Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It’s been nearly two months since bbcon 2019 in Nashville, and I’m still thinking about the live music, inspiring mainstage content, and incredible sessions delivered in the Arts & Cultural track. Connection is Everything. This idea of human connectivity is the driver behind your patrons’ connection with your organization and its mission.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Are you working with new demographics? Think about what would best speak to your audience. These are adjectives and verbs that describe your nonprofit’s work and its impact, align with your nonprofit’s brand, and best speak to your audience. If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you’re likely due for a rewrite.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Demographics: Foundations and corporate funders will want to know who is benefiting from your nonprofit’s services. You know the specific demographic and program attributes each potential funder is seeking. It’s not about chasing the money, but rather about enhancing your offerings to better serve, broaden, or diversify your audience.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

These partnerships with businesses corporations can help both you and your for-profit partners widen your audiences while providing extra financial support for your mission. Tapping into this demographic is going to be crucial for fundraising, and your organization will need innovative and tech-savvy approaches.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

But this month, it's as if there was a subliminal email sent to a crew of bloggers in the arts suggesting a salon about audience diversity, and how/why to move in that direction. The Center for the Future of Museums maintains a good list of top ten resources on demographic change as related to museums.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. The majority of foundation funding for the arts goes to large, established organizations that present work that is based in the European canon for a primarily white, upper-income audience.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

How to sell merchandise with ease through dropshipping Through the art of dropshipping, an organization can design and create products for individuals to purchase without having to stock and sell the products themselves. Explore the products the dropshipping site you chose has to offer and think about what your audience may want.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

Know Your Audience You’ll find that you have a unique community on each of your social media platforms based on the demographics they draw and the culture they foster. Are you an art museum that posts behind-the-scenes looks at your collection on Instagram?

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Unlock the fundraising potential of your nonprofit by understanding your target audience. This will help you understand the types of supporters that are most likely to be interested in your cause and guide your efforts in targeting the right audience.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. Here's what I think is really strong about the report: Coordinated, succinct research findings supporting the rise of active arts engagement.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

How can arts and cultural organizations start leveraging content marketing? There are 5 steps to start a content marketing program at your arts and cultural organization. The most successful content is the content that is personalized for an audience. Are there any trends in the age or demographics of your visitors?

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

The nine categories are religion; education; human services; giving to foundations; health; public-society benefit; arts, culture and humanities; international affairs; and environment and animals.” – U.S. Marketing is missing the audience. Arts, individuals, and the environment are the least popular categories.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2015

” How is this influx of new people influencing Austin’s Arts & Cultural community? Well, in some pretty big ways if you talk to the team at Thinkery , who just created Thinkery21 , an evening of fun created just for this demographic. That way we get audience buy-in before we’ve even started planning an event.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 11, 2022

From the business’ point of view, the fundraising event they’re considering sponsoring needs to be one that gets them in front of their target audience or at least gets them publicity or awareness that will support their sales. Materials You Need to Recruit Corporate Sponsors Finding sponsors requires a little art and a little science.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 31, 2022

CauseVox’s Pledge Now, Pay Later (PNPL) is a state-of-the-art pledge donation option (similar to buy now, pay later for donors!) With donors already online, you’ll have a captive audience to solicit, and can use the opportunity to cultivate them as long-time, recurring donors. How To Use PNPL In Your Fundraising Campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You have to ask, how is polling the audience and seeing the aggregate results helping people learn? Help the facilitator understand who is the room at the beginning (demographics, experience, attitudes, knowledge about the topic) – a quick and dirty participant assessment. In other words, to what end?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

population is more racially and ethnically diverse than ever before, and is experiencing significant demographic shifts, with implications for philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit stakeholders, from individual contributors to development leadership teams, must affirm that DEI initiatives and strategies are critical for success.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2013

