Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These details contribute to the overall cohesiveness of the event’s design. Creating Enchanted Experiences In the intricate tapestry of event planning, the Décor Committee Chair holds the threads that weave the design elements together. You evoke joy, anticipation, and wonderment.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Video-first platforms like YouTube have provided auto-captioning for quite some time now, while Tiktok launched it in April of this year and Instagram is testing functionality in Stories. And when shown at low-resolution, they are easier to make out than serif typefaces, which can sometimes blend together. . And heads up!

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We’ll get into more detail about the types of emails you can send, but all of them should include some story-driven content. Here’s what this email should include: A thank you message An update on what you’ve been doing Pictures or graphics to tell your story. Simply thank your donors. Let them know you’re thinking of them.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 30, 2017

These pages range from complexly designed to efficiently simple, but they all have some key similarities: they’re secure, accessible, filled to the brim with best practices, and feature EveryAction’s best-in-class donation forms. Catholic Relief Services gets a shout-out for their clean and crisp page design. Catholic Relief Services.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But how do you design a campaign and make your cause stand out if you’re not a professional web designer? A well-designed campaign page is like a warm welcome to your cause, while a cluttered one may deter even the most generous souls. Your design should complement your narrative.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2015

The Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements bundle is ideal for organizations that want to quickly enhance photos and create movies to communicate their stories and their mission. Is It Right for My Organization? Composition crops: When you crop a photo, Photoshop Elements will suggest four different options for a more seamless composition.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2018

And successful mid-level programs are borrowing and blending the best of both disciplines. The strengths of each discipline are blending. At Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, the team is designed for cooperation. There is markedly more coordination and respect amongst practitioners that is bridging the gap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. The example to illustrate these points is from a panel I designed for the NTC08 on ROI and Social Media and including Wendy Harman from the Red Cross. ROI Story Telling. Numbers are important, but stories can enhance your case. View more presentations from kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2017

I started my museum career as an exhibit designer. But I reserve for Don Hughes that particular blend of admiration and fear that comes when encountering uncompromised brilliance. He is a genius designer out of central casting: an artist, mercurial, funny, emphatic, honest, unflinching, with a disarming weakness for babies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. Here are some thoughts about tweaking the instructional design: Game Length and Instructional Context. The game needs more time and if there is no time on the agenda, then a different design is needed. . Social Media Strategy As Design Process.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

He serves as president of Achieve , a research and design agency for causes. Step 1: Give Them Feedback and Show Them the Story. Tell them the story. Derrick Feldmann is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. He is a sought-after speaker, author and researcher. Show them what actions are occurring on their behalf.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2012

This is a highly collaborative role, and we are looking for the perfect blend of strong design skills with a generous enthusiasm for amateur and professional co-creation. If you've ever wanted to design an object-based exhibit that really pushed the boundaries, this is the event for you. Come to Camp. This camp will be a 2.5

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Pages 9 and 10 pull together data from the NEA, the Irvine Foundation, Dance/USA, RAND, and the Knight Foundation to tell a tight, compelling story about the demographic shift from consumptive to active participation and the extent to which traditional arts audiences are also participating in art-making outside of traditional arenas.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Santa Cruz Collects is based on collections and stories from people throughout our county. We focused more on design. The result was not as visually cohesive or attractive as it could have been.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy….

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Museum 2.0

MAY 26, 2009

It's a small space that features stories of recent and current genocides and encourages visitors to "take action" via an interactive pledge wall. The USHMM pledge wall is notable for its blending of digital and analog technologies. The exhibit doesn't provide answers--it mostly provides devastating stories about the challenges.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. Use a “design thinking” technique called audience empathy….

