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Hold a BLOCKBUSTER Virtual Event Like The Dougy Center

Greater Giving

As a result, The Dougy Center—a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon that helps children dealing with grief and loss—raised enough money to support their programs for another year, and saw participation from donors around the US, North America, and across the globe. Feel the FOMO!

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In Loving Memory of My Mom, Ruth D. Kanter (My Mom)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To honor her memory, I’m rais ing money for NTEN to offer diversity, local, and general scholarships for the 19NTC in Portland. Despite her lack of comfort using online tools, she was interested in anything that her children were involved with, even if it wasn’t her cup of tea. She was also an arts lover.

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5 Proven Tips for Building Your Nonprofits Email List

NetWits

Long Island Children’s Museum has “Join Our Email List” at the top of their website. Portland Museum of Art groups their E-newsletter with links to their social media accounts. The fewer clicks you put between you and a potential subscriber, the better. Add it to your Facebook Apps.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

There, we see hearts, bodies, and minds coming to life through improvisation and the creative arts. Imagine children around the United States learning mindfulness. Then imagine how this teaching can impact children's lives, transforming their journey through life. Story of Tomorrow Winner — SEEDS final.

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Member Appreciation Month wrap-up: #ntenthanks, event archives, and the grand prize winners!

NTEN

Worth group , and the amazing community celebration by and for our Portland, OR community. Nasser Halteh of ZeroDivide , Kimberly Hedges of Americans for the Arts , and Alvaro Rojas from The Chronicle of Philanthropy all scored notebooks from Higher Logic. And now for our last round of winners, including our grand prize winners!

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Maximizing Your Membership Program: Tips from the Experts

Connection Cafe

Children’s museums have all the challenges that all membership driven organization have… PLUS they have children, and therefore their members, aging out of their institutions every year. With a target age often between 1 and 8, children’s museums find that 1/8 of their children age out every year.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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