Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

This is an amazing April Fool’s idea from the Frederic Remington Art Museum : Their annual April Fool’s Day Ball invites users to contribute at normal event-pricing tiers (attendance, attendance + pre-party, attendance + after-party), but then not show up. Fox Foundation’s, Team Fox young professionals have made these events into a fine art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Pumpkin carving contest. You can decide how all-out you want to go for this one; a state-of-the-art haunted house, although coo, would probably break the bank. For little kids and parents looking for a fun, festive way to get out of the house, all you’ll need is eerie lighting and music, a few dummies and some fake blood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

is a new art form that re-uses commercial video-game environments to make animated films. Combining aspects of animation, game development, puppetry, graffiti, fan fiction, and improvisational theater into a moving image art form, machinima represents the latest frontier of digital popular culture. Machinima, derived from the words ???machine???

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Music videos. That will come later.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. Wrangle all of your creative kids together and ask them to put their art skills to work creating one-of-a-kind holiday cards. Costume contest.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pumpkin Carving Contest. come judge the contest. Or simply allow folks to carve in advance and drop their beautiful works of art off to be judged! Organize age-appropriate carnival games, incorporate a pumpkin carving contest, rent a bouncy house, and have your most artistic staff member or volunteer paint faces.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

After years of staging events, you may feel like there’s nothing you haven’t covered, from art auctions to wine tastings to trivia nights. Here are some to consider: Art: Art auctions serve a valuable purpose because they don’t just raise funds, they also spread awareness and appreciation of the works being auctioned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. Kicking off the effort was paired with an e-mail to a list of about 30 classical music bloggers. The lessons for arts organizations.

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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. There was Click! What tools do we use?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 22, 2007

Louis City Museum's amateur video contest. For those who haven't visited, the City Museum is part obstacle course, part art city, part shoelace factory. They have a MySpace page , complete with music from the Talking Heads, and a blog (though it's not RSS-friendly). Why wasn't this a huge success like the Oreo Jingle contest ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Participants may improve their painting abilities, try their hand at some knitting, or do whatever other sort of art they like without having to leave the comfort of their own home. Best yet, you could even offer some of the art produced in the class as auction items during your next fundraiser. 15) Brand design contests.

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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. Evening events entice with the promise of music and food.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. Kintera opens a Developers Challenge.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

But the posting is most noteworthy for the accompanying photo of me playing my fiddle at the Speedy Tolliver fiddle contest in Arlington VA a couple years back. Beth is a Cambridge, MA blogger and techy who has done a lot of work with arts and educational organizations. You can read the interview here.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. However, the contest also prevented us from legitimately fostering collaboration.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2007

Gamelab, the people behind Diner Dash and other casual games, have posted a contest on their forum, the Subway Scramble Commuter Contest , in which they are soliciting stories of games people play while commuting by train, car, bike. you get the idea. What are your favorite casual museum games?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux desktops? 2 trackbacks } What software freedom means to me » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.25.08 at 7:18 pm { 10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 jack 06.24.08

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JUNE 9, 2021

For instance, the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity hosted a wildly successful Gingerbread Home Build contest, bringing in 132% over their goal. Pet photo contest – Everyone loves looking at adorable animals and showing off their pets. With a pet photo contest, ask supporters to submit photos of their furry friends beforehand.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? at 5:48 am Sure, I put Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology on Quantcast – I was curious to see what would happen. 2 admin 09.18.07

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Check with your local colleges, art or craft supply stores, artisans, and local companies to learn about other crafting possibilities. Or a baking contest? If your town is famous for its strawberries, for example, you could consider having a contest where cooks’ recipes must feature that ingredient. A 50/50 raffle.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Ask your school’s cultural clubs to put together an educational video, whether it be a step-by-step art project, cooking tutorial, or something unique. Haunted porch contest. When Halloween rolls around , have some safe, socially-distanced fun with a haunted porch contest.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Competition: This is an event where you gather participants to compete against each other in some sort of contest. It could be a charity 5k, a pie-eating contest, or a battle of the bands. It could be something like a preview of an upcoming season, a concert performance of a popular musical, etc.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2008

You enter a seed artist or song (or several) and Pandora starts playing music that it interprets as related in some way to your selections. It doesn’t just group artists together and play music by similar musicians. In this way, Pandora makes inferences about what you might like and introduces you to new music. new to me and b.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Vecteezy offers an excellent selection of free and low-cost vector art that can be used for multiple kinds of online content (event invitations, social media posts, blog graphics, etc. You can also use the service to convert graphics into multiple sizes with one click. Vecteezy :: vecteezy.com. Photo Editing. VivaVideo Pro :: Google Play.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Vecteezy offers an excellent selection of free and low-cost vector art that can be used for multiple kinds of online content (event invitations, social media posts, blog graphics, etc. Canva’s drag-and-drop features and professional layouts enable users to easily design stunning graphics and documents. Vecteezy :: vecteezy.com.

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