The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Unleash the true potential of summer with our curated collection of 10 must-try fundraising ideas that will engage your supporters and deliver an unforgettable experience for your community. Keep in mind the costs of renting projection equipment, acquiring necessary permits, and ensuring safety measures are in place.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.” . I came up with an idea to mesh my love of weekend crafts fairs and artist open studio visits with my day job. Once I had a few donations in hand, I had postcards printed with beautiful photos of the artists’ work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Realizing the power of his entertainment gifts, he harnessed them to raise awareness and support a wide range of causes, aiming to prevent others from enduring similar experiences. Suzanne has a wealth of experience in nonprofit fundraising as she was the Chief Development Officer for a National Nonprofit Organization for several years.

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Forum One

AUGUST 11, 2022

This year, we were happy to continue our partnership with the Posse Foundation to recruit from a diverse group of talented students.Over the past two months, they seamlessly blended into the Forum One team and gained valuable hands-on experience along the way. At the core of the summer internship experience is building connections.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Forum One has partnered with NRDC to develop its website as well as additional digital assets, such as an immersive storytelling experience to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary in 2020 and an offshore drilling position tracking tool to help constituents easily find their legislators’ positions on offshore drilling.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 16, 2023

We’ve cracked the code to creating such unforgettable experiences! These funds can fuel your nonprofit’s projects, operations, and mission. Here are some popular examples: Benefit concerts or performances : Team up with local artists or performers to host a show where ticket sales support your cause.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

MuseumCamp is an annual professional development event at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in which teams of diverse, creative people work on quick and dirty projects on a big theme. We encouraged teams to think like artists, not researchers. You can check out all twenty research projects here. The teams delivered.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

All artists work in a free and fair work environment in Cambodia where they are paid above average wages and receive benefits such as health insurance and stipends for their children’s education. 10) Tote Project :: thetoteproject.com. Jewelry & Accessories. 1) 4ocean :: 4ocean.com. 4) Fahlo :: myfahlo.com.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Tech nonprofit AIM finds a fit with a crowdfunding operation for artists - Omaha.com : The crowdfunding site that supported her book about her family''s experience with Alzheimer''s disease has now been acquired by an Omaha organization that expects to expand its influence nationwide.

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

There is a way to reign this in but it involves experimenting, exploring and then refining your prompt base to then throw concepts at. Experiment with different elements and see how the AI interprets your prompts! SinCode AI Prompt Library : A collection of AI-generated prompts for various creative projects, including image generation.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Additionally, where major gifts were often designated to extremely specific projects in the past, trends are changing to favor more discretion on the part of the nonprofit to decide how and where large donations will be used. For smaller nonprofits, a major gift might be $5,000, while for larger organizations, it could be $50,000 or more.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. How did you get the gallery?

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With over 15 years of Association experience and 10 years of technical Salesforce experience, I provide solution architecture and design oversight, ensuring that each team tailors our platform – making the right decisions and using the right methods – to reduce confusion and enable greatness. Adam’s background.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. But the best participatory projects don't suffer from this problem, because they solicit visitors' contributions toward a very specific outcome. The project is designed to scale. What's the "use" of visitors' comments?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Proprietary insights are the keys to game-changing businesses : you don’t need a unique project to start an empire, just an intuition all your own. I believe the opposite: before falling in line, consider stepping out altogether and making a step change: a break in progression that does not necessarily flow from previous experience.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They also advocate for your organization and dedicate their time and energy to completing important projects for your nonprofit. They can post on social media about their experience. It’ll give local artists a chance to show off their skills. Volunteers run your fundraising events. And you’ll get a striking advertisement.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

GuideStar provided information on several theatres’ expenses so I could explore if it was financially viable to increase actor compensation while maintaining quality audience experiences. . This content represents a wealth of credible sources for research papers and projects. . Foundation Directory . Grants to Individuals .

