Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Promote the event as a way to support both local artists and your cause, and include a variety of artistic disciplines, such as painting, sculpture, photography, and pottery. Incorporate local businesses and landmarks to build a sense of community engagement. Charge a registration fee to attend the entire series or individual sessions.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Joe, join our new Art Lovers Speakers Series.”) If I am building a community, maybe my community needs/wants/desires something different.” Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Ask a question. (“How Personalize it. (“Joe,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

If you want to learn more pointers about building an effective personal brand and taking this deeper, read this Online Guide to Personal Branding by Neil Patel and Aaron Agius. It may be no surprised that he is an excellent photography and each shot is carefully crafted and described. Distinctiveness. Relevant. Visibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Joe, join our new Art Lovers Speakers Series.”) If I am building a community, maybe my community needs/wants/desires something different.” Along with concise, engaging copy, incorporate: Images: If you haven’t already, invest in professional photography that brings your cause to life. Ask a question. (“How Personalize it. (“Joe,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

In two weeks, several hundred arts leaders from around the country will gather on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University to discuss the role of technology in the arts field at the Technology in the Arts Conference. Tell me a little bit about how you got into arts management? Was that your progression? Actually, I???m

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Did it help build a larger online community? While growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio he learned to his passion was within the arts and photography. After graduating from high school, he moved to Arizona in 2007 to pursue his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. Did it increase our organization’s awareness?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. It wasn't that Simon was throwing out the housekeeping rules of the gorgeous but often imposing downtown museum building. Yesterday, a lovely article came out in the local paper about what we're trying to do to become a thriving community hub.

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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. The museum selected and is featuring 13 works recently added to our photography collection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Finally, and even if your nonprofit is not yet producing videos (you can “Favorite” videos to build your channel), you should have a YouTube Channel. Flickr and Digital Photography: 5 Hours Weekly. If your mission is one that requires privacy, such as working with victims of domestic violence, try building a closed community on Ning.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2014

The posts come from an aptly-named blog: Grumpy Art Historian. For the first time, the National Gallery is permitting non-flash photography. We push the once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing the art. The art gets captured like a lame animal in a game park, instead of the wild thing it is. And then the crowds show up.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Food can offer great visuals and this can be a great community building exercise. Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes. Build a collection of innovative recycling in your community. In exhibits and galleries where photography is permitted, of course!) If you're a museum, zoo, or aquarium: 19.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

– Rob Shaw, Art Director . A photography/narrative story where the author visits forgotten cities of America and meets the people who decided to stay even when the factories shut down and the money left. Something about that was very comforting during the pandemic. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama. I eagerly await Volume 2.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Adobe’s software donation programs through TechSoup help organizations design powerful print collateral, create video accounts of their successes, build their web presence, and more. The Foundation's community grants program has two focus areas: Arts and Creativity. Grant Programs from the Adobe Foundation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Career services-skills assessment, resume building, cover letters, and interviews. (5 Art programs (12 users=12 hour per week). Their youth users have a strong interest and talent in editing, graphic design, video, and photography. 5 users=10 hours per week). Youth for Diversity Classes-(8 users=1 hour each per week).

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

During my time at RISD studying industrial design, I developed relationships with two museums on campus: the Museum of Art and the Nature Lab. The Rhode Island School of Design was established in 1877 alongside its Museum of Art, an important resource for RISD students. Both are free for students.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2014

Especially with that liberal arts degree… …Despite the fact that you could gain valuable experience, confidence and the connections that make getting jobs and work experience much easier—and there’s a boat of evidence a college degree is correlated with an increase in your total lifetime earnings. That’s costly overhead!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

A few months ago, I created a workshop called " Arts 2.0 " which was a strategic social media for arts organizations workshop. Does this story illustrate the art of network weaving ? This does, however, get a little tricky for performing arts organizations. Tell me about you and your job. Just explore!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In 2024, postcards with QR codes designed to make an impact (LOL funny, powerful quotes, beautiful art, photography, etc.) Social media started as a community building and storytelling tool, then evolved into hyper-focused marketing and advertising tool, and will now will revolve back to its roots.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 21, 2009

Our art director, Don Roach and I recently authored an article on successful web site redesigns for our monthly "Connections" newsletter. However, a design must accomplish much more than just wowing the visitor with fancy fonts and slick photography. Redesigning your web site can be a daunting task.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While restaurants make up the lion's share of the offerings, there are all kinds of experiences--from tree ziplines to hot stone massages to photography sessions--that garner interest as well. The Art Gallery of Ontario sold 4,285 half-price admissions in one day last month. Groupon delivers huge volume.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Visitors co-opt institutional facilities every day for their own agendas, whether to impress a date, bond with family, or work on their photography skills. What's more participatory, making art or doing research? Contribution, collaboration, co-creation, and co-option. Developing exhibits or using them to make new media products?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Building up your revenue with a silent auction doesn’t necessarily mean you need every gift basket to be extravagant. If there are candy-making classes in your area, a gift certificate will come in handy for beginners looking to master the art of sugar confections. Not every basket has to be a big-ticket item.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Photographs and videos create options for supporters to share your message with their networks, exponentially building your audience. Christy Wiles holds an MA degree in Theory of Contemporary Art from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and a BA in Spanish and Latin American Literature from Reed College.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

We did stop at two museum-like places on our drive home: a photography gallery featuring images taken by a climber, where we pored over his photos and personal effects and compared his gear to our own, and a place that attracted us with a giant sign that read, "COME AND SEE HOW CHEESE IS MADE." In both cases, our identity needs were met.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

There’s a lot of communication in the building about what we could do. If you look at the IMA (Indianapolis Museum of Art), they’ve got that going on in YouTube. I hesitate though a bit because I don’t think that people should necessarily go do a one-off because I think it doesn’t really build the community. I worry about that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

This week's Ask Britt question, sent in by a reader, is, "How can I combine the creative arts with social impact? The arts are a wonderful way to make a difference in the world because they are fun, engaging, and oftentimes help you to tell stories, all key elements to attracting and keeping people involved in a cause. Great question!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2015

Nonprofit MarCommunity shares 12 stock photography sites to help you find the right photo to convey your story. The conference is built on three tracks that include a focus on place-based funding, strategies for collective impact and movement building, and working effectively at the intersection of arts, social justice, and culture.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2014

Craver : Raising hell, raising funds, and building a better world. By Marc Koenig : Marc digs telling better stories, creating art and changing people. CEO + Creative Lead @ Fia Forever Photography. Here’s a look at what you’ll find in this free eBook: Chapter 1 : The Case for Donor Retention. By Roger M. On Twitter.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

So, if stock photos aren’t the way to go, how can you choose images that showcase your mission, convey emotion, and build credibility? If you happen to have a photography whiz on staff, ask them to take photos at events or during volunteer opportunities. And, if you have the budget, consider illustration! Reflect diversity.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This means that Instagram is filled with compelling images and brilliant photography, and your content can be very interesting and engaging for your audiences. As above, Instagram really has become an art form. You can also use hashtags to build your nonprofit’s and organise your posts. How does it work for nonprofits?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Chief among those rules is this: Build applications that harness network effects to get better the more people use them. The second is about pre-roll advertising, but contains this generalized gem: So if you want to build a business around digital media, you have to be the best place to view/consume the media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for launching online fundraising and awareness campaigns, your nonprofit needs at least a month to prepare your campaign materials and craft your messaging in order to build a sense of anticipation among your fans and followers. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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