Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2011

Yesterday I interviewed artist and social changemaker, Naomi Natale, for the July Big Vision Podcast about her powerful One Million Bones project. One Million Bones is a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. A first-person voice is best.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 11, 2013

Could that same format help give visitors access to someone—a curator, an educator, an artist, a conservator—to help get their questions answered? "' Could we elevate the discussion from a simple “leave us your thoughts” to more directed questions that might provoke deeper engagement?

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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. They are all on MySpace. It’s a community so diverse that it’s impossible to label, to put nicely in a box. Not everyone thinks MySpace is ugly.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

Over the course of her career, she has made the transition from marketing “artist&# to marketing “scientist&# by uncovering ways to measure the impact of marketing in the organizations serves. Speakers: Allison Van Diest, Internet Solutions Architect, Blackbaud. Allison has been a marketing professional for more than a decade.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What investments can the Brainerd Foundation make over the next five years to help build an effective infrastructure of advocacy that builds power for conservation that will endure beyond the foundation’s sunset? Ownerless Campaigns & Engaging Millennials : Jessy Tolkan, Here Now. New Technology for New Power Movements.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The National Air and Space Museum raised nearly $720,000 in 30 days to conserve the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon, far surpassing their goal of $500,000. A young artist program you hope to get off the ground? Nearly 9,500 people donated, at an average of $75 per person. Denver Zoo. Register here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Nonprofits that work in international development, disaster relief, or wildlife conservation often do this sort of storytelling in print materials and website articles, but it also works extremely well as blog content. A first-person voice is best.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Boynton High School in San Jose, CA uses stop-motion animation to tackle water conservation. Adobe also partners with their nonprofit grantees to create programs for employees looking to offer volunteer hours and specialized help, like technical and artistic know-how. Employee Engagement.

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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 for the artists and objects involved, and for the people who care for them, these shifts can be dislocating. We paid a small fortune to have them conserved and shipped here for exhibition.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Joe also shared some great Pinterest use-cases for nonprofits to experiment with including a Pinboards of fashionable used clothes available in Goodwill stores and beautiful images endangered frogs Conservation International is working to save. Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes. Just use your beard!".

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Braided River is a Seattle-based publishing organization that is committed to inspiring support for critical conservation efforts. Cary Creative Center in North Carolina is an upcycling nonprofit that provides used artistic materials to people. Braided River — Second-Place Winner. Cary Creative Center — Third-Place Winner.

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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. For example, on February 7, we had a free 1stfans behind-the-scenes event with conservator Lisa Bruno talking about animal mummies. T he Twitter Art Feed features a new artist every month.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

When I first started exploring the site, I assumed it was mostly a place for charismatic hipsters and a few star artists with enough social media savvy and clever video production capabilities to produce enticing pitches. The all-or-nothing funding approach makes many project creators conservative about their ambitions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 13, 2008

Then as I'm reading, I see a woman from Texas who writes and says, "I'm a Christian conservative right-wing person from Texas. I don't think this has anything to do with liberal or conservative. AD: I originally found a couple of artists that were interested in turning it into a piece of art. So, that's the next step.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists. Tree Planting Initiatives Tree planting initiatives promote environmental conservation and beautification. Workshops cover various subjects, from science and art to environmental conservation and character development, nurturing a love for learning in young minds.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes? Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Gentileschi is remembered, however, as an accomplished Baroque artist whose trials did not define her art. askformore. Roxane Gay.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2007

I remember the first time an artist friend of mine took me to a museum and I watched him laugh at some of the art. The artist made something funny." His training allowed him to think of artists as people with motivations and challenges, whereas I usually thought of them as names attached to objects. Why are you laughing?"

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Museum 2.0

JULY 18, 2007

These opportunities can be social --engaging with museum content with other visitors at their computers all over the world--as well as experiential --allowing visitors to jump into, smash, and manipulate content in ways that physics and conservators forbid in real space. This week, a quick example of how each is possible.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

which followed a very strict formula that frustrated some participants who wanted to be treated like artists, not contributors to a data experiment. Their use of the web to connect independent artists all over the world was striking and very surprising. being as transparent as possible about the selection and production process.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

I am an artist and I was getting my Masters of Fine Arts at the time from John F. Britt: Your training is as a fine artist. We had talked about that a lot in our family, so we just, my brother and I, sort of serendipitously decided to do that, separately, and then we talked about it, and so we decided to do it together.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. When he’s not at Benetech, he’s still traveling the world and getting tattoos – by the same artist who does tattoos for Johnny Depp.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 6, 2011

Let's say you spend a year working with a group of teens to co-create an exhibition, or you invite members and local artists to help redesign the lobby. How do you acknowledge their participation in a way that helps subsequent visitors connect with the passion and hard work that went into the process?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

As the artist replays what just happened and slows it down for the brush or the pen, so too we need to be open to surprises, rewind and play them back in slow motion until we get the nugget of meaning. To echo the classic Verizon ad: Can you hear me now? I mentioned the need to pay attention. Read his full bio.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Nature Conservancy gets the Best Text Message Award for the second year in a row. Why I’m taking action for Zunar, a fellow artist. Update: Please Support Art, Education and Conservation on Giving Tuesday. Sadly, there were a lot more mobile unfriendly emails than those that work well on a mobile device. We ♥ goats.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 31, 2017

They work on a variety of issues related to animal welfare including political advocacy, wildlife conservation, wildlife crime, and more. They host workshops on mural painting, a hip hop academy, and an ambassador program where they send artists aboard to facilitate cultural exchange. Star Wars: Force for Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2009

Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail Note from Beth: In 1993, I worked as the "network weaver" for an online network for individual artists called "Arts Wire" where I facilitated online conversations, provided technology support and training. A thirteen year old bit of prognostication: New Roles for Artists in the Information Age.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2007

I can see why many art museums are considered "conservative" institutions. Since these are not artists in the standard canon, there are no hard and fast rules about how their art has to be displayed and interpreted. Serving donors may mean shying away from risky interpretation techniques that might offend their sensibilities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

Louis is a traditional artist and I was in the journalism field. In a lot of ways, conservatives built their base starting on the real cultural and not necessarily political level. Jonah: I started Free Range with a friend of mine, Louis Fox, when we were 22 years old. That's what we're trying to do now.

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