Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Purim is a Jewish holiday that brings a community together — and gives everyone an excuse to dress up on a day that isn’t Halloween. Or thumb your nose at the spring-forward tradition by spending an hour (or two) at a local watering hole willing to give you the space for some mixing and mingling (in exchange for an entry fee).

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

The BIPOC or LGBTQ communities? Do the necessary market research to learn which foundations—local, regional and national—are funding nonprofits like yours. Use social media as part of your communications strategy to promote your mission, foster connections, and increase visibility among secured and potential funders.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

I came up with an idea to mesh my love of weekend crafts fairs and artist open studio visits with my day job. The idea was to ask artists to contribute one-of-a-kind items to an online monthly auction where 100% of proceeds would benefit a range of local services for unhoused people and vulnerable seniors and children. .

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Host a Community Clean-Up. Online Course. Like you need an excuse to have a cold one… but July is National Ice Cream Month, so what better opportunity to partner with a local ice cream parlor or simply have a spread of Ben and Jerry’s finest?

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

With a Hollywood-themed online auction, you can ask attendees to wear their fanciest outfits and send them a multi-course meal that is delivered straight to their house. Virtual Community Market Themed Auction. For a more collaborative online auction idea, you might want to throw a virtual community market. Garden Party Auction.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Get local businesses involved for prize sponsorships, and make it a public, fun event that everyone can come and watch. Hosting a live-stream fundraiser is an excellent way to attract, nurture, and convert your audience over the course of a day. Of course you may be wondering how you can host this kind of event online.

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Whole Whale

MAY 8, 2020

Ensure that any necessary in-person elements of your fundraising efforts comply with your local health regulations and allow for safe social distancing. Partner with a local jewelry store, franchise, or online retailer to allocate a portion of sales to support your cause in the lead up to Mother’s Day. 9 Mother’s Day Fundraising Ideas.

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Qgiv

APRIL 27, 2022

Before you start planning your raffle, make sure you understand what the local gambling laws are in your state. Reaching out to local businesses and artisans to see if they’d be willing to become in-kind sponsors for your event is another way you can collect items for your raffle. What are good raffle prize ideas? Baked goods.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

I missed one of my favorite local non-profit’s fundraising events while traveling last week. Perhaps you have been to one in your community – check here for a list of many empty bowls events across the country. Reading about the community businesses and artists that come together to donate to the event.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

You can provide the beverages, or just rent out a room at a local bar or brewery. It’s super fun and a great way to build community while bringing in donations. As a bonus, try to secure some great prizes from your corporate and/or local partners for the winning team. Host An Obstacle Course. Sip for a Cause.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Although fundraising for arts organizations has unique challenges—like justifying the need to ask for support from donors for your arts and culture versus donating to the efforts of front-line workers—art in all forms is something that every community needs. This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Some donors look for these signals of community support (everybody’s doing it) to make the decision that they would be in good company if they donate. Community impact or commemorative wall. Design them free on Canva. Photo and Bio.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Of course, they’re also challenging to manage as you’re handling the donations of items on one end and funds on the other. They may be able to work with local stores or boutiques that act as sponsors and also get to show off their collections. However, there may be some ways to update or improve them to boost giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Colleges are addressing greater cultural and racial understanding in various courses. Artists and arts organizations are contributing their spaces and their creative energies. We are a community of museum bloggers who write from a variety of perspectives and museum disciplines. There is hardly a community in the U.S.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

In Philadelphia, many polling places are difficult to find, hidden deep in the recesses of schools, churches, and community centers. Over the course of our 24-week voter engagement campaign, NSD hired 60 artists to create 60 “Vote Here/Vote Aqui” signs. The artists came from more than 20 different Philadelphia neighborhoods.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

"If we start losing cultural diversity, we begin to lose our whole sense of community because community is defined by culture. The GCCE envisions a world in which cultural entrepreneurship creates cultural value, economic wealth, self-determination, and cultural diversity in communities across the globe. This was 7 years ago.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

