Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

The same constructs which were discussed around combating issue fatigue can be used in creating a cultural movement around an issue. There are a few foundational questions to be asked before building a cultural movement through the use of media and storytelling. The Story of Stuff. 2) How will you create connection?

Culture 84

Culture Build Change Media 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I wanted to change the world with that film. But even though the critics liked it, and people saw it, I had no proof that anything changed. But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. I still don’t know if it had any impact at all.”.

Measure 106

Measure Impact Evaluation Voice 106

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Historical and cultural barriers Historical and cultural barriers can also hinder social mobility for individuals from underserved communities as they may face prejudice and discrimination based on their cultural background. Provide education and training programs that are tailored to the needs of underserved communities.

Accessibility 110

Accessibility Challenge Leadership Tips 110

Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Held annually at Carnegie Hall, this event not only invites attendees to revel in captivating musical performances but also serves as a vital platform for celebrating and safeguarding Tibetan culture. You can also leverage your personal network to find artists to participate in your concert.

Hosting 52

Hosting Benefit Music Registration 52

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! The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library's collection.

Game 52

Game Culture Change Museum 52

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. On empathy & telling stories that matter.

Change 88

Change Haiti Darfur Music 88

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. Could you write a story?

Artist 50

Artist Arts Activities Active 50

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A farmer says he has had the same ax his whole life--he only changed the handle three times and head two times. Many artists work with assistants and reproducing processes. They conducted a simple experiment: People read a story about a painting called "Dawn" created by an artist. Does he have the same ax?

Artist 55

Artist Museum Washington Arts 55

NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change. For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING. JURY FEEDBACK. JURY FEEDBACK.

Game 81

Game Change Classroom Machinima 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2015

You look at this yin yang narrowly as data visualization and spreadsheet data, but it includes organizational culture and its influence on decision-making – from consensus building on indicators, agility in responding to data with action, and using data for learning and continuous improvement. Always Be Inspired By Social Change Outcomes.

Conference 50

Conference Data Chart Chicago 50

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2014

He envisions The Autry--his current gig--as an intercultural institution, telling all the stories of the American West. To actively weave together cultures across differences instead of accentuating the distinctions among them. In cross-cultural communities, there is some reaching across boundaries.

Museum 50

Museum Sweden Culture Celebrate 50

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. We may say that we want to support programming and cultural opportunities for low-income and non-white people, but that's not where the money is going. The title may sound innocuous.

Arts 52

Arts Fund Artist Houston 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Note From Beth: Yesterday, I attended a convening called “ Beyond Dynamic Adaptability ” for arts organizations about cultural participation in the arts. The system of making and distributing documentary films is changing rapidly. Guest Post by Vincent Stehle. But that is only the jumping off point for the inquiry.

Guatemala 93

Guatemala Movie Artist Award 93

CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

The emails should include an emotional story , appropriate imagery, and a call to action that expresses urgency. Summit Dogs is a great example of how powerful livestreaming can be when you share on a variety of platforms, include personal stories, and include both asynchronous and live videos. Zoom to the rescue! Virtual Race.

Ideas 98

Ideas Online Fundraising Charity 98

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2015

One of the most powerful books I read while doing research was We are Coming Home: Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence ( read it free here , great appreciation to Bob Janes for sharing it with us). I hope this synopsis might inspire you to read their full incredible story. The museums were not.

Museum 20

Museum National Story Difference 20

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

If that is not your family story, think about that. It is why “Women artists” are “finally getting their due.” It is why academia requires only academically trained artists succeed. If you want this field to grow with our society, you will need to reckon with the culture of white supremacy.

Museum 26

Museum Artist Teach America 26

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Using the internet and social media as a vehicle to tell stories is an approachable, inexpensive, and effective way to engage your audience (Check out NTEN's social media and storytelling web seminars series for the juicy details.) These artists are all great examples of how media can be used for social change - as a vehicle for storytelling.

Chad 90

Chad Storytelling Lesson Artist 90

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over the last year, the work of Traveling Postcards keeps crossing my path, so I asked its founder, Caroline Lovell, to share with us: How Traveling Postcards works The path that brought her to this work Her favorite Traveling Postcards success story How we can get involved with Traveling Postcards I've posted her answers below.

Costa Rica 60

Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2013

They present masterpieces by white male artists and innovations by white male scientists. When non-white stories are told, they are always flagged as such--an exhibition of Islamist scientific inventions or women pioneers or African-American artists. Not as humans, or artists, or scientists, or dancers.

Museum 55

Museum St. Louis Arts Artist 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another story. But you are probably, like most who work in the social change sector, incredibly busy. Organizational Culture' It’s not that you don’t think it is a good idea.

