Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

That habit landed me in a “special” class during recess since I was not doing it right—every kid’s worst nightmare. It all began to change for me when I worked for nonprofit Village Enterprise and transitioned my way to Media Cause – I was super transparent about my neurodiversity. Growing Up Neurodiverse. Becoming My Best Self.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2023

There are so many vital activities that keep your program afloat aside from fundraising, from scheduling classes to holding auditions to supporting students. What do you wish you could change about your experience in this program? Have there been any recent changes to your contact information?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! We are trying to change the visitors’ experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Some options could be: Panel discussions with experts Breakout sessions or other educational sessions Virtual classes Webinars Virtual tours Virtual conference. Reach out to a talented volunteer or local artist to lead the class, and purchases the necessary supplies. Have your lead artist jump on and run the class on Zoom.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2011

BAVC provides training and access to emerging media technology for public media producers, independent artists, at-risk youth, and other nonprofit organizations. For more than 35 years, BAVC has supported the artists and activists who tell stories that change the world. >>

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Submitted by Stacey Monk, founder of Epic Change There’s an ever-burgeoning number of forums, chats, conferences, meetups destination websites, competitions, you-name-it, for dogooders. They’re jocks, geeks, artists, musicians and cheerleaders…and we need their help. Doing good isn’t our job, it’s everyone’s. Generic license ).

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Paint and sip events work for any type of organization, artists of all levels, and can easily be adapted for every season. For fall, offer picture options that include themed-subject matter like pumpkins or the changing of the leaves. Your artist just has to log in and lead class virtually. Autumn Paint & Sip Night.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2013

As part of one of my NMI classes the instructor brought in the books that she’d turned to time and time again throughout a successful career in the nonprofit sector. It was a great class, and after it was over I got a copy of the book and read it. Organizations are complex and the four frames do not change that. Get another!

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

It is why “Women artists” are “finally getting their due.” It is why academia requires only academically trained artists succeed. African-American artist Colescott showed race in America in unsparing detail tinged with the kind of acerbic humor that brings discomfort to liberals and conservatives alike.

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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. P.S. I have three blogging classes coming up in October: Oct. It profiles an innovative organization called EngAGE.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2015

Diane calls it "Beauty Class," but it really seems to be about aesthetic valuing: identifying beauty in its many forms, and developing a personal aesthetic sensibility. You'll burrow down rabbit holes of gorgeous videos, cerebral reading lists, and provocative artist talks. I can identify artworks by famous artists.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

With a virtual format, you have the advantage of offering more variety since you can easily change the video source and even use pre-recorded video content. 3) Cooking classes. Cooking classes have a broad appeal because they attract not just gourmet food, but also individuals who want to learn new skills. 5) Online classes.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

Simon knew something had to change. “We She says that the museum made changes in hiring and board recruitment practices, and invited the community in to help reshape the facility into a place that reflected and represented its people and their interests. It’s something that any museum, of any size, can work toward.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We’re not going to change or redefine what the system looks like, we want to TEACH YOU what it is and how you can be part of it. There are plenty of talented designers and organizations already changing the landscape. What is considered “good” or “effective” design was created by the white people with power. Join OUR system.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Recent reports have alluded to class and race divisions between MySpace and Facebook users. In fact, I think MySpace is probably the best online representative of our society in terms of race and class that exists on the Web today, but it is incorrect to assume that MySpace is only a community of poor people. took over MySpace.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! We are trying to change the visitors' experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

CON: can make people feel like second-class board members instead of equal leaders in the organization. As one African-American artist on a prominent museum board told me, "I felt even more tokenized than if I had been part of some kind of Artists'' Council or African-American Council." Meet them here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 16, 2010

How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life? Before the appointment, I decided to go to my favorite belly dance fitness class, ShimmyPop! I wanted to go to one last dance class before the doctor told me I couldn't anymore; a last meal sort of thing. class with my Big Vision Circle gal pals for my birthday.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more? That’stoo difficult a task to pass off to visitors.

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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. Read the artist statement and then read the discussion. Quite an interesting thread on gentrification, race, and class. on how different arts organizations using social media effectively. Full Moon Over the East River.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We're working at my museum on a strategic approach to our educational outreach with K12 classes and students. I found the article to be a clear starting point for thinking in a fresh way about how our museum can best intersect with schools and artists (and students, in our participatory setting) to develop strong programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You could do it for any number of days (I picked 40 because I was turning 40), and during any time of transition: birthday, anniversary, moving, new job, end of a job or relationship, start of a new relationship, engagement, marriage, pregnancy, birth, a change in your parenting role, etc. class at a local belly dance fitness studio, Hipline.

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Qgiv

APRIL 27, 2022

Cooking classes. From pet portraits to wedding day portraits, partner with a local artist to raffle off custom art pieces to your donors. Taking your car in for oil changes and tire rotations can get pricey. Calling all aspiring chefs! Reserved parking space. Car servicing.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Beck talks about this in the context of learning to play music as a young artist. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Fashion Show Hold a fashion show that gives local designers and businesses a change to display their latest styles while creating a theme that ties into your cause. Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists. These events not only inform and educate; they also inspire positive change.

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Candid

MAY 29, 2024

As a DEI researcher, I both welcome and worry about this change. Coined by law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, the term refers to the fact that combinations—or intersections—of social identities such as race, class, and gender result in different experiences and treatment. What is intersectionality?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

When writing The Art of Relevance , I knew I wanted to share a bit of his story and the ways artists negotiate the relevance of their own work. But the changing tides of relevance that affect institutions affect content too—sometimes even more acutely. But we make those decisions and changes all the time. Here's that chapter.

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Forum One

APRIL 24, 2009

I recently was able to spend an amazing evening enjoying one of my new fave artists, Habib Koité and his band Bamada , based in Mali. I am not sure whether this was planned by the artist or an general artifact of the ubiquity of multimedia mobile devices, but I have never seen a show where people were so openly capturing images and video.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2013

It can be easy for front-line staff to feel like second-class citizens; they can''t make it to regular staff meetings, they work on days when other people are off, and their work, while deeply important to our overall mission, can be repetitive and deeply unsexy. This problem is nothing new.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

LFP also points to a free basic class on online privacy that is hosted on the Internet Archive. Defrauding elderly people as has long been common practice for con artists. The Internet has not changed that. Online Security for Seniors (and the Organizations Serving Them). That estimate still stands.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Here are some of the comments on the "why" behind their involvement: [Khan Academy has] a hugely generous vision and commitment to rethinking education—our mission is “a world-class education, for anyone, anywhere”—not to mention brilliant programmers and staff. But there are other content models we can explore.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. A lot of things have changed since 2002. Likewise, I feel like there are more books, websites, movies, classes, etc. out there to inspire people and give them the tools they need to create change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

(Disclaimer: I'm on the honorary committee because 13 years ago I worked on an online artist network with the New York Foundation for the Arts and CAMT was the partner.) Many of us started off as artists and then ended up managing arts organizations. s also addressed in a marketing class. Was that your progression?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sometimes a nonprofit has access to world-class chefs, celebrities, artists, or architects or well-known lawmakers. Throughout the year you can connect with other donors and funders and the people we serve (artists, students, activists).”. Offer discounts on program-related products, services, or programs or events.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. For example, at one point, I thought I wanted to be a massage therapist, but then I took a massage class, and realized I had to massage naked people I didn't know.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

As I mentioned last week, I am talking with a marketing class at New College's Green MBA program on Sunday about how nonprofits can use social media for marketing. Many of my examples are of what Allison Fine, author of Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age , calls "extra-organizational activists."

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