Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

You’ve completed thorough prospect research , cultivated and provided a site visit, prepared a first-rate proposal and secured a meeting to make a solicitation, but the major donor prospect responds with a “no.” Is the project the best fit with the donor prospect? ” This scenario occurs every day.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders. Trust-Based Philanthropy Project. Abigail Echo-Hawk on the art and science of ‘decolonizing data’ Allison Bauer Discusses Philanthropy Today & Nonprofit Support. Tools: Reflective structured dialogue. This is an open-ended list.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

I am part of the Digital Arts Service Corps, which is an initiative of the Transmission Project that pairs tech-savvy AmeriCorps Vistas with organizations dedicated to supporting community media and technology. I really appreciated the structured and in depth discussion this activity created.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. The art aspect refers to how well an inspired writer describes a project and the grant-seeking organization. Grant seekers must find ways for their proposals to stand out among the rest.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From the urban demonstration projects of the historic foundations (Kellogg, Ford, Carnegie) to the contemporary emphasis on indicators and evaluation work, the sector has increasingly embraced systematic and intentional research processes for advancing social change goals. Fast forward to today…. We live in an information society.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 69

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Experts are not sure when it will be safe to hold large gatherings again, which hinders nonprofits that rely on an events-based structure to generate donations. There are seven steps in Larson’s proposed venture development process that takes six months-year, and at least 200 hours of work to complete, but ensures a business plan result.

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Stream Adopt Arizona Create 52

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. So what did you do next?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Every Saturday, the curatorial team at Elsewhere , a living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, reviews the project proposals of its artists-in-residence. Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Step 3: Analyze Your Nonprofit’s Work The most important questions you should answer in your mission statement are who you serve, how your programs are structured, and your impact on your cause. They could be helpful in finding new ways to talk about your mission in your fundraising appeals, grant proposals, and more. Who Do You Serve?

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Pricing structures. As partners, as a collective, without creating toxic/un-needed structure? Has always been the accidental techie in arts organizations, starting as a volunteer, so how can can I transition and set a dollar value for my skills? Managing longer and larger-budget projects, with more stakeholders.

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Consultant Structure NTEN Skills 100

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way.

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Story Interview Museum Audio 53

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Last week, Jim Richardson and I hosted MuseumNext , a 24-hour workshop for museum professionals focused on bringing new, wild museum projects into the world. Wild idea" sessions , featuring six dream projects, some already in motion, others firmly ensconsed in their creators' heads.

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Facilitation Reflection Museum Participatory 32

Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

Capital campaigns typically focus on raising large amounts of money for a specific project over a set period of time. A capital campaign is an aggressive funding push to support a large, expensive project. While this is particularly prevalent in historical or arts nonprofits, you’ll see it in almost every sector.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Launched in 2008 to assist individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to societal challenges, the program has invited proposals around a single topic since 2017. The 2021 cohort of fellows will receive project support and living stipends ranging from $80,000 to $100,000 over a year to address economic equality.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. It's also standard practice in community arts programs. than by talking in suppositions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects. Technology in the Arts is accepting session proposals for its October 2007 conference. applications have changed the rules of online community.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing is defined broadly as: The process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. The measures of impact for this project include diversity, deeper and more relevant reporting, and better connection with listeners. 2) Crowd Creation. How do you measure the impact of the crowd here?

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I think that that’s been a very important focus because a lot of my clients are just saying, “We don’t need to build a project. But the first one is really thinking about the grants projection. ” So you can assign a percent chance to that specific prospect ranking so you can get some kind of projected total.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

Of the 26, two are museumish: the Minnesota Zoo and the Walker Art Center, and three are arts organizations: Artspace, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater and Theatre de la Jeune Lune. They were highly exposed to risk, and when one project failed, it took down the whole organization. Innovation is for everyone.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Museum Projects COSI has done a lovely job aggregating all of their social media efforts into one "Share" tab on their website. LACMA has recently opened their grounds to two pretty unusual art groups, Machine Project and The Public School. There's a lot of great stuff flooding my inbox these days. Keep 'em coming, and enjoy!

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