VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

They go by many different names – volunteer councils, auxiliaries, “friends” groups, and more – but regardless of their varied titles, such groups share a great deal. In recent years, we have conducted surveys and interviews at institutions with longstanding volunteer councils. Lessons from the Field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Major gift fundraising is an intuitive blend of art and science, with relationship-building at its core. 10 interviews later, we’ve wrapped up Season 1, which features a broad range of guests – from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to Comic Relief, DLA Piper, NoVo Foundation, Rockefeller and several brilliant philanthropists.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

"Art is a wound turned into light."- The process of combining words and images helps me to work things out in a different way than writing in my journal does. I truly believe that art can heal, which is why I love producing the Arts and Healing Podcast for the Arts and Healing Network.

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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). One key idea that Paul Light talks about is the notion of slack. What do you see that makes that possible--or not possible--in different situations? That's how we build trust.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 17, 2015

readers like you as well as a colleague from one of the institutions Light profiled (Sarah Schultz, then at the Walker Art Center). The third post , in which I interviewed Sarah Schultz, who worked at the Walker Art Center for 22 years, on her experiences from "inside" one of the institutions highlighted in the book.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 7, 2011

Here are 5 have fun, do good letter writing ideas: 1. For inspiration, check out the book Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art , and its corresponding Good Mail Day Flickr group. Make your own cards! I love Strathmore's collection of blank cards. Watercolor postcard with collage 2. Write a letter to yourself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I’ve been busy interviewing people who work for nonprofits for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit : Strategies for Impact without Burnout, with Aliza Sherman. Just like a deck of playing cards, The Space Deck is divided into different eight different “suits” or themes.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

In the article, David discussed ways that several large art museums are working to attract major donors and board members in their 30s and 40s. He is the son of Bonnie Pitman , an extraordinary museum leader and educator who has served as director of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, and as a board member for AAM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Michelle Murrain, Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Blog. It is a very small liberal arts college in Vermont, where everyone knows everyone's name. Here's my interview: 1. What I get from it primarily is a venue to air my ideas about technology and human beings, as they form more and more in my mind.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

This year, we took a different approach. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. I suspect these big ideas were opaque to most visitors. In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Our participants came from a variety of sectors including museums, advocacy, arts, religion, and education. These can help you tell the difference between building a more focused email list vs. losing potential supporters. The first question asked was “What changes have you seen in your audience during 2020? What was positive?

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Internal evaluation Create clear guidelines for your project and try to rank the proposals across different attributes. Interviewing and deciding Choosing the right vendor is more art than science. Adding a range allows firms to get a better idea of the level of complexity you think the project will have.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Standing far away, I had no idea what people needed. I co-founded a nonprofit called “The Moon Balloon Project” and worked for arts in healthcare nonprofits. But what I found was that the books for getting started in making a difference with your writing were just DULL. Heather Davis, The Telling Room”. Free Book Giveaway.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below. He is also the co-founder of the International Folk Art Market. This was 7 years ago.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Fundraisers made new connections, rekindled old friendships, and found new inspiration and fundraising ideas from the conversations they had outside of the conference walls. Hearing from different nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals left us feeling inspired and refreshed for the work we do—helping changemakers like you!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. If you have suggestions for people I should interview (especially new, young big visionaries), please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Audience segmentation and research has become a hot topic in museums, especially when it comes to crafting appealing offerings that are customized to different kinds of visitors. First, we realized that our museum is different from other museums, but our benefits and membership structure were the same as others.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

And the difference between “iteration” and “innovation.” 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). What did you keep doing, but differently? Different organizations will see different results.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. My project this year is to create a collaborative among seven different community media centers (CMCs) in the greater bay area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I’d like to use this post to share some of the responses to the Networked Nonprofit at different book events and online during the past month and let you know about upcoming events in November. Stay tuned for a video interview I did with him while in Vegas. The Portland Arts and Culture Social Media Convening Workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Interview with Donald Marinelli - Parents and their kids - web2.0 Howard Wright and Phillip Horn received awards for their visionary efforts in forming CAMT, ArtsNet, and furthering the field of arts management and technology. The idea of founding something with technology was quite a leap for me. He was hilarious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire. In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us Below is an edited transcript of the interview which you also can listen to online , or subscribe to via iTunes. is trying to pioneer this concept of community-funded reporting which is the act of distributing the cost of hiring a reporter across a lot of different people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. To celebrate this accomplishment, I interviewed her! I interviewed ten online educators in five countries about how they planned and organized collaborative learning activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Photo by American Art Museum Note from Beth: This week I'm trying to understand crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. I'm looking for guest posts, ideas, and examples of nonprofits using crowdsourcing for their programs, fundraising, and marketing. In essence, it is visible storage for the museum.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. In the education department, we have some key values around slowing down, conversation and participation around art, and deep looking. Photos are fun. How do you edit the stories?

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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. I have a background in community arts, using the arts to creatively think about the spaces and people around us.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

She's brilliant and funny and pushes people to get excited about higher math and the big ideas behind it. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker's content about art history is social and dialogue-based in format. These instructors aren't teaching you the equivalent of a high school course in math or art history.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 8, 2011

The City Gallery was mounting a contemporary art exhibition at the New Walk Museum called Play Ground , which featured artists who treat the gallery space as a kind of carnival instead of as an aesthetic temple. I wanted, if possible, to really confront the ideas wrapped up in the exhibition's introductory text.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Kimberly has authored two books: Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , and Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play. Below is an edited transcript of my November 3rd interview with Kimberly for the Big Vision Podcast. I had no idea. Also, determine your mission.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Looking for digital donor acquisition ideas? In this article, you’ll uncover 23 different ways to acquire new online donors. Each idea falls into one of five categories: Use these links to jump to the most interesting section, or start from the beginning and read the whole thing. You can do this in a number of different ways.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2009

I've split my interview with John and Beverly into two parts for comfortable reading. John: There has been receptivity to many of the ideas that we talk about in the book, but that receptivity far exceeds any change. Even when there’s desire for change, it’s very difficult to shift practices across the board.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life. We created and ran the web site for the Liberal Arts College in an atmosphere which, upon reflection is a lot like Linden Lab. I remember when I first started, my parents had no idea what it was I did.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 13, 2008

It's not just like, "Hey, make less trash, the trash guy did it," but find where meaning is for you, and believe that you can make a difference if you learn about yourself." -Ari Ari Derfel Late last month I interviewed Ari Derfel, CEO and co-owner of Back to Earth, Inc. The idea was born in October 2006. I am curious.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This is the second part of a two-part interview with John Falk and Beverly Sheppard on their book Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. I love this idea, but I often find that museum staff are really nervous about making any changes that might alienate current members/donors.

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