Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The arts and culture focus areas in this list include performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Mellon Foundation. The Andrew W. Areas served: Worldwide.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Some ideas won’t pan out; that’s okay. EXAMPLE: When I worked as director of development and marketing at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, I was looking for ways to expand awareness and build our mailing list. I came up with an idea to mesh my love of weekend crafts fairs and artist open studio visits with my day job.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Back to the actual fundraising event, don't wrack your brain for ideas, but put your own twist on your fundraising. Here are a few fundraising ideas that I have seen work in the past. General Fundraising Ideas. Family-Friendly Fundraising Ideas. Or take this idea to dancing and hold a dance-a-thon.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Some ideas won’t pan out; that’s OK. For example, when I worked as director of development and marketing at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, I was looking for ways to expand awareness and build our mailing list. I came up with an idea to mesh my love of weekend crafts fairs and artist open studio visits with my day job.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If so, be sure to stock lots of inexpensive and fun items for children. Here are some ideas for offering items that are exclusive to your museum shop: . Work with a local artist to create artworks inspired by your collection. Do lots of families visit your museum? Does your museum cater more towards the design conscious?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are so many different kinds of nonprofit event ideas out there! With those factors in mind, we’ve put together a list of 52 nonprofit event ideas to help serve as a “vision board” for your organization’s next event. Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists. How do you choose just one?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 27, 2008

Which do you think is a better idea? Children's book depicting breastfeeding babies and toddlers b. PatronOfTheArts: Save the Arts (Sponsor a Filmmaker or Artist Program) h. Ideablob.com is a site that allows entrepreneurs and small business owners to share their ideas and get advice. entrepreneur business idea

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

The whole idea got started a year ago when James Leventhal who is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum asked me if I would design some trainings for the local arts community. The Joe Goode Dance Company spoke about the challenges of getting an artistic director to Tweet. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. There is this idea that by getting on MySpace you open yourself up to sexual predators and murderers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

   Both murals illustrate the idea of nutritional eating.      I met both of the artists and did live stream interviews with them.    Mural Artist Alex Volkonsky.   I also talked to the volunteers about why they were so passionate about the issue of ending childhood hunger.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2014

And as an ambassador for Shriner’s Hospital for Children, RJ is dedicated to helping #CutTheBull. BIG Idea Day. The goal of Big Idea day is for you to gain insights, ideas, and strategies that will help you make greater impact for your organization, its mission, and the world. You don’t want to miss it.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

We encouraged teams to think like artists, not researchers. While all the projects are fast, messy, and incomplete, each is like a small test tube of ideas and possibilities for opening up the way we do social impact research. You can comment on the projects too and share your own ideas. To be speculative. To be playful.

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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. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do. What is your favorite Traveling Postcards success story? Learn more!

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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.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2012

One director of a children's museum even told me that they "eventize" normal operations--calling a Saturday a "family festival" without changing the planned programming--to draw more people. Zoos, aquaria, science and children's museums boast a significant "anytime" audience of families who return again and again.

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Museum Arts Dallas History 53

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2015

It was a fabulous date night (check out said caricature), and the next day I was telling all of my friends – with and without children – that they had to visit Thinkery. Austin is full of brilliant artists, scientists, musicians, performers, educators and organizations doing incredible work. Genius, Thinkery, genius!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Cambodia brought me my two beautiful children and I felt strongly that we should give back to the country in some way. NedSpace is a 7,500 square ft co-working space for startups, innovative tech companies, artists, nonprofits and social entrepreneurs located in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

They’re jocks, geeks, artists, musicians and cheerleaders…and we need their help. How can we ensure truly revolutionary, “punk rock” ideas get found, selected & funded? On poster children & social investment. “I And I think it’s good that we’re building such a fun, vibrant community…but not good enough.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 15, 2009

Listen/subscribe on iTunes Tranquility du jour with Kimberly Wilson Kimberly Wilson, author of Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , interviews artists, creative entrepreneurs, yoga teachers, and other hip tranquil chicks. They often interview children as sources for their stories. Listen/subscribe on iTunes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

