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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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If your nonprofit serves other areas, check out the other funder lists I recently wrote, including ones on Education , Arts & Culture , and Environment & Conservation. They provide access and opportunities in education, housing, mentorship, health care, environment, and the arts. Areas served: Worldwide. Areas served: US.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

An organization, company, or other entity can have all of the diversity numbers in the world, but until everyone feels included and that there is a place and voice for them, it is all for naught. Workstream priorities should reflect this knowledge. So, our work is called IED for inclusion, equity, and diversity.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

Art, artifacts, books, and manuscripts are all documents of human innovation, thinking, and activity. Digital curation of a permanent collection is an opportunity to feature a collection’s best assets, further emphasize an institution’s unique voice, and create a more nuanced and personalized communication with audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

But to be effective, nonprofit leaders also must excel at using their personal brands and voices in service of their organizations’ missions and strategies on Instagram and other social media channels. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. You will see photos of Met art works as well as art in other museums.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Marketing best practices Nonprofit marketing is as much an art as it is a science, and these best practices can guide your efforts to help you maximize your potential outcome. These insights help you refine your marketing approach for future campaigns to help you create the best plan for your goals.

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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. Developmentally, teens are in the midst of a huge shift of agency and self-knowledge. It is the internal voice suggesting what they might and might not want to do. Read more online and buy your own copy today.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 13, 2017

Asking is part art and part science. Armed with the knowledge of what they truly care about and a program that fulfills their interests, you are ready for the ask! Mind your voice inflections, speed of your speech, volume and tone. Does the thought of making a six figure ask make your palms sweat? Listening more than talking.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Asking is part art and part science. Armed with the knowledge of what they truly care about and a program that fulfills their interests, you are ready for the ask! Mind your voice inflections, speed of your speech, volume and tone. Or, to put it another way, confidence breeds competence. Be physically accessible.

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Skills Language Fundraising Script 54

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Also, the importance of telling your own story with your own voice. I have a background in community arts, using the arts to creatively think about the spaces and people around us. All of the feedback that we got was that they wanted to see long-term investment for young people around the arts.

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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. As a trusted community resource with intimate knowledge of the hardships and challenges their clients face, nonprofits are in a unique position to tell these stories.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Showcase your unique brand voice. If you have web design and coding knowledge, you can play around with some aspects of your theme yourself to add personal touches to your website. Web design is a lovely cocktail of art, science, and technical expertise. Nonprofit website designers.

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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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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Asking is part art and part science. Armed with the knowledge of what they truly care about and a program that fulfills their interests, you are ready for the ask! Mind your voice inflections, speed of your speech, volume and tone. Or, to put it another way, confidence breeds competence. Be physically accessible.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

While most of the tech experts used lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice as their pedagogical approach and we did some pre-session surveys, it was still important for us to get to better understanding of the skill, knowledge, and mindsets of the participants once in the room.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I hope next year at this time, all six on this list will still be going strong and accompanied by a chorus of new voices. For a year now, Peter Linett and his friends at Slover-Linett Strategies have been blogging thoughtfully about connecting with arts audiences in new ways. Asking Audiences. Thinking about Exhibits. Poesy-Praxis.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. But there was no such program focused on the arts. They had music and dance but no hands-on art activities; we brought the hands-on art experience to their festival.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. 100% of participants implement a process and write a social media policy that addresses organizational adoption issues.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

While the day-to-day grind of managing an organization can keep one’s focus insular, this is a space where nonprofit leaders’ voices are especially needed. More leadership from service providers is needed in the design of pay for success contracts. Sources: Grossman, A. and Lombard, A. and Phoenix, Arizona.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It was also an opportunity to learn about co-design and co-facilitate. The downside is that when you have four very experienced facilitators, with different styles, methods, and subject matter knowledge, it takes longer to design and you have to allow time for getting into a rhythm as a team. ” Anne Lamott.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We live in a world of free agents, where workers can take their knowledge and expertise to the highest bidder. Leadership is an art, not a science. They look at body language and tone of voice, not just the actual words spoken. Unfortunately, most employees don’t feel that same sense of loyalty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community. is the managing editor for Global Voices. Rebecca Krause Hardie overs the arts sector and use of social media. Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Rachel Weidinger. Laura Whitehead.

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Forj

JULY 5, 2017

As most medical society professionals know, communicating to and on behalf of physicians and other medical staff can be a delicate art. Striking the right tone, finding an authentic voice, and delivering messages effectively is important to the success of any organization.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored. People are seeing that collection knowledge should be shared in ways that center the visitor instead of the museum. Autry and Mike Murawski ’s # MuseumsarenotNeutral.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2008

The title of this post is a play on a book I read The Book of Learning and Forgetting by Frank Smith in 1998 when I was working with arts educators on integrating technology into their lesson plans. I would recommend technology resources and they would share books about learning.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Manager of Knowledge Resources ASU Lodestar Center Welcome to Research Friday ! The report details the challenges and perspectives of nonprofit CEOs in an elegant blend of statistical findings and personal voices. And those of you who are nonprofit CEOs are sure to find some kindred voices there!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2006

To involve staff and take advantage of their knowledge Example: The Walker Art Center's blog contains postings from art center staff and others describing recent and future community programs and educational information about exhibits at The Walker.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

” 10) Find Your Voice And Know Your Audiences: While it’s important to determine the kind of voice you want your website content to project it’s also critical that you tailor each web section to your target audience. Having external voice to share with kitchen sinkers about managing the web is invaluable. (I

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

Forum One received 10 awards in seven categories in this year’s awards for Canopus (platinum), Centauri (gold), and Arcturus (rose gold) across the categories of government, health care services, diversity & inclusion, art, nonprofit, education, and financial services. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

But not every piece of every project has to be capital-A Art — often, craft is what is needed. And by quoting an outside validator, you add an extra voice of authority to support your own message. Of course, you may want to try something else. Sometimes you just need to get out of your own way. Unless you have read the latest U.N.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

There are at least four barriers to adoption: fear of "American Idol"izing the collection unawareness that ratings can convert positively to visits disbelief that visitors will want to review their visit lack of knowledge of how to implement Let's look at each of these briefly. Don't ratings and reviews degrade the collection?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

Richard Rabinowitz, curator of exhibition, noted that the progressive nature of the questions yielded increasingly complex responses, and that "it was typically in response to the third or fourth question that visitors, now warmed up, typically began relating the exhibition to their previous knowledge and experience."

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

National Arts Marketing Project Conference. National Arts Marketing Project Conference. National Arts Marketing Project / Austin, TX / $575. With continuous shifting trends in the landscape of arts marketing and audience engagement, arts organizations must go beyond “embracing” change. 11/10/2016. Nov 11 - 14.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 21, 2021

As practitioners, we need to do a better job of demystifying the art and science of fundraising. . Your voice, face, and mood convey pride. Rather it’s a reflection of the knowledge and experience that replaces fear with comfort and confidence. With one exception: asking for a gift for their favorite nonprofits. Be a believer.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

But in other cases, people may use institutional resources without the institution's knowledge. If the first project results in an exhibit made entirely of visitors' creations and voices, and the second results in an exhibit that looks more like a "typical" exhibit, which project is more participatory?

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