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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. There are over 200,000 professional artists in the US — and a bunch of them have problems the techies could help solve. Trust me. What works?

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Friday, I facilitated the final face-to-face workshop for the Social Media Lab for 25 arts organizations inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach. Some participants got frustrated along the way, but part of the learning was to make time and space for reflection to get to deeper insights and improve practice.

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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Beck talks about this in the context of learning to play music as a young artist. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Our museum is highly participatory: plenty of opportunities for visitors to contribute, for artists to collaborate, for community members to co-create. Humans empower each other. Build community.

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End-of-Year Event Fundraising

The Modern Nonprofit

Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background. Still a perfect venue for cultivating sponsorships, you can offer creative rewards like a mention in the event credits or, for an extra high touch, offer breakout rooms to mimic backstage VIP passes to meet and greet the artists.

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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

Museum 2.0

Contests are good for raising awareness and focusing behavior, but not good for building sustainable communities or work in a flexible environment. Doing so meant we could raise awareness very quickly (because everyone loves to blog about a contest), which was useful given the short time frame. It also focused the experience.

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End-of-Year Event Fundraising in 2021

The Modern Nonprofit

Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background. Still a perfect venue for cultivating sponsorships, you can offer creative rewards like a mention in the event credits or for an extra high-touch, offer breakout rooms to mimic backstage VIP passes to meet and greet the artists. Safety Considerations for Online Events.