Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

The pandemic revealed the importance of having a strong digital infrastructure in place to weather storms, seamlessly run your entire mission, and set you up for future growth. In our Thought Leadership Spotlight, we’ll be hosting a conversation about organizational resilience and embracing a digital-first future. Because it’s Free!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

It’s more like an art form, one that you can learn with practice and by understanding the real purpose of a donation receipt. The Winning Formula for a Flawless Donation Receipt As important as it is to create the right online donation receipt, it is an art form you can master through practice and following our formula.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

Or it can be your research and conversations to confirm the dedication to a shared mission. While there will always be a baseline of information needed to make sure your grant funds are stewarded well, the best place to start is with trust.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

As always, I read this article through the lens of our arts and cultural customers. As a result, I put together my perspective on this game changing technology for arts and cultural organizations. Unique to the arts and cultural space is the need for leveraging mobile devices for tickets. Are the same trends applicable?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For instance, if your goal is to boost signups for your next event, you could track the conversion rate from your marketing materials to your signup form. Hashtags group all the posts related to your event in one place. About the Author As Founder and Creative Director of Fifty & Fifty , Javan is the tip of the proverbial spear.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

This is the first installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 The Great Good Place is a book that challenged many of my preconceptions about third places—what defines them, what makes them work, and how they function.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

For instance, if your goal is to boost signups for your next event, you could track the conversion rate from your marketing materials to your signup form. Hashtags group all the posts related to your event in one place. About the Author As Founder and Creative Director of Fifty & Fifty , Javan is the tip of the proverbial spear.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

One of our hopes for the book was that it would spark conversation about the need for self-care as part of doing the work. Last June, I facilitated a leadership workshop at the Americans for the Arts Conference where I tested some of the assessments and checklist tools in our book. I encouraged her and offered her some advice.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

Today is my one-year anniversary as the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. It's comparable to the difference between a place with a few interactives and an interactive science center--it changes the way people engage and who comes. The speed and extent of the community response.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s been a rough couple years for arts-based nonprofits. As pandemic aid has run out without patrons returning in pre-2020 numbers, many arts nonprofit across the country have had to shrink programming, cut staff, or close altogether. This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, some direct costs associated with an afterschool program at a local community center include food for snacks, supplies for arts and crafts, sports equipment for outdoor activities, and the costs of the staff members providing the programs. What about costs that are not salaries or other clearly allocated expenses?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

In Philadelphia, many polling places are difficult to find, hidden deep in the recesses of schools, churches, and community centers. The required paper signage identifying polling places must only be posted by the entrance of each location, which means they are often located on side streets out-of-view for anyone on the sidewalks.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

But what I haven’t seen written about as as often—or maybe I’m just not looking in the right places—are stories about the little, delightful, unexpected things that changed us in 2020. . Thanks for giving us a place to hide from reality, to question our assumptions, or to escape into a fantasy world, depending on the day.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nestled in a forest of high-rise apartment buildings, this small museum connects children and families with contemporary art. But while Hello Museum originally opened as a "children's contemporary art museum," that's not the tagline they use today. I assumed the name was an invitation for children to say hello to contemporary art.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This is the second installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

What other executive directors in your field that you respect, follow or and feel inspired by are using social creatively? What are your strengths and preferences and what is the best match in terms of social channels? What are your strengths and preferences and what is the best match in terms of social channels?

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Forj

JUNE 15, 2021

In episode 5 of Managing eLearning , Dr. Deb Stone , Assistant Director of Continuing Education at The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), sat down with Dr. Jon Aleckson and Matt Harpold to discuss how working with associations executives takes time and collaboration to build a digital strategy. RSVP to this session here.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time. The underlying assumption and pressure is that, if we just gather the right information and use that information to make decisions, then the world will be a better place. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. Now, with so many audiences receiving information from different places, newspapers need to think about how they light other people’s candles, and how to get to illumination.” and James L.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. Asking questions like: Where am I in this place? Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed! What surrounds me?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Last month, I had the good fortune to join a few brilliant people for a " Dinner-vention " about the future of the arts in America. In the course of the conversation, Devon Smith, a social media consultant from Threespot, started talking the problem of arts organizations that are no longer relevant or useful to their communities.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

On September 10, the Whitney Museum of American Art started offering a new membership called "Curate Your Own," in which members select one of five specialized "buckets" of benefits in addition to core admission and discount benefits. People want to experience art in quite individual ways. How did this project start?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt’s past work includes fundraising for the University of the Arts, Ursinus College, University of Cincinnati and the Boy Scouts of America. After your mission, maybe the best place to start with any new board member is to clarify why they’re on the board and how they got there. That’s the executive director’s role.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I recently had a conversation with a friend and colleague about what I perceive to be a revolution in progress. It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

At the end of the month, I’ll be facilitating a workshop at the 92nd Street Y in NYC call “ Social Media Mindsets and Toolsets for Nonprofit ,” an interactive workshop is for executive directors and organizational leaders that work for nonprofits and want to learn tips and techniques for scaling social in their organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. In order to answer the annual questions that were developed in the plan, we compiled ALL the evaluation stuff we collect over the year and put it in one place for synthesis.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

However, when it comes to building communities online, often the first place an organization starts is with social networking accounts -- creating organizational Twitter and Facebook accounts. What if the executive director tweeted about the upcoming gala? Staff have to see the impact of their voice being added to the conversation.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Five years later, project director Dr. Piotr Bienkowski's final report for Our Museum tells a different story. Interestingly--for good and ill--this transformative funding program coincided with a national funding crisis in the arts in the UK. This made the work more urgent, fragile. and realistic.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

As Tim Sarrantonio, Neon One’s Director of Brand reflected, a 5.2% But there’s a catch: Collecting extra data is useful, but adding additional fields to your donation form will decrease your conversion rates. A large community of supporters helps you mitigate that risk.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Schools and other arts organizations are rising to the challenge. Artists and arts organizations are contributing their spaces and their creative energies. Are there civic organizations in your area that are hosting conversations? Could you offer your auditorium as a meeting place? What should be our role(s)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Arts Council of Silicon Valley Staff. I like to have fun experimenting and that’s just what I’m doing on my Facebook Page , a place for learning, and sharing insights about best practices in social media for networked nonprofits. I learn so much from the conversation threads and people sharing what they do.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

Now she is the Producing Director of Women Center Stage. Women in an ongoing way have not had the opportunity to have their work seen as it should be," says Greer, "Women Center Stage was conceived as a place to celebrate women's work and to be a launching pad for it in other arenas. Performances will include the play, "St.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Please note that because the conversations take place over six years, some people's work and lives have changed. Organizer, Bakesale for Japan listen Naomi Natale, Founding Artist, One Million Bones listen Halle Butvin, Founder and Director, One Mango Tree listen Carinne Brody, Doctoral Candidate in Public Health at UC Berkeley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations.

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Achieve

JANUARY 3, 2018

Very quickly, this revelation unleashed a firestorm of similar allegations about a myriad of men across industries including arts and entertainment, major network news organizations and politics—even our newly elected president was not immune from allegations. I believe they will be a significant element to change that is about to take place.

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