course: The Art and Play of Blogging for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. Machine Project is a non-profit storefront arts venue that hosts a dizzying array of eclectic classes, workshops, events, and occasional exhibits.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

On September 10, the Whitney Museum of American Art started offering a new membership called "Curate Your Own," in which members select one of five specialized "buckets" of benefits in addition to core admission and discount benefits. People want to experience art in quite individual ways. The "insiders" are another example.

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JUNE 19, 2010

This month's Big Vision Podcast interview is a special one with. Since moving to Santa Fe, he has developed New Mexico Creates , an economic development initiative that creates market links for New Mexico artists and artisans. He is also the co-Founder of the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. Happy Father's Day!

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

But I’d been scribbling notes for an art museum label post for awhile, and then yesterday, the NY Times had a review of a new show at MOMA, Comic Abstraction. And it ended with this: No wonder it [MOMA] ends up showing shallow, label-dependent art rather than work that offers deeper, more contradictory encounters. The review was harsh.

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JULY 13, 2008

Ari Derfel Late last month I interviewed Ari Derfel, CEO and co-owner of Back to Earth, Inc. Below is an edited transcript of our interview for the Big Vision Podcast. The next day, some TV station, ABC or CBS, was interviewing me and they said, "Read some of your blog comments live for the camera." He wrote some mean comment.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

Last month, artist and game designer Nikki Pugh led an utterly charming, often hilarious community residency at the City Gallery in Leicester, UK. I spoke with Nikki this week to learn more about the Ministry and their fun and games. How did this project come about? How did the museum staff respond to this experience?

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JUNE 24, 2011

Yesterday I interviewed artist and social changemaker, Naomi Natale, for the July Big Vision Podcast about her powerful One Million Bones project. One Million Bones is a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. NEWS This week, Echoing Green partnered with Jobs for Change on a new Be Bold Podcast.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Beth Harris and Steven Zucker's content about art history is social and dialogue-based in format. These instructors aren't teaching you the equivalent of a high school course in math or art history. They advocated for the power of online research and learning: There is a huge appetite for knowledge about art that is not being met.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

In 2006, filmmaker Faythe Levine traveled 19,000+ miles visiting over 15 cities, and interviewing more than 50 indie artists, crafters, and designers. The result is a fun, fabulous documentary that recently came out on DVD, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Lighthouse’s use of lightbulbs and public art didn’t just act as a way to toot their horn, but it also provided awareness about their needs and served as a fundraiser.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

NEWS Below is a roundup of blog posts and podcast interviews I've published since my last Have Fun Do Good Link Love (where did the month go?): 4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission.

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JULY 31, 2009

On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us Below is an edited transcript of the interview which you also can listen to online , or subscribe to via iTunes. We're taking the art of freelancing for writers, and making it much more transparent and much more public. Actually, the art analogy isn't that far off.

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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. In the education department, we have some key values around slowing down, conversation and participation around art, and deep looking. interview Museums Engaging in 2.0

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Instead, they argue, the real source of productive creativity may lie in art''s supposed bugaboos: rules, structure, even the occasional editor or two." And in the TEDBlog interview, Can limitations make you more creative? The Lifehacker post, Challenge Your Creativity with Limits, Not Freedom , reminds us: "Dr.

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