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Introducing: The Art of Relevance

Museum 2.0

My new book, The Art of Relevance , is now available and ready to move from my computer to your hands. WHAT'S IN IT The Art of Relevance is about how mission-based institutions can matter more to more people. The Art of Relevance is not a how-to. I hope you will read The Art of Relevance. Kid-tested, nonprofit-approved.

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The Art of Tech: Zero1 Festival App to Capture the Crowd

Tech Soup

Nonprofit arts organization Zero1 needed a way to help people make sense of its biennial, Seeking Silicon Valley, scheduled for September 2012. Spread over three months and six cities, the festival presents a big challenge in keeping visitors engaged and informed. To tackle the challenge, Zero1 decided to create an app.

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When Looking to Diversify Your Development Office, Widen Your Lens

Bloomerang

Professional training and mentoring are key to diversify your development office and fundraising jobs pipeline, and retain those already in it. I would bet that with training and 1-to-1 mentoring any of my stewardship communications staff could move into the realm of direct fundraising if they so desired.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. I was assigned to the art school to track art classes and enrollments, and to work on reporting and making sure records were polished and current. Four years later, I was assigned to coordinate a $6 million endowment campaign. My mind was a sponge.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

Get Fully Funded

Get to know the funder – Take time to really dig into the funder’s information to learn what types of nonprofits they like to fund. You can look up information by name, Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN), location, and even keywords. They also have lots of helpful information if you want to learn more about Federal grants.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

Get Fully Funded

It’s more like an art form, one that you can learn with practice and by understanding the real purpose of a donation receipt. It might provide the necessary receipt information, but it just isn’t warm enough to meet the donor’s needs. Information required by the IRS (US only). Many people use that since it’s already there.

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Can Public Art Increase Civic Participation?

Connection Cafe

(NSD) aimed to improve the voting experience and increase civic engagement using public art. Working with the Knight Foundation, Mural Arts, Committee of Seventy and other key nonprofit partners, HMC created a completely new way to look at, and impact, voter turnout and experience here in Philadelphia.

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