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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

Curate an exhibit of paintings, photographs, sculptures or crafts by AAPI artists. Artists, writers, and cultural leaders. Or present grants and donations to causes they support. Collaborate with AAPI leaders to ensure your programming is authentic and resonates well. Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators.

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A Revolution in Documentary Film

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The creative process of making films is opening up and the outreach efforts to spark social change through documentary media are becoming much more dynamic and collaborative. Note From Beth: Yesterday, I attended a convening called “ Beyond Dynamic Adaptability ” for arts organizations about cultural participation in the arts.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Using Design Thinking for A Foundation’s Investment Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. Concept 2: Mission: Possible.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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How Do You Capture Compelling Visitor Stories? Interview with Christina Olsen

Museum 2.0

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way. The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. How and why did Object Stories come to be?

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Adventures in Artist-Driven Public Engagement: Machine Project at the Hammer Museum

Museum 2.0

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape? No, this is not a reality TV show.

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