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Whether it’s a “We’re Open” sign or social media graphics, practically all for-profit businesses and nonprofits alike use at least one type of graphic design. Graphic design is the key to making your nonprofit’s valuable information approachable, engaging, and highly digestible. What are Types of Graphic Design for Nonprofits?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Here are nine arts and culture-related nonprofit events that blend entertainment, education, and appreciation while creating strong connections in local communities—and raising some funds to boot. You can also let your designers set up booths to sell the fashions on display and turn the event into a mini-arts fair.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2007

The real story here isn’t about Americans’ continued fascination with shriveled heads; it’s about the extent to which we’ve moved beyond them. Their shows have complex and layered stories, music, and visual effects. Sometimes exhibit designers do site reviews when planning major building projects. Ripley’s is a circus.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

His unique blend of experience has not only bridged the gap between altruism and business but has also allowed him to develop a four-step approach to help you find new donors for your nonprofit. Unlike your website’s homepage, which caters to a broad audience, the landing page is designed for a specific target audience.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2007

I’m working on a game design project now that involves an interesting experiment: a blend of real-time and on-demand gaming. TV has certainly been successful spinning out stories in real-time, whereas books and movies offer a more on-demand experience. What's more important: convenience or realism? Where do you cast your vote?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Kimberly is a teacher, writer, do-gooder, entrepreneur, and eco-fashion designer who is currently obsessed with, "Paris, potbelly pigs, and all things sparkly." Do you have any favorite Tranquil Teens success stories? It's blending this aspect of work and play in a playful way, but also in a fairly deep way.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

On 8.16.08, the Museum of Art and History (Santa Cruz, CA) hosted FreelanceCamp, a free unconference that brought 150 designers and techies from the south bay area together to talk shop. Heck, it doesn't even attract the museum exhibit designers. I don't think so. Are you a science center trying to prove you're not just for kids?

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Care2

MAY 2, 2014

Tell engaging and personal stories to connect people to their fundraiser in an authentic way. Storytelling isn’t just a creative endeavor reserved only for artists, designers, musicians, and writers. This means that your fundraisers’ campaign pages should be distinctive in the quality of their design.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2009

While this post is not about museums, it tells the story of how a performance group developed participatory elements as an integral part of their show. This post was written by Screamin’ Scott Simon, member of the band Sha Na Na since 1970 and Nina’s father. For a shining moment, it was the hometown women/girls who were the “stars.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. This post shares the content and I’ll share a post about the instructional design in a second post. And the moral of the story is…. Social Strategies. Until one day….

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

As it turns out, the wall is fairly manageable and generates fabulous stories. Every time we repaint, I'm sad to see many of the stories go--but then I'm always overwhelmed with the quality of what replaces them. There is a mix of artwork, historical artifacts, community stories, and labels about the psychology of love.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

In the multi-player version, the power of online discussion blends into the gameplay and the virtual Chinatown becomes an interactive 3D town hall meeting - creating a collaborative environment that would not be possible at a traditional venue. #

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES is carefully designed to support opportunities for disadvantaged kids to get involved with science.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I got the full, media-saturated story on Katrina as the events themselves unfolded. The buildings are a rich mix of design and architecture—Spanish and French, bungalows and grand mansions. Everything is a blend of people, flavors, sights and sounds; all are welcome. After all, every February I got to hear all about Mardi Gras.

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Gyrus

JULY 19, 2016

Microlearning is not designed to be the end all be all form of learning that people may wish for it to be. Are you yourself as an instructional designer capable of ripping out the fluff and unnecessary components in order to optimize the microlearning? Why aren’t we doing this already? What’s the catch?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This workshop will dive deep into the lessons and real stories found in the free eBook Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. The Power of We: Harnessing the Science of Stories to Break Down Silos and Win as a Team. That’s what we love about stories. The stories we tell and hear help answer the “why?”

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES is carefully designed to support opportunities for disadvantaged kids to get involved with science.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

For a long time, I knew I cared deeply about designing from "me to we" --inviting visitors to form social connections through participatory experiences--but I couldn't express a clear reason why. We tailor the programming blend to diverse ages, making sure no activity is just for kids or adults, no matter how much glue or fire is involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. It also seems designed to work with any issue-focused community (not just climate change). Does your community focus on networking with learning & sharing? Then check out.

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