Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Its Connecting To Life program (Projeto Conectando com a Vida in Portuguese) provides computer education classes to at-risk youth so they can get well-paid information technology jobs.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Parker, a Seneca Indian who worked as the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. National Native American Heritage Month was created with the intention to provide a platform for American Indians to share and honor their culture, traditions, music, art, dance, beliefs, and ways of life.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Its Connecting To Life program (Projeto Conectando com a Vida in Portuguese) provides computer education classes to at-risk youth so they can get well-paid information technology jobs.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” the lead character of Alexander sings about who he and America are meant to be. If you’re any type of arts organization , you can expand to online offerings at accessible price points. You can take art to the schools or bring students to your art. Who Are You Meant to Be?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

and downloadable digital music (through platforms like Amazon or iTunes). Streaming video replaced video rental services and downloadable music replaced the CD market. If we were to apply these attributes to the nonprofit sector, one great example of a nonprofit disruption is in the arts, specifically opera. It was a revelation.

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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? Having the appropriate decoration, online branding, music, and food will be enough.

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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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Qgiv

APRIL 27, 2022

Before you start planning your raffle, make sure you understand what the local gambling laws are in your state. Reaching out to local businesses and artisans to see if they’d be willing to become in-kind sponsors for your event is another way you can collect items for your raffle. What are good raffle prize ideas? Shadow for a day.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Alexander Hamilton sings about who he and America are meant to be. If you’re supporting the arts , you could expand online offerings at accessible price points. You could take art to the schools. I needed to assign someone to make calls to supplement the art with other items.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Given the In difficult times, nonprofits provide life-changing support to people affected by financial hardship. Arts and crafts. Musical instruments. Organizations in our community, such as Social Venture Partners and local foundations, may exist to connect nonprofits to pro bono support. Kitchen goods. Electronics.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For this fundraising event, you’ll need to team up with a local paint and sip store like Pinot’s Palette or Painting with a Twist that’s willing to paint it forward with a percentage of the night’s proceeds going to your cause. To make it even more fun, consider having a local celebrity (i.e. Trivia Night. come judge the contest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com. Dipity :: dipity.com. Instagram :: instagr.am.

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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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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change isn''t an art club or a history group. It''s about empowerment and community leadership through art and history.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

He is also the co-founder of the International Folk Art Market. For example, in my own life, one of the things I started was the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport. Another would be - a friend and I are co-founders of the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. It is now the largest international folk art market in the world.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2020

As a general trend over the past several years, public schools have seen repeated budget cuts at the federal, state and local levels. Art auction. For example, you may choose to host a family fun day full of games, snacks, music, etc. Nonetheless, school needs are as great as ever. Shoe drive. Talent show. Parent’s night out.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

To figure out how you can make an impact, try this exercise based on a similar one from Carol Lloyd's book Creating a Life Worth Living : 1. research, construction, making music, translation, driving, cooking, organizing, presenting). She is also the creator of the Unfolding Your Life Vision Kit. running for political office.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

Julie Lyles Carr was asked a life-changing question five years ago: "What is the one thing you would like to do to impact your community?" The 2dance2dream program is designed for children with special needs to creatively express themselves through movement and music. Birth of Dreams: Creative Expression for Kids.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Instead of serving everyone at a single location, consider a catered meal delivered to each of your donors from a local restaurant. 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. 7) Shopping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. The lessons for arts organizations. Flickr Photo by Sugarpond.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling. Stories about how MySpace would ruin your child’s life and put them in perilous danger were everywhere. Teens talk about the organizations at their local church, and thus the church creates a MySpace profile. MySpace is not dangerous.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We opened ourselves up, invited communities, and created an expectation that asking for help in these spaces will result in real-life action. Prior to joining the American Red Cross, she fell in love with intellectual property at law school and then worked for musicians’ rights at the Future of Music Coalition and Lawyers for the Arts.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. Princes of Surf is about the young Hawaiian princes who brought surfing to the Americas 130 years ago--relevant because they did it in Santa Cruz, with boards shaped from local wood, on waves I bike by every week. Killer content.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. This Pop Up Library just returned from a folk music festival. One lives a double life as a soul music collector and DJ. A lot of them are new to the city and looking to make friends.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Hometown Flavors – A local flavor gift basket is a great way to highlight local businesses. Collect gift cards from shops and restaurants in your area and help your basket winner get to know all of the local hidden gems. Auction Basket Theme Ideas. Food & Drink Auction Basket Ideas.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Music videos. Maybe their life experience qualifies them as interesting exhibits, but the best exhibits tend to be a little more visitor-focused than self-involved.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

When I think about what my grandparents ate, and what their parents ate, they ate food that was as fresh as being harvested that day, as local as their backyard garden, and as seasonal as whatever was in season. Harris, often says, "African-American cuisine is simply what black folks ate." They were sharing food and bartering.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking too soon April 15, 2007 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I wrote my post, a few weeks ago , saying I was done with technology consulting.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. State/Local. State/Local.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

This year, Forum One took home one platinum, four gold, and six silver awards in the categories of cultural, non-profit, science, health, and school/university websites, as well as digital branded content, arts and culture virtual experiences, and family and kids apps and software.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 8, 2010

Below is an edited transcript of the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast site , or through the iTunes Music Store. The Mission District in San Francisco has a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen that's an envy. And then be self-reflective as to whether or not you really want to dedicate your life to this.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It’s a time when we’re encouraged to think of others and those enduring the hardships of life in a world which gets physically and mentally more testing. By expanding out from the homogeneous group we also demonstrate acts of leadership within that more numerous portion of the local and national population. There are 7.5

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

As life is turning somewhat back to normal, what will fundraising events look like in a post-COVID world? And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet! Art show – Are there any local artists in your area?

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