Forum One

MAY 23, 2024

While I was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art working on a website redesign, we recognized the need to be transparent with our internal audiences and started hosting a series of monthly open forum presentations called “Website Wednesdays.” Create a safe space where all voices are valued and respected. And practice, practice, practice!

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Mary’s Pence funds grassroots organizations that are led by women and that are centered on issues women face or on gender justice issues, benefitting and primarily led by cis women, trans women, or non-binary people. Priority is given to projects that collaborate with and center LGBTQ+ voices and communities. Mary’s Pence.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

I feel strongly that there are huge issues with racial and ethnic diversity in museums and arts organizations that deserve a million more posts. One was a conference on pushing our practice in art museums. It took me awhile to catch on to the gender divide in museums, arts organizations, and libraries. this post ).

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Achieve

JANUARY 3, 2018

Over the past year we have witnessed not only a change in administration and therefore policy, but there too has been a shift in the ways in which individuals engage in social issues and causes—many of which have been impacted by the new administration and associated policies. Why had their voices quieted? Specifically, Phase 1 of the.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art. But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. The first step is identify what impact might look like as this post explains. “I

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

You can auction off art donated by local artists, as well as jewelry, candles, and other crafts; trips donated by people who own vacation properties or timeshares; and gift cards to popular restaurants and businesses. This craft combines art, journaling, and self-care and has taken off over the past couple of years! Bullet journaling.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

(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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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

--Anna Lappé and Sara Littlecrow Russell, from "I Will Vote" in We Got Issues! Last week fifty people squeezed into the Marcus Bookstore in Oakland to hear young women share their stories, their rants, and their issues from a new collection of women's writing, We Got Issues! We Got Issues! In 2005, they launched the WGI!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

” By using twitter, the ACLU-NJ’s is not just sharing what ate for breakfast, Udi provides quotes on his organization’s most important cases and issues to reporters, in addition to their traditional press release or emailed statement. It’s not that you don’t think it is a good idea.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 5, 2019

We talked Abbott Square, community issue exhibitions, surfing, and the beauty and struggle of community-driven change. Geoffrey wrote: Some of the changes you imposed on the museum, including Abbott Square, generated criticism, mostly from some of the old guard types who wanted more traditional explorations of art and history.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. The guiding principle is uncovering relationships between the works of art themselves rather than explicating information or theoretical concepts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Traveling Postcards is a humanitarian organization that is gathering women’s voices worldwide, and creating a traveling collection of visual and written wisdom that so many women hold in their hearts. Each card is a piece of art in my mind. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In line with the design, drawing, and multimedia editing tools that form the backbone of Adobe, they invest in organizations that are addressing arts and creativity, education, and youth service issues. The Foundation's community grants program has two focus areas: Arts and Creativity. Youth Voices: Creating with Purpose.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. Nonprofits that host many events or are related to the arts, animals, nature, or international development should definitely be using Flickr.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We did three things to supplement Belle''s paintings (installation shots here , peopled shots here ): We issued a call to locals who are immigrants, or whose family immigrated, to share an artifact and story with us. They diversified the voice of immigration in the exhibition and encouraged people to share their own histories verbally.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relevance problem. Schools and other arts organizations are rising to the challenge. Artists and arts organizations are contributing their spaces and their creative energies.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

From the perspective of our work, it really means that the more we amplify different voices, the more we are doing our job. Culture Project's mission is to present work that is socially relevant and that calls attention to issues of human rights and social justice around the world.

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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. It’s hard to see now how these statements will manifest into meaningful action, especially since it seems like many of these same institutions have been languishing over issues of diversity, equity, access, and inclusion (DEAI) for decades.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2018

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History keeps growing and experimenting in our quest to build a stronger, more connected community. Dialogue Catalyst : to work with local partners to co-develop an exhibition that sparks social action around issues facing socially-isolated senior citizens.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

There are mountains of resources for nonprofits who want to perfect the art of telling the stories of the clients and communities they serve. Initiating honest dialogue about tough issues like economic class and the disparity between the rich and poor is tough work. posted by Kate Elliott , Program Coordinator.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Tips for Success Give voice to your brand story in order to create connections. Finally, one last idea is to include a voice broadcast thanking donors for their gifts. Hearing a person’s voice directly in your ears can be quite powerful, whether it comes from an executive director, program staff, or the very people you serve.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. Most of these youth have bigger issues on their minds: addiction, gang violence, social anxiety, the possibility that they may not graduate from high school or get a good job. Teenagers are in the middle.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By speaking to the people directly impacted by your work, you can uncover issues with your programs, identify new opportunities, and better understand the challenges they face. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. Are there any specific elements of your work they are interested in?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 7, 2007

Approach #3: Specialized Content Blog (star examples: Voices of Genocide from USHMM , Free Radicals from the Powerhouse Museum ) These blogs are typically linked to an exhibition or sub-specialty of the museum, presenting news about that content. How to maximize this type? How to maximize this type? Want more on this topic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. But it does mean that you can react immediately to any issues. How can we use them as a test of how things are going at the conference?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 23, 2012

Nonprofits fight poverty, provide great venues for art and music, challenge homelessness, help organize civic life, promote the common good and a host of other functions that puts human community and the common good before profits and a narrow band of investors. Most nonprofits don’t think of themselves as a political organization.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2011

They are successful with audiences who already believe in the intrinsic power of art or the role art plays in civic engagement, but it's unclear how helpful they are to the people who aren't attending, participating, or supporting. People often think of art institutions as providers of individual entertainment opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

consultant for nonprofits, social entrepreneurship, arts and environmental issues). link] - One Voice Domestic Violence Community Awareness Walk. link] Running a small arts organization in Northern Vermont: River Arts. [link] (mgmt. link] (fullcirc.com). link] (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, JDRF).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

That contemporary art museum is on the front of the LA Times again," she said. I can't believe that an art museum can be front page news in LA for days." LA MOCA has indeed been front page news, especially in the art world. It's amazing to see papers like the LA Times cover the debate about the future of an art museum deeply.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

You can learn more about the workshop and the issues seniors face with social media in the interview below. In 1996, CCTV opened computerCENTRAL , a state-of-the art community technology center, to extend our mission by providing our community with access to computers and the Internet. You can also follow us on Friendfeed.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2013

It is a strong, museum-focused complement to an excellent three-parter on Createquity about the ethics and future of unpaid arts internships. Issues of class and economic status haunt the museum internship. Making small changes and offering some kind of basic compensation for interns in the arts would benefit us all. Absolutely.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

“How we manage and harness technology for the good of mankind is the key issue of our time.” – Henry Timms, Executive Director, 92Y. “Street art doesn’t care what you want to see on the way to work, it’s there to get your attention and to confront you.”– Here they are, in no particular order.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As someone texted me recently, Art History grad school didn't teach us anything about working with others in museums. Find ways they can get their own voices out there, either by encouraging them to go to conferences (and financially supporting that) or helping them find publishing opportunities. Everyone can learn from others.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 3, 2012

__Health issues. Where are you betraying your voice, your gifts? 6 (Virtual): Juicy Blogging E-Course: The Art & Play of Blogging October 27 (Berkeley, CA) : Blogging for Writers: Build an Audience for Your Work __I don’t have clarity about what I want. __I have unsupportive people in my life. __Work-family balance.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2017

It is a unified voice of more than 140 organizations. Some organizations are created to tackle multiple social issues through creative solutions. Earlier in June, House of Ruth raised $4,000 from its Redressed: Transformational Art Against Domestic Violence event. Navy, created a solar-powered organic garden.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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