Two weeks ago, Roberto Bedoya asked several arts bloggers, including me, to write a post reflecting on Whiteness and its implications for the arts. I am in no way an expert in issues related to racial and ethnic representation in the arts. I never saw comparable adjectives used in the European art labels at the museum.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

As you can no doubt gather, you might not need to invest valuable time and resources into all four, because a lot of the audience is redundant. Beth points us to a great post on Read/Write Web about some demographics information on the users of the different networks. Choose wisely and, as always, make sure its worth it. com , Inc.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

As you can no doubt gather, you might not need to invest valuable time and resources into all four, because a lot of the audience is redundant. Beth points us to a great post on Read/Write Web about some demographics information on the users of the different networks. Choose wisely and, as always, make sure its worth it. com , Inc.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Facebook : Fastest growing demographic is 55+.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Ami’s one and only board is called “ Really want these ” and instead of Louboutins, iPhone cases and nail art she’s dying to try, Ami’s pinned images include plain rice, faucets for clean drinking water, and chalk for school. It links to a donation landing page. Pinterest has only been around for short time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2011

Social media is a powerful marketing tool for businesses of all types, and it is especially useful for nonprofit organizations, which typically struggle more to reach a large audience on a tighter budget. Facebook is a leader in social media, with approximately 500 million users across various demographics. Like this article?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Facebook : Fastest growing demographic is 55+.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

A Matter of Demographics. Part of Pinterest’s potential is it’s unique demographic user-base. Here's a site that already has the audience everyone wants: women and moms who make most of the household buying decisions.” Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes. Pinterest Guidelines.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Arts, culture, and humanities fell 7.5% (-8.6% direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. The best ones are brief, engaging, and ask about the donor’s interests and preferences rather than seeking demographic information. adjusted) . Foundations grew 2% (0.8%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The mission is to promote participation and practice in dance, movement, and performing arts traditions from around the world while using the arts as a key tool to revitalize community. They used social media to win “ Deals for Deeds ” contest. as a first time donor.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Or a demographic to whom you need to sell more tickets? Ze Frank recently posed this question to several designers, filmmakers, and artists here , asking: When you make things with an audience in mind, do you have internal representations of that audience to help guide you in the process? Serve or direct? Comfort or subvert?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The main audiences for memberships are value members, who think of it as a good deal, lifelong learners, who want to come to as many programs and exhibits as possible, and donors, who support the museum. 1stfans is an attempt to change that by providing specific benefits targeted to those audiences' needs. Who are the 1stfans?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2012

The content is pretty US-specific (especially regarding tax status and education) but the blend of issues makes it more broadly relevant than other reports that focus solely on demographics or technology. Creativity, Community, and a Dash of the Unexpected: Adventures in Engaging Young Adult Audiences.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

Visitor-contributed photos surround a collection piece in Carnegie Museum of Art's Oh Snap! so I was intrigued when I heard about a recent success from Jeffrey Inscho, Web and Digital Media Manager at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Graphically, both on-site and online, the project is very inviting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Instagram is the fastest-growing major social network: 59% of people age 18 to 29 are using “Insta” and other demographics are likely to adopt it in increasing numbers. However, engaging celebrities with high media profiles and large audiences doesn’t always work on social networks like Instagram. bombshelltoe , Bombshelltoe.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2015

It was created with one demographic in mind: Millennials. Besides the fact that Millennials are the new “ it ” demographic to target, what’s most fascinating to me about Millennials is the impact they’re having on the rest of us. It’s time we really start catering the Ask to our different audiences. .

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Audience segmentation and research has become a hot topic in museums, especially when it comes to crafting appealing offerings that are customized to different kinds of visitors. I wanted to test a hypothesis that we should be segmenting our members not by demographics but by interest, in order to foster that emotional connection.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

However, if you are running a campaign against a small, tightly defined audience in a short amount of time, upping your frequency is a good tactic for ensuring your ads get seen by the niche group you're after. Before you even think about building a buy, you need to sit down and define your target audience. Similar to Yahoo!,

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