Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

EngAGE is a nonprofit that changes aging, and the way people think about aging, by transforming senior apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness and creativity. 14 (Berkeley, CA): Tea and Cupcakes with Creative Bloggers (Bring a friend!: It profiles an innovative organization called EngAGE.

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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. What are some of the challenges to blogging in a nonprofit arts organization? This Walker Blog let's us peer into the inner workings of the art institution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. All evaluations are private; all artists are unnamed. They are sensitive to the artists who are being judged. What Should Artists and Arts Organization???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2007

In a comment on the Twitter post, Pistachio suggested that if nonprofits want to understand the power of Twitter, they should check out the Frozen Pea Fund , launching on December 21st. Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. As Pistachio mentions, "This arose spontaneously. Staggering."

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Have Fun - Do Good

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. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi. nonprofit (valued up to $75,000 ). Early registration deadline is Nov.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 27, 2011

The blogger, Katie Hawkes, had written this post encouraging our audience to be optimistic about volunteering. We've had a couple bloggers explore similar sentiments, too, including my fellow Lodestar staff member Laura E. One of the biggest mistakes your nonprofit can make is to overreact. You couldn't be more wrong.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Follow up for mothers and infants is then carried out through a program administered by another nonprofit. In 1995, I remember a group of arts organizations and artists on Arts Wire marked World Aids Day/ A Day Without Art by turning the gray backgrounds on our web sites to black. View Larger Map.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 15, 2010

Whether you decide to do something by yourself, or with others, Joanne Fritz of Joanne Fritz's Nonprofit Blog has a helpful post with Top Three Do's and Don'ts for Helping Haiti.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 7, 2009

As many of you know, in addition to writing for Have Fun * Do Good, I am also a Contributing Editor, with Beth Kanter , for the Social Change and Nonprofit section of BlogHer. It's easy for me to write about nonprofits and social web stuff, but it would be fun to branch out and write regularly about do-good career/work topics.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

It was a one-day event packed full of panels and breakout sessions with leaders from prominent women’s organizations such as Feminist Majority , NOW and NARAL as well as feminist bloggers, artists and activists. Tags: social media see3 new media conference social networking Nonprofits Video nptech.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

This report analyzes data from some of the biggest national nonprofits in the U.S. We’ll also talk about the importance of multichannel fundraising for your nonprofit. Jocelyn Harmon, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2. Jocelyn is passionate about helping nonprofits succeed online so that they can change the world!

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

So, how do you, as a nonprofit organization, get me to help you? Microgiving is when a person donates small, seemingly insignificant amounts of money to a cause or a nonprofit. MiniDonations partners nonprofits with businesses to do just that. Join leaders from nonprofit, government, and business organizations to find out!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Change.org is hiring bloggers. 4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B. Blog Action Day is October 15th. This year's theme is climate change. The Case Foundation, Causes, and PARADE are joining together to present the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge , a national competition launching on October 7.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

Ask bloggers to review/write about your book You can find a list of the Top 100 Blogs on Technorati as a place to start, but all of their audiences may not be appropriate for your topic. Before you draft your blogger outreach email, check out my 10 Tips for Asking Bloggers to Write About Your Cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2006

The mentor will be an adult blogger from around the world, with a particular focus on bloggers from developing countries who are having an impact on the dissemination of news from their countries. s your favorite artist (visual, dancer, performer or musician) and why???? We've both worked in the arts.

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See3

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Each video features a young, critically-acclaimed spoken-word artist – Shira Erlichman, Alvin Lau, and Deja Taylor – as well as renowned musician, DJ Spooky. You can see what some bloggers are already saying here , here , and here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 17, 2007

Bernie Berlin is a Tennessee-based blogger , mixed media artist and manager of a one-woman dog rescue operation, A Place to Bark. Mission Fish is the nonprofit that powers the eBay Giving Works program. Here's how it works for nonprofits and sellers: 1. Here's how it works for nonprofits and sellers: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Then I discovered the Internet and became the community builder for Arts Wire, an online network for artists that used a unix-based text conferencing system called Caucus. But as more nonprofit arts organization hoisted their first web sites, they wanted how to information. I also followed bloggers who were not in the nonprofit space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2005

I'm trying to get some links assembled in one place for the Berkman Thursday evening bloggers meetings where we will discuss nonprofit blogging. What does the nonprofit blogosphere look like? There is no official organized nonprofit blog census, npo blogroll or a bridge blog like Global s. NTEN/NTC Conference Bloggers.

