Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire. In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques. Resources: Using Online Interaction Tools for Icebreakers and More.

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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

AUGUST 25, 2016

Our Museum also produced a suite of online resources and reports that are impressive, honest, and comprehensive (though a bit tricky to navigate--I recommend using the search function). Check out the Our Museum online resources. The result, Our Museum , is an extraordinary funding program with a focus on community participation.

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Achieve

AUGUST 5, 2022

There are thousands of online resources and services that streamline all parts of the process, whether it’s designing your logo, making the merchandise itself, or. Your brand is a reflection of who you are as an organization, conveyed in a compelling way to your audience, and can include the following elements: Logos or custom icons.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

Eric talked about how the New York Hall of Science is trying to fund risk-taking, not just talk about it or under-resource it. The conference showcased many fabulous projects-- Flux Foundation , Open Field , Shine a Light , Create Denver --that support substantive co-creation experiences for artists and amateurs alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I also try to scaffold Webinars - and give more overviews and point people to the presentation for links, resources, and more self-directed learning. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do. Use the resources we provide online as a starting point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

You can find the slides and resources at my Arts and Social Media wiki. As Phil Morris noted in his blo g, it feels like home to be with this crowd.). You have to be willing to toss out the lesson plan too -- ramp up or ramp down - and watch out if you're speaking in jargon. It gets a good laugh.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

It’s not unusual for us to meet with an environmental activist, a balloon artist, a farmer, and the Mayor of Santa Cruz all in one day. Incredible assets, skills and resources to offer to your community but they are in need of more awareness, promotion, visibility and representation. Large and small (or no) followings.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. One thing I love about Gateway's site is that it breaks down its three primary audiences — students, educators, and artists — in an extremely easy-to-understand way.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. Imagine you run an organization with a small set of resources (purple circle) and you want to expand to a larger pool of resources (yellow circle). More audience. More money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Young, old, poor, rich, conservative, liberal, urban, rural, black, white, brown, red, yellow, gay, straight, preps, goths, rappers, artists, hippies, yuppies… you name it. Beauty is on the eye of the beholder and some people just like the chaos and artistic freedom of MySpace, while some like the neat clean, linear look of Facebook.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2012

It happened because we: partnered with local artists and community organizations whose passion and generosity made it possible for us to create incredible events. were shamelessly resourceful. You can see here that 86% of our growth in attendance from 2011 to 2012 is due to community programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

" In the thread, one person pointed to Verdi's Video Workshop where people are giving reflective criticism on the vlog genre. Poking around, I stumbled across the fairly new Community Arts Network blog , the authors are Linda Frye Burnham and Steven Durland, artists and Internet pioneers from the old Arts Wire days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. You can find a collection how-to YouTube and Viral Video strategy resources here. Here's a few useful resources on Twitter and Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. We put our resources into creating that profile as a way to put a personal touch to those issues as 500 "real" people on his friends list. Nonprofits can use groups).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Nicole Lampe, Resource Media, blogged two summaries based on the ideas and discussion: The Future of Conservation: A Return to Our Roots. We finished with a group photo and fun co-creation reflection. Networked Leadership : Jodie Tonita, Social Transformation Project. Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

Reading The Great Good Place provides an opportunity as museum professionals to identify third places in our community, reflect upon our relationship to them, and consider the ways our museum could be a third place for members in the community. Tune in next week for a reflection on the book from another perspective.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes END-OF-YEAR EVENT FUNDRAISING The final quarter of the year unfolds with a blend of reflection and anticipation. We’re sharing ideas and resources on event fundraising. At the bottom of this post, we’ve also listed additional resources for setting up virtual events.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

The struggle for the jury was to find how the simple gameplay reflects the game’s goal of empowering women to believe that they are capable of solving hard problems through teamwork and leadership. Jeff has been a DJ, music producer, graphic designer, illustrator and consultant to independent artists and small business owners.

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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. Yet, the art world does not reflect that.

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Candid

APRIL 17, 2024

Or in an arts organization, one might focus on artistic direction, the other on the business model. Others have done so to allow for a broader range of identities —both to better reflect the diverse populations they serve and as a way to include more BIPOC leaders.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. I''d love to hear more peoples'' reflections on this. A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’re sharing ideas and resources on event fundraising for 2021. . Traditional year-end fundraising events, such as galas, are meant to celebrate your hard work, reflect on your impact, and thank your donors and sponsors. At the bottom of this post, we’ve also listed additional resources for setting up virtual events.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The type of events that will work best for your nonprofit will depend on three major factors: Your organization’s mission, your available resources, and your supporter’s preferences. Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists. Paint-Along Paint-along events bring out the inner artist in attendees.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. I'd love to hear more peoples' reflections on this. A lot of these projects are about getting people to be more social and active in museums.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2009

Here’s what happened: an art critic named Jerry Saltz posted an incendiary note on Facebook about the very low representation of women artists on the 4th and 5th floors (painting and sculpture) of MoMA. When those spaces are factored in, there are more than 250 works by female artists on view now. Let’s start there.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

In the long term, we're dedicated to this workshop being a place for museums to collaborate with one another, to pool creative resources to develop exhibits that can be implemented uniquely at different institutions. But museum folks, no matter how much we want to collaborate, don't move quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2012

Shortly after, I decided to start curating resources on data visualization over at Scoop.It and continue to add the best stuff to the resources section on the session wiki. In my reflection post about the panel, I was musing about one of the points raised: ”How Can We Visualize Data If We Can’t Draw?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

I am an artist and I was getting my Masters of Fine Arts at the time from John F. So what we do is we use bamboo, one, in a lot of our packaging, in a lot of our merchandising, and our racks, and our gift boxes, and as I'm sure a lot of people know, bamboo is an extremely abundant natural resource, and it re-grows. Kennedy University.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

We also wanted to: Inspire visitors to engage in active looking: notice, reflect, react, and respond to the works of art and to the interdisciplinary quality of the exhibition. The variety of creative responses we received reflect the myriad perspectives of visitors to our interdisciplinary institution. Reassert the "forum"?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Numerous colleagues and I made suggestions and prepared resources to ensure that we had protocols, and that our digital projects were accessible to anyone regardless of internet access or physical ability. I understand the field at large is struggling to catch up with the demands of digital resources. Swarupa Anila, and Ken Morris.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

If you have some talented artists, knitters, jewelry designers, and candle-makers in your youth group, consider hosting a craft sale at your church. Check out these resources for more tips and ideas. It’s a wonderful fundraising tactic that raises money and gets church members involved in community outreach. 40 Days of Lent challenge.

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DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2022

The library is a state-wide resource, but the immediate community it serves is downtown Providence. The result is a rich array of fresh and innovative resources, programs, and services. The collections are notable for whaling logs (the second largest collection in the world) and their print and typography resources.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

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. I sort of started my journey wanting to be an artist, and my mother told me I was too smart for art. First of all, who identifies with the word "activism"? Can I just see?

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