Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

And while on the topic of nonprofit podcasting, the thread on TechSoup. I'm a big fan of the Walker's experimentation with blogs, wikis, and podcasting. Eric posted some excellent thoughts on the problem that Cambodian bloggers have to get past - podcasting without electricity. So we opted for cell phones. Art on Call Homepage.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Below are links to conversations with 48 big visionaries who I've interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast over the last four years. You can subscribe to the show on the Big Vision Podcast website, or via iTunes. Please note that because the interviews take place over four years, some people's work and lives may have changed.

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JUNE 17, 2011

After going to Amoeba, we visited a few artists' studios as part of the East Bay Open Studios , including the Institute for Mosaic Arts. Had great chat with Samin Nosrat for the Big Vision Podcast about her work with Bakesale for Japan and Eating for Education. Love this idea: Nonprofit Annual Report on a Postcard. Soooo good.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

I was so impressed with her work as a young social entrepreneur that I wanted to share it with you on this month's Big Vison Podcast. You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , its landing page , or on the player above.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

As many of you know, in addition to blogging and podcasting for myself and others, I'm also a blogging trainer and coach for artists, writers, creative entrepreneurs and do-gooders. She also was very encouraging and accepting of all ideas. She made me very, very comfortable and created an environment to learn and get ideas.

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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. Nobody knows your mission better than you, so every time you write, blog , podcast , and speak, tell your story proudly and your philosophy will get across. Tell your story from the roots up. Now let's hear your philosophy!

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APRIL 24, 2008

Tina, an artist, has a terrific post about why twitter is a great for artists.(Thanks Announcing new ideas, new products, new projects. Sharing technical information - helping other artists who need tips for photos, Flickr, blogging, Etsy, html, etc. Photo by Simon Crowly. Thanks Beth Dunn for the pointer).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

NEWS Below is a roundup of blog posts and podcast interviews I've published since my last Have Fun Do Good Link Love (where did the month go?): 4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B. 77 ways to build community in your neighborhood from Our Blocks.

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APRIL 7, 2009

If you have any ideas, lemme know! 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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

He has some good ideas and suggestions about how to be transparent as an organization through the website. The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. This week, I asked the question: What is the biggest mistake a nonprofit can make with their website. Check This List 07.28.08

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JUNE 29, 2010

." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. You can also listen to the interview on the player at the bottom of this post, on the Big Vision Podcast landing page , or on iTunes.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This is the basic idea behind microcopy. We particularly appreciate search bar suggestions, like how Spotify invites users to search not only a song title but an artist or a podcast too. Once your microcopy is written and your platform is ready to use, it’s a good idea to make sure it’s ready to be used by other people.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Last week, I listened to this podcast about beauty and colonization. The podcast explained that “a lot of current Western beauty standards celebrate whiteness — not some objective, biological, evolutionary thing, but literally just being a white person.” The problem with minimalism has been studied by many designers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

My first job in nonprofit and technology was as community manager for an online network of artists called ArtsWire in 1993 before the Web. The online interaction design was patterned after the Well - it was described as a WELL for artists. I've been Lewis Hyde fan ever since. This even will be webcast live.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Both of these seem natural as we are in the business of ideas and we are adjacent to formal education systems. For some visitors, the feeling of engagement comes from being connected to ideas quickly. I wrote about it last year and I talked about it this year on Emily Koteki’s podcast serie s.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

February 18, 2009 was the 3rd anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast ! 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. If you have suggestions for people to interview for the Big Vision Podcast, email me at britt@brittbravo.com or leave a comment.

