M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We also use the median for our comparisons, so that one outlier doesn’t skew the whole set. When she isn’t dreaming up tests to improve fundraising, analyzing data, or playing with Google Analytics, she’s singing with 160 of her closest friends in the Choral Arts Society of Washington (via Zoom right now, of course) and baking bread.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Technology in the Arts recently released an excellent report on copyright law. The report is intended primarily for arts and performance organizations, but it has a lot of material that's useful to anyone who works with online media, including great summaries of what is and isn't covered under public domain and fair use.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Provide a basis for comparison. In financial reporting, context is provided by comparison to the prior year performance, to budget, or to both. Additional nuance can be added by expanding the comparison across multiple years or multiple budget versions. That sounds great, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Photo: Americans for the Arts. The photograph above documents a creative stretch break from a recent Leadership Training I designed and co-facilitated at the Americans for the Arts Conference. The body break I used in the Arts Leaders training in the photograph above is called “Follow the Leader.”

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2011

They are successful with audiences who already believe in the intrinsic power of art or the role art plays in civic engagement, but it's unclear how helpful they are to the people who aren't attending, participating, or supporting. People often think of art institutions as providers of individual entertainment opportunities.

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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. Please tell us if you know of one!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2012

But we've just compiled all our attendance data for the past year at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (our fiscal year ends on June 30), and several people have written to me asking for the numbers behind our turnaround. And finally, and perhaps most interestingly, here's a comparison of Jan-June 2011 vs Jan-June 2012.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

Online Fundraising Software Comparison. Fundraise Up’s state-of-the-art website technology analyzes your website visitors and tailors the suggested giving amount for each person. With that in mind, here are ten of the best online fundraising platforms and software you should review as you ramp up your virtual fundraising. Fundraise Up.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Product Marketing Manager for Arts and Cultural Solutions. Laura’s experience working at and serving on the board of multiple arts organizations around the country shape her insights into the nonprofit community. Membership Arts & Cultural moves management relationship management ticket sales ticketing' We all do it.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2019

These events all pale in comparison, though, to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in the European Union. Its executives were hauled before Congressional committees. Marriott suffered a data breach affecting up to 500 million customers—one of the largest breaches in history. 5(1)(a), 13, 14).

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Where appropriate, we’ll also draw out some conclusions and comparisons to help contextualize where and how GivingTuesday can fit into your nonprofit’s overall strategy. ” and “Support Art on GivingTuesday” appealed directly to the reader’s sense of altruism and empathy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Ubuntu open week November 26, 2006 Next week is Ubuntu Open Week , a series of events and classes about Ubuntu Linux , and for people interested in getting involved in Ubuntu.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Doing such a comparison is brutally hard and you guys did a great job.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2011

Consider this simple comparison of potential reach for campaigns run by two very different nonprofits: Large Nonprofit Using Direct Mail. From child abuse to local community to arts programs, small nonprofits have been finding they can have success at fundraising online. 100,000 people. Direct Marketing Reach. 100,000 people.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2010

When it comes to user participation in cultural institutions and the arts, it's popular to launch projects that pit visitors against experts. at the Brooklyn Museum, where you could track how people of various levels of art expertise rated crowd-contributed photographs. This isn't a direct "audience versus expert" comparison.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Zen of Nonprofit CRM January 19, 2007 I was reading about the GetActive/Convio merger, and I have some thoughts about it… It is clear that the CRM/Fundraising space is getting interesting, first with the entry (..)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Zen of Nonprofit CRM January 19, 2007 I was reading about the GetActive/Convio merger, and I have some thoughts about it… It is clear that the CRM/Fundraising space is getting interesting, first with the entry (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

In comparison, 10 years ago, these managers spent “only” 60 to 65 per cent of their time engaged in those activities. . Learn the Art of Saying No Effectively. While there are many positive aspects to increased collaboration, there is also downside.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Laura Quinn is the founder of Idealware, which offers a consumer reports like analysis and comparison of nonprofit software. Rebecca Krause Hardie overs the arts sector and use of social media. Jordan Viator. writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog. Deborah Finn. is the woman behind the hilarious lolnptech spoof. Nina Simon.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Dubal has been studying the impact of the casual labor force of ride-sharing companies in comparison to the mostly unionized, professional labor force in the cab industry. One example of this (there are many others) came from Veena Dubal, a civil rights attorney and labor researcher at University of California Berkeley.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More FUD from Redmond May 18, 2007 I hear, in my head, the famed quote from Rodney King: “why can’t we all just get along?&# If you want to make 100 million or more, then invest and know your risk.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Eating my own dogfood. I hate to be so blunt, but it is true, at least in comparison to the ones on the Mac. It sometimes tastes yucky. I rail against vendors who promote lock-in. It was great.

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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. By comparison, Candid data suggests that 70% of single-led nonprofits have white executive directors or CEOs. By comparison, 63% of single-leader organizations in Candid data have women leaders.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

In comparison, overall charitable giving to 5,170 nonprofits representing over $17 billion in annual giving grew 1.4 Overall giving to 96 foundations representing over $414.6 million in annual revenue grew 4.7 Giving to those foundations grew 7.6 percent in the six months ending in June 2015, compared to the same period a year earlier.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

of nonprofit leaders," when the appropriate comparison would be to the overall budgets of those organizations, not to their makeup (and there are more ) -- Sears makes some good points, particularly the idea that data and cultural perspective must be considered in addressing digital inequality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. The Art of Responding Engagement happens eventually. How to Comment like a Queen by Vicky Davis The Art of Responding by Beth Kanter 6. There are different readers that offer diffferent features and almost all are free. Here's a few: Bloglines.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

You can make direct comparisons in real-time, and the speed of the exercise means no one gets too precious about their own question being "best." It's much faster to learn with a group of questions than it is to slowly replace a question in the gallery successively over time. It's a form of public-private brainstorming.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2018

Sometimes being a writer and speaker--raising awareness--can feel risky and fragile in comparison. We did it through action. It is incredibly satisfying to lead change in my community. I put ideas out into the universe without any infrastructure to help them blossom into change.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. Other companies in the NP space are similar.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! The Kintera API looks, quite honestly, seriously wimpy in comparison to either Convio or Salesforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

I did a comparison of time on-site with top referrals and Twitter referrals stay longer than Google. Last week when I was leading a workshop for arts organizations and artists on social media and demonstrating for those who had seen or heard about it before. So, do visitors from Twitter simply click and then flit away?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. The prototypes were all simple, cheap, and extraordinarily valuable in shaping the final product. Memory Jars installation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2007

Ten Video Sharing Services Compared According to Google , this is the Webs premier article on "video sharing sites comparison." Not only that, but heres also some help with how your nonprofit can use these great video hosting sites.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2007

When things don't change, or change at an imperceptible rate, there's less fodder for comparisons and quests. And a perennial favorite in art museums is "see how close I can get before a guard comes," which is made more exciting by new innovations in invisible barriers. Stasis provides a different kind of game environment.

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