Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Mosaic Family Services in Dallas, Texas is a safe haven for survivors of human rights abuses, including human trafficking and domestic violence. 5, and celebrated its sixth Annual Gala on October 16. NNEDV has a packed month this October. Visit its site to find out how you can tap in to its events and support its efforts.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2012

I had originally assumed that this phenomenon might affect smaller museums in smaller markets more than large urban institutions, but I've since learned from colleagues at big hitters like LACMA and the Dallas Museum of Art that the majority of their visitors attend through events. So why is this happening, and what does it mean?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Each June, we celebrate “Scleroderma Awareness Month” and work with our supporters to spread the word about this rare, autoimmune illness. To motivate people further into participation, we offered a trip to our National Patient Education Conference in Dallas as incentive to the winner. Think Outside the Box.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to give one of the closing talks at the Theater Communications Group annual conference in Dallas. Instead of apologizing for the "lack of professionalism" of small institutions, we should celebrate the ways that our programming can lead to stronger engagement on an individual level.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2013

Lifewalk is part of the social fabric of the GLBT community here in Dallas,” Tori Hobbs AIDS Arms Director of Development said. Staff also follow up with all participants and team captains to let them know the total amount raised so this information can be shared and celebrated with the team members. Make it a Year-Long Event.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

During a school event like a carnival or back-to-school celebration, run a booth where students can pay to have the opportunity to pie the principal in the face or dunk their teachers in a dunk tank. Dallas hosted to raise money for creative learning programs for youth. Teacher or Principal Challenge. Family-friendly movie night.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Jointly hosted by the Dallas and Fort Worth chapters of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Philanthropy in Action is one of the 5 largest conferences of its kind in the nation. The Conference itself includes philanthropy classes ranging from individual donors, planned giving, and marketing/social media subjects. Oct 21 - 23.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Hosted in Duluth, MN, this year's gathering is the perfect opportunity for professionals from every corner of Minnesota’s robust nonprofit sector to join together, celebrate the sector, learn from one another and prepare for another year. Council on Foundations / Dallas, TX / Not available. State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Jasper Visser wrote a great blog post about untraditional uses of museums, celebrating people who come in to shop, do homework, or meet new people. I love the Dallas Museum of Art's list of "100 experiences" you can have at that institution. Visitors, especially new ones, aren't going to connect the dots on their own.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. Boston Flying directly from Seoul to Boston (via Dallas), I jumped into an experts’ meeting on the Marrakesh Treaty. Like many other leaders of nonprofit organizations, I travel an unreasonable fraction of the time. I recently hit three million lifetime miles on American Airlines.

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