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2009

I get requests to post about more things than I have time to write a full blog post about, plus I'm going to be blogging on a couple of new blogs soon that I can't cross-post from so I'm going to start experimenting with Have Fun Do Good Link Love lists to share some quick links and short posts with you. Lemme know what you think.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The man is artist Rocky Lewycky , whose work is part of a group show of visual artists who have won a prestigious regional fellowship. His project, Is It Necessary? It''s a powerful experience for those who participate. If an artist can come into a museum and smash stuff, what does that tell visitors? Definitely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2006

Britt Bravo and I have the pleasure of being the blogging mentors this week on the Young Caucasus Women Project. Our assignment was to write an essay on the topic of "Who's your favorite artist (visual, dancer, performer, writer, or musician) and why?" Remziyye has a number of artists that she enjoys and describes why.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Detail on distribution of artworks in the Tate collection by birthdate of artists, visualized by Florian Krautli. Last month, the Tate joined the party when they opened up their collection database to the world on GitHub, a website where programmers collaborate on projects. Projects Technology Tools Worth Checking Out usercontent'

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2017

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History keeps growing and experimenting in our quest to build a stronger, more connected community. The Exhibitions Catalyst will lead the way in bringing together artists and diverse partners in the development of powerful exhibitions. We are dreaming big, reaching out, and going deep.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Starting with a small-scale or pilot project allows for innovation, gathering feedback, refining the model as needed, and expanding the program if it proves successful. Consider the services, products, or experiences that your organization could offer to generate revenue. Do you serve K-12 students? The BIPOC or LGBTQ communities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Click here to listen to a very brief interview Over the weekend, I attended the Technology in the Arts Conference in Pittsburgh where artist and activist Faith Ringgold was one of the keynote speakers. " I had a chance to do a quick video interview with her about her thoughts on women artists. They are brilliant!

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 9, 2020

DSNNN won $2,500 for their collaborative art project and organization. The UnchARTed Waters event empowers artists with developmental disabilities to express their creativity through movement, motion, and wonder! . Lynne Wester: “Think deeply about the donor experience.”.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

In this post, George grapples with the challenges of balancing the care for a museum collection with that of contemporary artists-in-residence who are constantly reinterpreting it. Every Saturday, the curatorial team at Elsewhere , a living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, reviews the project proposals of its artists-in-residence.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Let's look at the statistics from three big participatory projects that wrapped up recently. This citywide festival showcased work by 1,517 artists competing for a $200,000 top cash prize awarded by public vote. The Brooklyn Museum just finished the public stage of GO , a "community-curated open studio project." Full stats here.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

They follow some basic steps to move their normal in-person event to an online experience. Take Stock of What You Typically Do: take a look at your normal project plan. Let people ask questions, share their experiences, or get involved. Have your lead artist jump on and run the class on Zoom. Zoom to the rescue!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2016

In those days, I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on a project called ArtsWire, an online network for arts organizations and artists. Support our worldwide Tech Clubs with more materials to enhance their experience. My work was as a trainer, to teach people who to use these tools strategically.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Dive into co-creative project design. A month before MuseumCamp, the MAH is opening a new exhibition, Lost Childhoods , co-developed with foster youth, youth advocates, and artists in our community. This project is experimental, complicated work. Artists are striving to follow their direction to beautiful ends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. You get to contribute to a collaborative project that produces something beautiful. You see the overall value of the project.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Press Here is a "normal" book that uses book-ish tools--pacing, spatial arrangement of images on the page, text as instruction--to break the fourth wall and create an interactive experience. They recall other artistic work that breaks fourth walls--classically in theater, and more recently in new media projects.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2015

And so, one of the most successful, accidental, and fraught participatory projects of the past decade comes to an end. The "love locks" are not a project with an institutional or artistic director. So many participatory projects do the opposite, requiring you to take a dozen tricky steps to no meaningful end.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. The E-Mediat project where Zoetica was hired to design and deliver the train the trainer’s session.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

Instead of being an exuberant celebration of civil rights, the experience of voting is often frustrating , bureaucratic and dreary. NSD) aimed to improve the voting experience and increase civic engagement using public art. The artists came from more than 20 different Philadelphia neighborhoods. are at historic lows.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

With over 15 years of nonprofit industry experience, Michael has worked with nonprofit customers across North America and the United Kingdom to implement full-scale projects and business process improvement projects. By Michael Culle r.

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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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