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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Christopher Haines Artistic Director & Co-Founder, iTheatre Collaborative. I think we have been telling the wrong story. Or more accurately, we have been telling the story wrong. Telling the wrong story. Using different terms to mean the same thing confuses the story. Art is also very subjective.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. Personal stories, donor benefits, time sensitivity? The ads were hailed as beautiful, artistic, and innovative.

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Spotting the Human Side of Data at DoGoodData Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She mentioned that data alone doesn’t tell the story of transformation of their clients and that stories go hand-in-hand with the data. Every morning at their staff meetings they do a motivational circle where staff and clients tell their stories of transformation. ” Data Visualization As Creative Process.

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. But not all the artists are comfortable on Twitter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Posters: Wall of Reflection and Gratitude.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

First up is Beck Tench, a "simplifier, illustrator, story teller, and technologist" working at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham, NC. I charted them across the year and pledged to try one each month, inviting others to do them with me and blog about the experience. author''s desk with brilliant colleagues who inspire me.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Arts Wire was patterned after the Well and was designed as an online conversation community for artists and arts organizations. Part of my job was to evangelize about the Internet and later the web - how artists should harness its power by getting an email address instead of using their fax machines! 09 was the first version I used).

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Guest Post: Top 40 Countdown at the Worcester City Museum

Museum 2.0

Each Monday morning we counted up the votes cast during the previous week and on Wednesday, the museum released a new Top 40 chart. A fairly large label with this week’s chart position was placed next to each artwork. The following week it shot up the chart from number 40 to number 14!

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