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. This week's question is: My husband has recently linked up with a friend to buy a second hand bookstore.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

A 10-question blog interview with an expert in an area related to your nonprofit’s mission and programs can be interesting to your supporters. Interview a professor, government official, or esteemed professional, such as a scientist, social worker, activist, or artist. Interview Experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The purpose of the Design Lab was to answer two key questions to gather input for its strategy: How can the Brainerd Foundation and its philanthropic partners accelerate the transition to 21st Century advocacy for grantees? 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

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

AUGUST 21, 2008

This week's Ask Britt question comes from a friend who is helping a changemaker launch a new book. 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. Title your email, "Ask Britt: your question topic."

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

CONSUME: Writers read, artists go to galleries, reporters watch the news. Personal Democracy Forum 's blog, techPresident, launched something this week called 10 Questions where you can post a video question to the presidential candidates. Users will choose the 10 best questions. Take 'em one at a time.

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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. question from your relatives, order a copy of Be Bold and read it on the plane.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 30, 2008

If you're interested in this topic, check out this experiment to root out the people behind big companies on Twitter, which recently included this comment about museums: " When museums tweet to each other in first person, I question why the museums don't include the names of the people tweeting." Topical, provocative questions.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2009

Jennifer is a certified coach, artist and yogini based in Oakland, California. All of those doubts and questions, that is the gremlin. I know you particularly work with entrepreneurs and artists, yes? I am an artistic, creative person. Jennifer Lee career nonprofit activist entrepreneur advice green coaching

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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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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. Attendees will enjoy themed trivia questions, compete for prizes, and contribute to your cause while having a blast. Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I talked to Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com about their green coworking space in San Francisco, Citizen Space for the Big Vision Podcast and have posted a transcript of the interview below. Britt Bravo: What is coworking, and how can you make it green? You can even save your money.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I'm going to be green. Kind of like artists, a lot of passion and drive can create great things, but they aren't necessarily sustainable over time. They're artists so they think big. That's a good question. Britt Bravo: So, if I came to you and said, "Hey, I have this business that I want to start.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

Reem Rahim is the Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing of the Oakland-based green business Numi Tea. 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. Reem: Good question. tea fair trade green business Kennedy University.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The Dartmouth Green. One was seeing two coeds standing on either side of the road at the Dartmouth Green talking on a cell phone to each other as I walked by. He and his brother knew we had a "no questions asked" policy of picking them up wherever and whenever they were unable to drive or ride with someone they didn't trust.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The interview includes stories about some of his projects, and a delving into questions about what makes viral content compelling, how to draw people into an uncomfortable environment, and ways that art--or museum content--can become more pervasive by being hidden in the corners of life. People don’t want to share it anymore once it’s huge.

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JUNE 9, 2021

But one question you might find yourself frequently asking is “What kind of fundraising event should we host next?”. Not only will they enjoy competing to answer the most trivia questions, but they’ll also be fundraising on behalf of your organization. Art show – Are there any local artists in your area?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

They are also learning how to access professional and personal networks to get answers to their questions. One question that I do have, with self-care and anything that requires habit change or culture change, it takes time and immersion. Artist Tiles. Or how can they be integrated into the workplace more effectively?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When we look at environmental challenges, we can't avoid the question of women's role within designing the solutions. I've been really blessed to have incredible influences in my own family, from my aunt, who lives in Washington and gave me so many opportunities, and my uncle, who's a performance artist, and my mother, who's a musician.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

So they'll each tell you a little about that, and we'll have time for questions and answers at the end. Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance? I just want to dispel the myth that we are not activists and that we are not artists. First of all, who identifies with the word "activism"? Can I just see?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

In addition to being an artist, performer and dancer, Alli is also a writer whose most recent piece can be found in the Code Pink anthology, Stop the Next War Now. Alli: Interesting question, like what is the road that gets us anywhere, I think they're always somewhat circuitous and unplanned.

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