Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.)

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

Working with arts organizations there are often concern that your constituent stories aren’t as impactful. million likes surely someone touting the effect of music and art on their lives can get just as many. Annual Fund Fundraising Arts & Cultural museum' to participate in an event. Make it easy.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

Songbyrd may seem like a coffee place, but it brings a lot more to the table, including a robust live music and event calendar. Check out the local art that is featured regularly. The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Pleasant Pops.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Are they country music lovers, or do they enjoy the symphony? Sporting, museum, or concert tickets. Paintings and art. Then, when you reach out to corporate sponsors for funding or promotional sponsorships, you have another package they can choose from. Unique experiences and vacations. Wine or food baskets.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Remember to have a picnic afterwards for trophies and more opportunities to raise funds. Fox Foundation’s, Team Fox young professionals have made these events into a fine art.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

Margaret shared these thoughts about "museums for use" on her blog , and I asked her to adapt a version for the Museum 2.0 Should a museum be a destination or a place for everyday use? During my time at RISD studying industrial design, I developed relationships with two museums on campus: the Museum of Art and the Nature Lab.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Virtual tours for museums. Your local museums may not be open for admission, but that doesn’t mean you can’t explore all they have to offer. Partner with your local museums to offer virtual tours to your donors, complete with fun, educational facts and some behind-the-scenes action. Student art show. Virtual concert.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

Or produce an art exhibit with elementary school students. How would you fund it? Kickstarter is a website for creative folks to find funding for their dream projects. Funding goal. Kickstarter is an "all or nothing" funding scheme. Why should cultural and arts organizations care about Kickstarter?

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Livestream some 60s music and entertainment. Music can always add a fun touch to any decade-themed event! How about creating a virtual auction event themed around a type of collectible, like sports memorabilia or music memorabilia? The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Museum of Contemporary Art. The theme of MCON 2015 is “The Power of Influence: Art, Media, Business and Place” and an incredible lineup of speakers from the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors will share stories of the successes and failures they’ve encountered while changing the world. The Art Assignment.

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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. Shout out to Get Fully Funded ! Program-Related Perks.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

OdysseyWorks is a collective that makes immersive art experiences for one person at a time. OdysseyWorks' projects get to the heart of the fiercest debates in the arts today. Is it elitist to present art that may be dislocating or foreign? You have to generalize. But what if you only had an audience of one?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2012

You know those times when you are looking for a blog that provides you with meaty analysis on contemporary issues in arts engagement? When you want someone rooted in both the business and art worlds? Here's what I love about Createquity: In-depth analysis of arts research reports. Exposure to a broader arts world.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

People from across the country will gather at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to experience MCON in person and over 20,000 people will stream the event online. The Art Assignment is a weekly video series produced by PBS Digital Studios, hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green and author/vlogger John Green.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. During the ensuing discussion, one woman asked, "Which audiences are least interested in social participation in museums?" So what's a museum to do--especially one that is funded to encourage youth and teen participation?

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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. 7) Shopping. 10) Hybrid concerts.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

posted by Maureen O'Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum. I was able to participate thanks in part to professional development grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts and Sigma Alpha Iota. I also enjoyed a presentation by Alice Black, Deputy Director of the Design Museum in London.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

posted by Maureen O''Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers).

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re looking for a creative, fun fundraising idea to engage supporters and boost your funding, you’ve come to the right place! Then, once the funds are raised, they’ll livestream or post a video of their experience online as proof. This will encourage others to also do the challenge and give! Consider a recreational event!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

In addition to the summary, the music director is blogging about on how the story can combine with some music and acting and singing to become a finished piece. This isn't the first time a classical music organization has turned to social media and crowdsourcing. The story is line is being summarized regularly on the blog.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. Plus, it’s super competitive. It’s challenging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2012

Listening to the podcast, I was struck by its strange connections to the non-profit world's approach to funding. In the arts, this bears directly on the current debate around "art for art's sake" versus "art for community development." They want to be art monks, not customer-serving businesses.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. Many of them had almost nothing by way of material resources, but they had imagination, and if you have imagination, you can, it turns out, light the dark with all kinds of creative arts. BB: Why do you think the arts is such a powerful tool?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

So during Suicide Prevention Month, there was a campaign called Seize the Awkward, and they ran a three-day Twitch event to raise awareness and raise funds, where people on Twitch that were doing live streams. There are people doing art. But what works best, music, humor, entertainment, surprise, relatability.

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