Social Media 135

Social Media Leadership Personal Media 135

AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A music festival, food festival, or cultural festival, to name a few, can bring people together in some of the best ways. . However, with the rise of COVID-19, festivals all over the world were put on hold, and the events industry, artists, and festival vendors were forced to find other ways of sharing their passions with the world. .

Movie 98

Movie Music Stream Virtual 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

This makes it difficult for staff to strike a meaningful, sustainable balance between work and self-care because it does not permeate a organization’s culture or fundamentally change staff behavior. It changes how we think.”. And, that’s an great way for change, from the bottom up. Scarcity captures the mind.

Nonprofit 50

Nonprofit Culture Practice Policy 50

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

Schimmel's departure was seen as the final confirmation of Deitch and Broad's populist, celebrity-driven approach to exhibitions, and that concerned many critics , artists , and museum directors in the art world. Attendance has increased in the past two years from 150,000 to 400,000 annually. I agree with the serious concerns in #1 and #2.

Artist 52

Artist Museum Arts Director 52

Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2015

The course is roughly split into two parts: defining beauty (both universally and relationally, through "big idea" texts, videos, museum visits, and artist lectures), and exploring beauty (through encounters in formal art contexts and the wider world). I can identify artworks by famous artists. I can tell a local story from 1849.

Course 20

Course Artist Museum Learning 20

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2006

Last Sunday each of us wrote a post to answer the question, “Who is your favorite artist (visual, dancer, performer, writer or musician) and why?” Institute for Social Ecology : "A ten-day program for artists, performers, activists, and media makers who wish to create and examine socially engaged art and media projects."

Blogger 40

Blogger Arts Change Azerbaijan 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

My role changed from the “expert&# to guide on the side. Change needs to happen now or organizations risk playing a game of catch up. The Joe Goode Dance Company spoke about the challenges of getting an artistic director to Tweet. One of the things they discovered is that their audience wants to hear from the artists.

Social Media 99

Social Media Media San Jose Social 99

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. What values change in that not so subtle shift between people, things, and the common space shared between them?

Collaboration 36

Collaboration North Carolina Museum Artist 36

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.

Arts 20

Arts North America Music Hawaii 20

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Young, old, poor, rich, conservative, liberal, urban, rural, black, white, brown, red, yellow, gay, straight, preps, goths, rappers, artists, hippies, yuppies… you name it. Beauty is on the eye of the beholder and some people just like the chaos and artistic freedom of MySpace, while some like the neat clean, linear look of Facebook.

Myspace 190

Myspace Teen Facebook Social Network 190

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Over the past three years, we''ve tripled our attendance, doubled our budget, and, most importantly, established deep and diverse relationships with community members, artists, and organizations across Santa Cruz County. We work hard to name and build our culture in many ways. Naming our goals and our culture.

Museum 49

Museum Director History Teen 49

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. If we want to reflect the identities of our community, we’ve got to focus on changing that. For example, in Santa Cruz there is a huge community of creative people who identify as artists in non-traditional media. Let’s start with empowerment.

Build 20

Build Community Museum Artist 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2015

You’ve made it better without changing it.” Yet he was thrilled that we had not changed what he loved – any of it – when we installed our new signage system. Familiarity with our museum seems to breed loyalty, love and a desire to have things preserved rather than changed. “I love it! Those words haunt me.

Los Angeles 20

Los Angeles Museum History Artist 20

AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A music festival, food festival, or cultural festival, to name a few, can bring people together in some of the best ways. . However, with the rise of COVID-19, festivals all over the world were put on hold, and the events industry, artists, and festival vendors were forced to find other ways of sharing their passions with the world. .

Movie 52

Movie Music Stream Virtual 52

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

They can contribute their own stories, objects, and creative work to exhibitions. It's not unusual for me and our public programming staff members to have several short interactions every week with newcomers who walk in the door with idiosyncratic visions for cultural engagement. That's all fabulous, but it's also all by design.

Platform 41

Platform Open Museum Participatory 41

Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

This is a big change for me--professionally and personally--and I'm thrilled and humbled by the opportunity to take on this position in the city I call home. There are three reasons that I am absolutely ecstatic about this change. Dear Museum 2.0 readers, I have some exciting news. OK, now on to the interesting part.

History 55

History Museum Arts Consultant 55

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

Just over a year ago, musician, Olivia Greer , was commissioned by Culture Project , a New York City theater company, to write a song for the Women Center Stage Festival. Culture Project's mission is to present work that is socially relevant and that calls attention to issues of human rights and social justice around the world.

Arts 40

Arts Activities Active Activism 40

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

Major research studies by the NEA and others demonstrate that adults well into their 60s are highly motivated to participate actively with cultural experiences. We're showing an installation by artist Shelby Graham which features beautiful photographs of butterflies juxtaposed with images of the bombing of Japan in World War II.

Interaction 47

Interaction Design Museum Participatory 47