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DECEMBER 22, 2007

It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. What lessons can nonprofits take from this in using social media campaigns for social good? What are the benefits of a YouTube Nonprofit Channel?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Over a month ago I told Emily from the Nonprofit Blog Exchange that I would participate in the most recent exchange and write about The Artful Manager. Andrew's blog is one of 22 Arts Journal bloggers writing about everything from orchestra management to dance to a visual artist's diary.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2006

A study for the nonprofit Womens Way found that women who volunteered improved their leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. Women of Wardrobe is a volunteer branch of Dress for Success , an international nonprofit that provides suits and other work clothes to low-income women.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started blogging in 2003 about nonprofits and social media and started second blog about Cambodia, “Cambodia for Kids” after the arrival of my daughter, Sara and discovering that there was a vibrant community of bloggers in Cambodia. It was terrific to see Tharum who was one of the first Cambodia bloggers.

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MARCH 3, 2009

I remixed it for nonprofits. Through my remix of the material, I've introduced David's original article to an audience of nonprofits. The press release describes it as: A free service allowing bloggers and individual content creators to understand how their work is shared across the Web.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

We talked to Jeanette about her tips for what kind of impact a social media influencer and influencer-driven campaigns can make for your nonprofit. Social Factor has four reasons why your nonprofit needs a social media ambassador and it ties into Jeanette’s three categories for influencers. Her first tip? True celebrities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

My first online community builder/facilitator job was with Arts Wire, an online network for artists, that used a unix-based, text-based online discussion software. Arts Wire, a project of NYFA, was originally intended to be a place for artists from all over the country to meet, exchange ideas, and talk about their work via the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2005

" Here two nonprofit bloggers, Marnie Webb and Nancy White, talk to each other for the first time in real-time. Heather Gold , a performance artist/stand up comedienne Jewish lesbian, who has worked in Silcon Valley and Hollywood, entertained us. Meanwhile the kitchen was cooking on all four burners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

And while on the topic of nonprofit podcasting, the thread on TechSoup. Eric posted some excellent thoughts on the problem that Cambodian bloggers have to get past - podcasting without electricity. We implemented the same RSS/podcast feeds for individual artists on mnartists.org but have had a very limited adoption of that so far.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

CONSUME: Writers read, artists go to galleries, reporters watch the news. Be sure to search for your favorite nonprofits' names, especially on YouTube, you may be surprised to find that they have a channel. You might be surprised how many nonprofits and individuals are using Facebook groups to organize. Take 'em one at a time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget?" Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs and folks are still experimenting and learning. Benefits and Considerations.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2006

Bloggers are storytellers. What are some storytelling points that bloggers should think about and possibly incorporate into their writing? Can you point me to a few pieces on the site that talk about storytelling and nonprofits or social change? So in that respect, all the essays relate to social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

I'll get a chance to see Miles again at this year's NTC Conference and some lucky local nonprofit in DC will have Miles as a volunteer for the NTC Day of Service ! As part of your work, you are assisting nonprofits with the use of technology on a daily basis. Let's talk about your blog - What value do you get from it? Go read it!

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Artemisia Gentileschi, a shero of the ancient times, was an Italian painter and is considered one of the greatest and most progressive artists of her generation. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

As part of TechSoup's do-it-yourself month, Nonprofits Live (NPLive) featured a discussion of blogging. NPLive's guests were: Rosetta Thurman , blogger and author. Thurman has been blogging about leadership, nonprofits, and social media since 2007. It employs volunteer artists who use the arts as a tool for healing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

Images, visuals, videos, and infographics are being staples of nonprofit’s content strategy, especially for social channels. Morgue File – This collection of photographs were freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects. This collection was started in 1996 and you will find many beautiful images here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

is a nonprofit project pioneering “community funded reporting.” A lot of that is useless when it comes to starting up a nonprofit. --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us When I first heard David Cohn talk about Spot.us in the Spring of 2008 at an Innovations in Journalism conference, I thought, this is going to be big. I was a freelancer.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Last week I finished my month-long Have Fun, Do Good series where 12 bloggers shared how they have fun and do good. Leonie Allan, Goddess Guidebook Buy art from artists. My main takeaway from their rainbow of stories is that there are *so* many ways to have fun and do good. In your neighborhood.and all around the world!

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