Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

Ten or eleven years ago, when I was learning HTML and Web site creation (in the very early days) and teaching arts organizations, I always started with an exercise called " Critical Browsing." The screencast is done MTV style - that is it is like a music video - visuals and music - no narration. Instructional.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2011

I found a studio with the right mix of music, intensity, and spirituality soon after moving to SF and quickly found myself hooked (though still rolling up my mat early). Soon after, I had the opportunity to write about a Bay Area non-profit, the Art of Yoga Project , that brings yoga, writing, and arts to girls in juvenile hall.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

But I’d been scribbling notes for an art museum label post for awhile, and then yesterday, the NY Times had a review of a new show at MOMA, Comic Abstraction. And it ended with this: No wonder it [MOMA] ends up showing shallow, label-dependent art rather than work that offers deeper, more contradictory encounters. The review was harsh.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It’s a thrilling challenge to the traditional form of art museum exhibit design, and better yet, visitors like it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Our aim is to promote the psychological well-being of young children in Hong Kong through parent-child activities using media such as art, music, drama and story-telling. That is why we need to show them clear instructions and reward them with praises. So in 2006 I founded a charity called Child Psychoecology Foundation (CPF).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

" As a mother of eight, including two children with special needs, Carr knew that "families with children that have special needs often can't afford basic programs such as sports, arts, dance lessons, or other services that many families take for granted. Birth of Dreams: Creative Expression for Kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I did my first presentation about the Internet when I started working with Arts Wire in 1993. Arts Wire was patterned after the Well and was designed as an online conversation community for artists and arts organizations. Or participating in the online conversation on Arts Wire. This was circa 1997.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

These inquiry-based projects are rooted in student questions and interests, and involve the focused, intensive study of one or more aspects of the literature, art, music, history, religion, language, daily life, customs, and traditions of other cultures.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

To be eligible for the prize, your exhibit must be on the theme of "Art, Film, Music & Technology." Casting it as a walk-through tutorial, with a bit of interaction thrown in, will hopefully turn arduous "instructions" into a fun and informative experience. But no one was going to read all that text.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Set up a livestream and charge participants to access the livestream so they can follow along with the instructions your chef will provide. Ask your school’s cultural clubs to put together an educational video, whether it be a step-by-step art project, cooking tutorial, or something unique. Virtual scavenger hunt.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Once they’re all sold, instruct everyone to pop their own balloon and see what they’ve won. Art show – Are there any local artists in your area? Encourage them to show off their latest creations with a fundraiser art show! Sandcastle art – If you live near a beach, consider hosting a sandcastle art contest!

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 7, 2021

But from time to time, a donor will offer you something else: stock, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), cryptocurrency, an acre of undeveloped land, a house, a boat, a car, a painting, a sculpture, a rare book, a musical instrument, or something else that makes you scratch your head. Your CRM platform has instructions on how to do this.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

So, you would also invest some time in creating personalized donation appeal letters for those who want to give through the mail, making sure to offer clear instructions for how to send donations back to your organization. Include instructions for giving, including links, buttons, and addresses or phone numbers donors can use to give.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Share an infographic with instructions for how to opt in and pin it to the top of your social media page until your end-of-year campaign is over. Once you’ve mastered the art of writing end-of-year appeals, you’ll be able to better connect with your supporters and meet your year-end goals.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

When Paul runs his mailing package, his instructions for his teams is, “If you’re going to change a word in my mailing pack, I want to see the evidence that you use to change that word. That is true art and science of fundraising. We can have the prettiest of things, of the prettiest music. Now, show your love.

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