Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Is it only used by people with artistic talents and graphic design skills? Anyone can be a designer! After each group presented, everyone was given 5 green sticky tabs and one red tab. We were asked to place the green sticky tabs on a detail that we liked. What is Human Centered Design? Technique 6: Visualize the Vote.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

She is a lifelong artist, and was a therapist working in psychiatric hospitals before she made the leap into advertising (long story). Lisa Sonora Beam, The Creative Entrepreneur: How I Have Fun, Do Good Buy art from artists. One of the most fun ways to do good is to buy art and hand crafts directly from artists and artisans.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Patrick’s Day Green (March 17). Invite a local artist or crafty supporter to host an evening on the terrace of a local cafe or office, and let your supporters get their hands dirty while making something fun to take home, all while supporting a great cause. Click To Tweet. The winner gets the chocolate. The Michael J.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

You could also give a pot and flower seeds like Diane MacEachern suggests in her post, Six Ways to Green Your Valentine's Day on Big Green Purse. Gifts One of the best gifts you can give is the gift of time together , but there are also lots of places to purchase lovely gifts made by artists and artisans.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 16, 2011

Young philanthropists go high-tech to reach lofty giving goals | Reuters Money : "Nor does Greene have a huge bankroll to back his pet project, a new website called WorldPennyJar dedicated to disaster relief, health, education and the environment.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2018

This type of fundraiser has the potential to draw a large crowd and raise tons of money through ticket sales, especially if the artist is relatively well-known. Reserve a green space, set up a projector, tell donors to bring a blanket and throw on a movie everyone loves. But be careful! Ice cream social. Drive-in movie.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Organizer, Bakesale for Japan listen Naomi Natale, Founding Artist, One Million Bones listen Halle Butvin, Founder and Director, One Mango Tree listen Carinne Brody, Doctoral Candidate in Public Health at UC Berkeley. Author, The Generosity Plan listen Samin Nosrat, Cook, Teacher, Writer, Accidental Activist. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

is a weekly video series produced by PBS Digital Studios, hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green and author/vlogger John Green. to meet artists and solicit assignments from them that everyone can participate in. While the in-person audience is at lunch, online participants can watch a series of powerful films and videos.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

These artists are all great examples of how media can be used for social change - as a vehicle for storytelling. Last week I was listening to some old school hip-hop - you know, Eric B and Rakim , Public Enemy , Boogie Down Productions , etc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2008

Last week I announced a new weekly feature that I'm trying out on Have Fun * Do Good, Ask Britt , where you send in questions related to career design for artists and activists, and I'll do my best to answer them. Here are a few ideas for your husband's new business venture: • Be green. Be a community gathering space.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. Cary Creative Center in North Carolina is an upcycling nonprofit that provides used artistic materials to people. Image 5: RE-volv.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

There are too many visionaries in the article for me to list them all here, but here's a sampling, with links to their blogs: Political digital artist and print maker, Favianna Rodriguez. Sustainable South Bronx's blog, Green the Ghetto. Founder of Americans for Informed Democracy , Seth Green. WattzOn.com's blog, What's On?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 15, 2010

Giving Green on Treehugger Help Haiti Recover on the Ellen DeGeneres Show blog Help Survivors of the Earthquake in Haiti on Charity Navigator Tragedy in Haiti - How Can I Help? on What Gives Our Prayers and Thoughts are with the People of Haiti on the Boho Magazine blog Help For Haiti Earthquake Aftermath.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist. If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Seuss famously bet that he could write a children''s book [ Green Eggs and Ham ] using only 50 unique words. A Q&A with artist Phil Hansen , Hansen says: "It’s hard to get people to focus on plan B when plan A is working so well. The Lifehacker post, Challenge Your Creativity with Limits, Not Freedom , reminds us: "Dr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 7, 2009

I've been a creative career coach for 10+ yrs, and am the host of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact. Many of my coaching clients are artists, I worked for six years in arts education at Streetside Stories , and I produce the Arts and Healing Podcast. I'd also be up for something arts related.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

Since moving to Santa Fe, he has developed New Mexico Creates , an economic development initiative that creates market links for New Mexico artists and artisans. That can mean, for example, language; it can mean architecture; it can mean food; it can mean artisan work, or artistic work. We developed; for example, a juried show.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. Echoing Green Fellows' descriptions of their moments of obligation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Marisa Handler, Author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2010

And a green solution! Want a way to make sure your nonprofit organization is represented -- artistically, that is? Finally, answers! Thank you, Gavin. So you wanted to go to this year's SXSW conference but can't make it.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

And Carlton Turner runs Alternate Roots , another incredible artists' organization with a focus on social change that runs an annual conference/camp/experience which I have heard is mind-blowing in North Carolina. My sister attended, and I kicked myself about 87 times for not knowing about it or getting out there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Alli is now the Business Partners & Events Manager at Green For All and Art in Action Youth Leadership Program). If you're not a listener, you can listen to the show on the Big Vision Podcast site, or subscribe via iTunes or another podcatcher. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

Local artists donate hand-made bowls, restaurants provide the soup and (if you are lucky) another business provides freshly made breads and desserts. Thank goodness my boyfriend was there to donate and pick up two nice bowls (sage green and grey with blue spots) perfect for pasta to add to our collection. What is empty bowls?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

The Art Assignment is a weekly video series produced by PBS Digital Studios, hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green and author/vlogger John Green. to meet artists and solicit assignments from them that everyone can participate in. The Art Assignment takes viewers and participants around the U.S.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

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. By doing this, they can direct funding and people to the areas they’re trying to improve.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Marisa Handler, author, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist Listen Read Cami Walker, Founder, 29-Day Giving Challenge Listen Read Marianne Manilov, National Team Leader, The Engage Network Listen Read Favianna Rodriguez, Political Digital Artist and Printmaker. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

You can email me your question (please keep it to 50 words) about the do-good, or artistic work you are doing, or want to do, to britt@brittbravo.com. The winners got signed copies of her book and were announced at the Computers in Libraries Conference. Send bloggers copies of your book to give away as prizes for their own contests. *

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 15, 2009

Listen/subscribe on iTunes Tranquility du jour with Kimberly Wilson Kimberly Wilson, author of Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , interviews artists, creative entrepreneurs, yoga teachers, and other hip tranquil chicks. podcast nonprofit human rights spiritual UNICEF

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

It is called “Rose, Bud, Thorn.” Participants reviewed their notes from the expert sessions, and wrote down challenges on blue sticky notes, strengths on pink sticky notes, and opportunities on green sticky notes. To generate group or collective understanding, I facilitated a cluster or affinity analysis of the different themes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

CONSUME: Writers read, artists go to galleries, reporters watch the news. CREATE Now that you've consumed, joined and participated, you're ready to create your own citizen media (like you consumed in Step 1) and/or your own campaign like: • Green LA Girl's Starbuck's Challenge. Take 'em one at a time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic. This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." When I first saw the article, I thought it was the article from a year ago where they said basically the same thing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

A Few Book Suggestions: Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , a publication of Echoing Green. They were all Echoing Green Fellows who received up to $90,000 in seed funding and technical support to turn their ideas into sustainable organizations. Pick three more actions. Pick a date to meet. Repeat until you create your big vision!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 30, 2008

I don't feel, as Tyler Green does , that an art museum MUST tweet about art. The Brooklyn Museum has an open call for artists who want to use Twitter to communicate with 1stfan members , but you don't need to be an artist to create quality content on Twitter. and the conversation begins. I can't tell you what to tweet about.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out. I'm an artist and an institution builder. The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public.

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