VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. Lessons from the Field.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Let’s dive into the art of creating compelling stories that resonate and inspire action. Nonprofit Storytelling 101: The Hero’s Journey Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey is a timeless storytelling framework that captivates audiences across cultures.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

We sent weekly Membership Monday emails; created a new space online and on social media with story time, art activities, curatorial walk throughs; provided holiday meals for purchase from our café each month; and hosted Zoom talks with artists from our collection. Our focus was to maintain a connection with the public and our members.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Setting Up the Event Night Program Crafting a seamless and engaging event program is an art, and the Entertainment & Program Chair is the mastermind behind it. A well-structured program keeps the audience captivated and ensures that the event flows smoothly from start to finish.

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Candid

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For instance, some focus on the performing arts or the environment, others restrict their work to certain geographies. Your organization should be a good cultural fit with your fiscal sponsor. You should know the sponsor’s fee structure and included services. Here is a link to the IRS’s list of charitable requirements.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2012

Nonprofit arts organization Zero1 needed a way to help people make sense of its biennial, Seeking Silicon Valley, scheduled for September 2012. As recently noted by Frank Barry of Blackbaud, technology plays a key role as the art and culture sector engages its audience. To tackle the challenge, Zero1 decided to create an app.

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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. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

The same historical and cultural structures that have held back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in so many aspects of our lives are also mirrored in much of the nonprofit sector. Change Organizational Culture. This can include incentive structures, remembering DEI in programming, speakers, professional development, etc.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Their mandate is to exhibit and preserve the collection of the best assets that represent the story and chronology of a culture or a society. Art, artifacts, books, and manuscripts are all documents of human innovation, thinking, and activity. Curation has a distinguished position in cultural institutions.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2018

Priya Parker's wonderful book The Art of Gathering shares the core principles of how to drive. Here are my three big takeaways from The Art of Gathering : Hosting is an exercise in courageous leadership. Creating event-specific rules can level the playing field, make the implicit explicit, and create a specific culture for the event.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Fast forward to today…. We live in an information society.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Evaluating a Culture. Cultural Organizing Needed for Equity: A Framework of Belonging. Abigail Echo-Hawk on the art and science of ‘decolonizing data’ Allison Bauer Discusses Philanthropy Today & Nonprofit Support. Tools: Reflective structured dialogue. Get a BEER* and Undo Nonprofit Power Dynamics Day.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We also offer services around building a culture of equity within nonprofit organizations through DEI assessments and DEI planning and training. We provide services to every sector, whether it’s arts and culture, human services, foundations and associations, and more. You can find out more at www.alford.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

The same constructs which were discussed around combating issue fatigue can be used in creating a cultural movement around an issue. Creating a sustainable engagement platform within your existing structure takes time, creativity and dedication. that effective cultural movements move. 3) What are you trying to change?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

In his thoughtful preface to this project, I reconnected with five lessons I''ve learned from participatory projects in museums and cultural sites. Thinking about this, I was struck by the resonance with conversations swirling in the arts field about "little a" art: art that happens in the home, in churches, in parks.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

So why then, if our best ideas come to us when they’re given time and space to percolate, why are many people still operating in workplace cultures where the speed and quantity of our work is valued over its quality? So how do we break the productivity cycle that keeps us stuck in doing rather than thinking?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Marnie Webb has been thinking about how the nonprofit sector might be different if organizations believed in abundance and re-thought their organizational structures and how they delivered programs as a result. If we thinking that way, what are the organizational structures that we have to build?

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Donor Search

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Of course, all museum software is not created equal, just like all museums have different missions and operational structures. Art galleries will require different… By implementing museum software, you can get smarter about fundraising, membership management, and collections.

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Donor Search

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Of course, all museum software is not created equal, just like all museums have different missions and operational structures. Art galleries will require different… By implementing museum software, you can get smarter about fundraising, membership management, and collections.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009. The Wikimedians asked if the museum would coordinate a project in which people could photograph artworks in cultural institutions to illustrate Wikipedia articles. I hope you'll share your thoughts in the comments.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

arts & culture institutions) may have even experienced a drop in donations compared to 2019. The “how” – program models, operational processes, staffing structures – can shift. Those serving basic needs or whose mission is directly connected to the effects of the pandemic (e.g.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. Step 3: Analyze Your Nonprofit’s Work The most important questions you should answer in your mission statement are who you serve, how your programs are structured, and your impact on your cause.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

Like many museum and library professionals, I am enamored of the idea of cultural institutions as “third places” – public venues for informal, peaceable, social engagement outside of home or work. While the talk may encompass serious topics, the attitude is light and the conversation is not structured or overly guided.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 25, 2014

So…why aren’t they giving to your cultural organization? The truth is your carefully crafted current membership and donor benefit structure may not be resonating with millennials. Here’s what your membership or donor benefit structure might look like today: Free admission. Photo Courtesy of Unsplash: Sunset Girl.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 25, 2014

So…why aren’t they giving to your cultural organization? The truth is your carefully crafted current membership and donor benefit structure may not be resonating with millennials. Here’s what your membership or donor benefit structure might look like today: Free admission. Photo Courtesy of Unsplash: Sunset Girl.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Ad creation and keyword research: A Google Grants manager will structure your account properly and create ad campaigns that target valuable keywords. Account management and reporting: A properly-structured Google Grant account will run 3-5 campaigns at once to drive conversions. You’ll be up and running in no time!

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming. We are culturally in a time of serious recalibration and that's a bumpy ride.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 23, 2018

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector." Overhaul the governance model and committee operations. Rigorously define the member market.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2018

I was at an informal talk by a visitor research professional from a large American art museum. Cultural institutions are willing to change to attract new audiences. Protecting power means protecting the power structures that put whiter, wealthier, more educated, older people on top. I remember the exact moment when I snapped.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. We work hard to name and build our culture in many ways. Institutional culture is something I never really understood before and I am now completely fascinated by how it can shape work. Naming our goals and our culture.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Often the loss of visitors is completely due to your structures. We also have a culture of not treating the people who are coming right. The Western Museum Association was kind enough to invite me to speak on a panel about engagement at their annual meeting in Boise. Phillip’s early remark about museums was an invocation for everyone.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As we head into the final months of 2020, some parts of the country are opening up more than others, consumers are itching to get out of their homes, and arts and culture organizations are at a pivotal moment in planning for their comeback. Q: As sales and marketing restart, what do you expect will be the major changes?

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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'

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2020

Nina Simon, Lauren Bentua, and many others would host us in the halls of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art. Is it the hierarchical structure of organizations? Acknowledging your role in structural racism is a good start but not enough, what are you going to do about it? Many of you are probably old museumcampers. Is it capitalism?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Last year, Rick Bonney and a team of educators and science researchers at the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) tackled this question in a project designed to define the structures and benefits of public participation in science research (download the full report as a PDF here.)

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Likewise, for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, similar challenges exist because of the impact of new technologies and alternative forms of entertainment on audience tastes and behavior. Among the most severe impediments to nonprofit sustainability are fundamental deficiencies in funding, capacity and infrastructure.

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