That's how I felt when artist Ze Frank got in touch to talk about a potential museum exhibition to explore a physical site/substantiation for his current online video project, A Show (s ee minute 2:20, above). He is an authoritative artist of the social web with a slew of accolades and a suite of diverse projects under his belt.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Of course, I’m pretty biased, but this is already shaping up to be the best MCON we’ve ever produced. We’ll also hear from Jonathan Neman, founder and co-CEO of sweetgreen, a culinary lifestyle brand dedicated to smartly sourced food and the balance between work, life, food and community. Nonprofit Hub. Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

How do community members make your institution better? Yes, we have the standard ways--volunteer programs, board service, and community partnerships--but I strongly believe that if we are doing our jobs right, every visitor who walks through our doors should be able to make a meaningful impact. Happening Couch.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2010

How, he asked, could a large museum that serves hundreds of thousands of people per year foster the same sense of personal connection and community that a small one can achieve? I think small museums are generally better than large ones at fostering local communities of visitors and members. Maybe I'm not following the rules!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The best event for your nonprofit is one that serves your mission, delights your community, and doesn’t totally burn out your staff. Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. We’ve broken them down into six major categories.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

It was a local history urban scavenger hunt that sent teams of 2-5 people out into the city to track down as many historic checkpoints as they could over the course of an evening. I think that's a stronger community value proposition than becoming as cool--and limited--as an institution with a tightly-limited audience.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

For the past two years, I''ve been working on a project to activate the concrete space adjacent to our museum as a vibrant, community plaza. After years of community town halls, design, and prototyping, we''re finally starting to build our dream. How do you experiment and course-correct as people wear their own paths into the space?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Last week inspired by this blog post written by an artist named Tina , I asked my Twitter network, " How would you use Twitter as a listening tool ?" Generally, she uses Twitter to take the community's temperature and get rapid feedback on questions. Maybe he'll get on Twitter. Does Twitter Work Better As A Listening Tool.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

I've long admired this museum for its all-encompassing commitment to community co-creation , and the visit was a kind of pilgrimage to their new site (opened in 2008). The institution is community-funded, staffed, and designed. a "wedding worthy" community hall). a "wedding worthy" community hall). 5'11", 6'1", etc.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. I met many new people and learned a lot about technology and community, but the learning wasn''t the point, enjoying the resolutions was. Experimonth started out as play. as a part of Experimonth: Race.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. Our first notion was all about something mobile, something that would go out to the community. We partnered with the Northwest Film Center to conduct workshops with community organizations around personal object storytelling.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

Of course, I’m pretty biased, but this is already shaping up to be the best MCON we’ve ever produced. We’ll also hear from Jonathan Neman , founder and co-CEO of sweetgreen, a culinary lifestyle brand dedicated to smartly sourced food and the balance between work, life, food and community. I’m also excited to hear from Anna Palmer.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

This week, an interview with Brooklyn Museum 1stfans managers Will Cary (membership) and Shelley Bernstein (technology) and artist An Xiao. Instead, 1stfans is an attempt to turn the impersonal engine of museum membership into a relationship-based, community-centered interaction for two specific museum audiences.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. Our first notion was all about something mobile, something that would go out to the community. We partnered with the Film Center to conduct workshops with community organizations around personal object storytelling.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy. Then we look for, of course, location. We love it.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Get your staff, board members, most dedicated donors, and active members of your community involved by asking them to kick off the first peer to peer fundraisers. ” Encourage your community to run outside or on their treadmill. This can also be done in teams, so groups can fundraise together to increase the sense of community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. That's where I learned about a Twitter hashtag called #2amt - a channel for theatre artistic professionals to discuss their craft and trade and support one another. I said yes.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

I've written before about the inspiring work that the Brooklyn Museum of Art is doing with their community-focused efforts. Click is an exhibition process in three parts: The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. I've been asking nonprofit bloggers to tell me what they think, point me to examples on their blogs, and of course, I took a look at all the widgets in the various widget directories like Widgetbox (see Marshall's review here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

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! This was circa 1997.

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