Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2021

Beecher Hicks III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville, TN. NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. Technology enables us to be as national as our name implies.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Anthem Awards were created to highlight and amplify the most impactful and inspiring work across seven core purposes: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Education, Art, & Culture; Health; Human & Civil Rights; Humanitarian Action & Services; Responsible Technology; and Sustainability, Environment, & Climate.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Davey Award winners have been announced, and we’re proud to say that Forum One and our amazing clients have officially won 10 awards in website and app design for nonprofits, health, government, cultural institutions, and more. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Last week, I was honored to host a virtual roundtable for a small group of nonprofit marketing and communications executives on The Art of Storytelling & Brand Identity. No one is suggesting we set all of our brand and organizational stories to music. Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer at Salesforce.org.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. Sheet music is a beautiful analogy for this.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Organize themed gatherings: Hosting themed gatherings that align with current trends or pop culture can capture the attention of both your traditional donor base and younger supporters. Integrate the latest technology : Embrace technological advancements like virtual reality exhibits, interactive voting systems, or live-streaming options.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Then, your attendees can navigate to their session for a tea break and see what interesting art was created. Virtual Musicals. Musicals can be fun, and many people enjoy them. If you want to keep things exciting and surprise your guests with something fun, try hosting a virtual musical! This can be live or pre-recorded.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

Guest blogger Soha El-Borno is a freelance writer specializing in non-profit technology and web 2.0/social Her work has appeared in FundraisingRaising Success magazine, CSAE’s Association Agenda , CharityVillage , and the Wild Apricot nonprofit technology blog. But these days, most people never actually see this music being made live.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

In the case of social and political upheaval, these might include coming together with others to advocate, share music and art, create and offer support (sometimes virtually). He advises moving from a business culture focused on surviving and reacting to one focused on modernizing and operationalizing for transitions.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute in Aracaju, Brazil provides educational opportunities to low-income kids in the agricultural Brazilian state of Sergipe, the home of Brazil’s far-famed Forro music. The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute has helped more than 6,000 young adults with their education programs.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute in Aracaju, Brazil provides educational opportunities to low-income kids in the agricultural Brazilian state of Sergipe, the home of Brazil’s far-famed Forro music. The Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute has helped more than 6,000 young adults with their education programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

I will be leading several workshops called " Exploring Cambodian Culture " at the Sage School (preK-8 school for gifted students) during "Cluster Week." The site defines it as: CultureQuests allow students to examine, understand, and appreciate diverse cultures, including the student's own culture.

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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. But it needs addressing. { Right, right, right.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do you keep up? August 5, 2008 I have been thinking for the last few days about what it means to “keep up&# with the technology field, particularly ‘net technology.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2015

For example, a nonprofit music lesson provider might face competition from school music programs, but also from sports and other after-school activities, or from video games. Nonprofit Management #nptech Arts & Cultural business model data analysis Strategy' Strategy is a continual process.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

One hundred years ago, John Cotton Dana, founder of the Newark Museum and godfather of modern museums, famously said: “A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established." All were given value. They offered genuinely interesting learning experiences.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

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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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. Technology. The lessons for arts organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology IP Tidbits August 18, 2005 Here are a few tidbits I’ve come across in the Intellectual Property arena in the past few days. This is very cool. It’s definitely a thing to watch.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Technology for nonprofit development and fundraising is quickly changing. ” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. That's a more complicated question.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Metaphors October 10, 2006 I’m a fan of metaphors. When I came back, I was surprised to see how many consultants and technology providers have jumped on the Salesforce bandwagon.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . As Robert Scoble pointed out, "It's not so much about technology but people.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2015

In pop culture-land, relevance is all about now. This is the least useful form of relevance for the arts. It's a cultural institution problem. Consider the experiments at the New World Symphony in Miami, where they are performing classical orchestral music for outdoor "wallcasts" that include projections and visual content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace is primary used to participate in pop culture. His name is associated with arrogance and greed, particularly in the technology sector. Music and arts organizations, probably. Their tool sets are completely different and as well as their purpose. Facebook is mostly used to stay connected to people you know.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

I immediately flashed to my work with art museums and staff members' concerns that older, traditional audiences will shy away from social engagement in the galleries. More so than teens in the past, teens today have grown up in a culture of fear around engagement with strangers.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve been going through changes, too, from figuring out new ways to help organizations incorporate new technologies, such as machine learning and AI , to keeping our client organizations in the know on new social media platforms like Threads. For us, it was no different!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

While you don’t have to put the latest gadgets and popular items into all of your baskets, being aware of cultural trends can help you find unique additions for your gift baskets. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

For my non-web, non-technical managers who needed to see something more than my enthusiasm for technology. I am still in the process of convincing our board and the managers that we need to be more responsive, but this requires much more than technology. It requires the ability to change our internal culture. What results?

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

This year, Forum One took home one platinum, four gold, and six silver awards in the categories of cultural, non-profit, science, health, and school/university websites, as well as digital branded content, arts and culture virtual experiences, and family and kids apps and software.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve been going through changes, too, from figuring out new ways to help our clients incorporate technology, such as machine learning and AI , to keeping our clients in the know on new social media platforms like Threads. It also won the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture a Silver Vega Award!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. In this way, the MP3 experiment is an example of the ways that technological barriers can become benefits by mediating otherwise uncomfortable interactions. The recording starts with two and a half minutes of music without talking.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

Organized by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) , this year’s 29th annual awards included around 3,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the world’s largest awards of its kind. The Communicator Awards honor excellence in innovation and creative work in marketing and communications.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The article suggests that museums have previously served one community--"traditional" museum patrons who are white and elderly--and must now be relevant to several other communities that are diverse in cultural, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds. And so I'd like to suggest a few other ways to "connect with community."

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Nonprofit Technology, and more! Learn best practices and the latest techniques and technologies to meet your greatest challenges. From communications to fundraising to technology to leadership skills, the conference offers something for everyone. Technology affects nearly every effort to achieve our missions. Technology.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With technology improving, virtual and hybrid events rising in popularity, and new event ideas coming to fruition, it can be hard to determine the best fundraising event that aligns with your audience, goals, and overall mission. Something like an expensive gift certificate or new piece of technology are great ideas.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

Regardless of what your goals are for the campaign – fundraising, engagement, acquisition, or just building a culture of gratitude – here is a framework you can use to take your campaign to the next level and take advantage of the flexibility that an integrated digital engagement approach can provide. Get your friends involved.

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