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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. At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. A lot of things have changed since 2002.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Does your organization have a podcast or radio show for promotion? Sometimes a nonprofit has access to world-class chefs, celebrities, artists, or architects or well-known lawmakers. Throughout the year you can connect with other donors and funders and the people we serve (artists, students, activists).”. You get the idea.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Here are a handful of ideas: 1. Basically, a couple months before your book's release you contact bloggers, podcasters and vloggers whose audiences are a good fit for your book and ask them if they would like to interview you, review your book, have you guest post, or host an interactive event with you using a service like Gabbly.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2017

You can subscribe to the Hubcast on iTunes and Soundcloud to make sure you don’t miss out on our latest podcast. Welcome to our podcast that’s dedicated to making your ears happy, your job easier and your nonprofit more remarkable. Our featured artist on this episode is Bernardus and their song Sleepy Eyed Thoughts.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

It’s about making ideas happen. As I mentioned in a post last week , I'd like to teach a a class in 2011 about The Art of Blogging: Creating Juicy Content for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. Meeting amazing people while doing interviews for the Big Vision Podcast. What’s your next step?

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

If there is one link, one phrase, one idea that piques my interest, I follow that person. 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. Thanks for the idea, Shelley.) Guard feed!

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

She's brilliant and funny and pushes people to get excited about higher math and the big ideas behind it. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, who are well known in museums for their excellent Smarthistory website and podcasts. Many museums produce superb lesson plans, curator interviews and artist interviews for the web.

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JULY 9, 2009

Last month, I met an artist who was part of a group that created a renegade podcast tour for the Portland Art Museum. Theoretically, you could take the idea of writing imaginative labels and offer that as an activity anywhere in the museum. That's functionally what the Portland Art Museum renegade podcasters did.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

My story is more a case of "Getting Hired: It's What You Want, How Aggressive You Are, and What Ideas You Can Offer." I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. Part 3: It's What Ideas You Can Offer I started the Museum 2.0 It was exhausting, stressful work, and I loved it.

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M+R

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In recent years, we have seen artists like Beyoncé and U2 experiment with new ways to launch music. Or, if you have a strong social media game, consider how your social media messages could be amplified as letters to the editor, op-eds, or pitches to news reporters, podcasts, or magazines.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Podcasts, for instance can be listened to while you’re driving. I also think you should steal like an artist. Incorporating ideas from your favorite web experiences is an easy way to make user-based changes. The value of the response to your outreach outweighs the pain of the unsubscribes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2005

Podcasting by nonprofits is also still in the embryonic stages with the exception of Andy Carvin. Authenticity and Demystifying the Artistic Process. Artistic Director Blog (Inactive). From Micheal Gilbert interview: Fear I still find that nearly every nonprofit organization is rather afraid of the idea of blogging.

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OCTOBER 26, 2006

offers personal insights in opening up to new ideas and letting go of information, hierarchy and "proprietary" thinking. vlogging, and podcasting). Fine writes about in her book Momentum. The concept of openness. Fine, a self-identified ???recovering recovering proprietary thinker,???

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JULY 13, 2008

Below is an edited transcript of our interview for the Big Vision Podcast. The idea was born in October 2006. AD: I originally found a couple of artists that were interested in turning it into a piece of art. The artists that I was going to work with are great, amazing people, and they're very busy. I am curious.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Jennifer is a certified coach, artist and yogini based in Oakland, California. Below is the edited transcript from my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jennifer Lee from January 22, 2009. I love that idea of "going toward the roar," 'cause it is actually easier. They are not going, "What am I doing with my life?"

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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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AUGUST 8, 2010

That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street. Our new catalog and website will be up within the next two months.

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JULY 31, 2009

for the Big Vision Podcast. Freelancers literally put their story ideas and their pitches up on our site, and they say, "This is the story I want to tackle." Where did the idea come from? The big advent of freelancing, since the Internet, is that instead of snail-mailing my story ideas to editors, I would email them.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Below is an edited transcript of my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jose in late August. If you came to us with an exciting idea and we felt a connection to you, and felt that you were the right entrepreneur to take it to that level, that's how we start. They're artists so they think big. A lot of people have great ideas.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. BB: Your whole book, Loyal to the Sk y, is a memoir, and it's your entire path to becoming an activist and an artist. Loyal to the Sky received a Nautilus Book Award for world changing books. It may help. We are all activists.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Nest is a nonprofit organization that empowers female artists and artisans around the world. I've posted an edited transcript of my conversation with Rebecca during her interview for the Big Vision Podcast. You can listen to it on the little player below, on the Big Vision Podcast website , or download it from the iTunes Music Store.

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