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Power of Storytelling | Harmony for Change: The Global Impact of Playing For Change

Pamela Grow

What sets this apart is the collaboration of 100 artists from diverse countries, orchestrated by the Playing For Change Foundation. Playing For Change aims to provide arts education to marginalized youth in 17 countries. Beyond its social impact, music has profound effects on the soul and the brain.

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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Mission: Through education and advocacy, the Colorado Mental Wellness Network seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to improve the quality of their lives, give back to the community through meaningful roles, and to change the perceptions of mental health. How To Support Adolescent Counseling Services. Impacting: Mental health.

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Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Right Brain Business Plan, Blog Action Day, and Oprah

Have Fun - Do Good

4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history. The opportunities for engagement now include exhibitions, digital space, and education. So much of the project was really about convening social groups and we see it continuing.

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Fundraising Ideas

Tech Soup

Back to the actual fundraising event, don't wrack your brain for ideas, but put your own twist on your fundraising. Host an educational seminar or webinar and charge attendees admission. Consider reaching out to the artist community and within your organization (children in particular) seeking artwork to sell.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch From Scarcity to Abundance Mindsets When It Comes To Self-Care?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Some larger nonprofits do have wellness programs that provide education about self-care activities and incentives – for example if they attend a training, they get a discount on their health care policy. ” These ideas take more a systems lens to educating the sector about the importance of self-care.

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Dreaming of Perpetual Beta: Making Museums More Incremental

Museum 2.0

We invited local artists and community groups to perform. We make room for interns and artists and people who walk in the door with crazy ideas. There are plenty of times I have silenced the exhibit designer in my brain who wanted everything just so, or the museum director who wanted to make our visitors happy all the time.

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