Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

What other executive directors in your field that you respect, follow or and feel inspired by are using social creatively? But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another story. It’s not that you don’t think it is a good idea.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

Here's what happened: In 2010, amidst severe financial woes and declining audiences, the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA (MOCA), hired Jeffrey Deitch, a NYC gallery owner, to be their new director. It's wild to see so many bloggers and museum directors and critics weigh in. Is it good value to pay a museum director $650,000 per year?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

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. As Project Director of NSD, I have the privilege of presenting about our project during the Public Service segment at MCON 2016.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Lisa of ENOUGH writes in, Tell Companies Sponosoring the Chinese Olympics that Darfur is Not 'Business is Usual' , " we believe that the more voices that are raised, the more hope there is for peace in Darfur. Disband the Publicity Department (the former Propaganda Department), which exercises daily control over content in the Chinese press.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

When we work with diverse collaborators, from opera singers and ukelele players to knitters and graffiti artists, we catalyze new partnerships and relationships that make our community stronger and more cohesive. You want to have an artist collective sleepover at the museum? We believe in fearless experimentation. Sounds great.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

There is a strong community of Oaxacan artists, dancers, and musicians in Live Oak. Our Director of Community Engagement, Stacey Marie Garcia, reached out to the people who run the festival, hoping we might be able to build a collaboration. It gets easier to hear their voices in our heads when we make a decision.

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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. And by quoting an outside validator, you add an extra voice of authority to support your own message. What are your go-to ledes?

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