The GiveList is great idea from Allison Fine and Marnie Webb that is encouraging conversation and other ways to give contributions that aren't cash to charitable causes. The idea is that even if times are bad, you don't have to be stingy. ChildrensHealth : Children's hospitals always need toys this time of year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2005

" According to the @rt Room , it is an idea that excites the synaptic nerves in your brain and stirs your imagination. It is a snow day and with two young children at home, we need something to do after the snow man is finished and we have painted in the snow. Great - artist books for kids - we made a book out of a paper bag.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

My focus is on how children learn science. When we first started babycastles, we had no idea there was any kind of community in NY for it. 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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Game Culture Museum Change 140

Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With technology improving, virtual and hybrid events rising in popularity, and new event ideas coming to fruition, it can be hard to determine the best fundraising event that aligns with your audience, goals, and overall mission. 100+ Fundraising Event Ideas to Try Out. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Children of the Lodz Ghetto ). Finally, many art museums do fabulous, highly participatory projects that are led by participatory artists who work specifically in the realm of dialogue or active social participation. Children's Museums OPPORTUNITIES - Like science centers, children's museums are highly interactive and visitor-centered.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Artistic Director Diane Paulus has spoken powerfully about her desire to transform Oberon, the Donkey Show's venue, into an atypical theater space by stripping away all A.R.T. Ending the experience can be particularly painful for children, who may have to be dragged from the museum sobbing. But think of it as a game.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

The idea that a social entrepreneur serving the poorest of the poor in India might bump into a world famous politician is not a surprise here at the World Economic Forum. I met a technology leader who was completely excited about a new product she is launching to help both disabled children and non-disabled children together.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

Last month, artist and game designer Nikki Pugh led an utterly charming, often hilarious community residency at the City Gallery in Leicester, UK. I wanted, if possible, to really confront the ideas wrapped up in the exhibition's introductory text. The Inspectors could contribute ideas about what that might happen as a result.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

You have to have an idea of what you’d like to say, and then you have to say it in a way that satisfies your expectations of quality. What if I assigned you to make a video of your ideas about justice? The materials are not the barrier—the ideas and the confidence are. Consider a mural.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Here's why: A way to crowd source ideas. People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas. Many do not add more improvements on the idea itself, but rather just cut and paste. Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

In children's museums and science centers, this relationship is at its most extreme. 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. The language of the prompt--and the whole idea of the activity--is adult-oriented.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

You have to have an idea of what you’d like to say, and then you have to say it in a way that satisfies your expectations of quality. What if I assigned you to make a video of your ideas about justice? The materials are not the barrier—the ideas and the confidence are. Consider a mural.

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Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 44

M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

To make ends meet, artists would sometimes team up as a studio — helping each other come up with ideas, chipping in when someone was in danger of missing a deadline, teaching each other tips and tricks. But there’s no future here for my children.” It’s been passed around, in one form or another, ever since. This is my home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

" Over the years, I taught many workshops for arts educators on how to integrate the web into the curriculum, although not as much recently since I have two small children. At least for artists/arts educators. In my opinion, websites need to have more instruction on how educators can make use of the site."

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

The Odditoreum is a temporary gallery for the summer school holiday in which the Powerhouse is displaying eighteen very odd objects alongside fanciful (and fictitious) labels written by children's book author Shaun Tan, schoolchildren, and visitors. I enjoyed listening to it (virtually, not at the museum). It's not self-important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

offers personal insights in opening up to new ideas and letting go of information, hierarchy and "proprietary" thinking. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. Fine writes about in her book Momentum. The concept of openness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2006

In 2002, I stopped my habit of setting weak resolutions for each new year and instead began to embrace themes -- a word, an idea, a value that would set the tone and tenor of the months to come. She's an idea person, and it shows in her posts. So in that respect, all the essays relate to social change.

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