Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. CA: One of the best things that happened to me while volunteering for the local art museum is they funded my travel to Los Angeles and my tuition to take the week-long grant writing training bootcamp hosted by The Grantsmanship Center.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. Collaborate with local businesses. Connect with civic groups.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. COST: Museum books tend to be expensive - because they are printed in small runs, the price for a 400-page paperback can be as high as $40. Why Self-Publish?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

In a recent chapter on the history of the U.S. I can understand why somebody interested in museums wouldn't want to cover ground on health sector management. I also understand why somebody interested in health care wouldn't want to know the ins and outs of museums.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. First published in Curator magazine in 2002, this essay presents five different museum "types" and their distinct opportunities and challenges.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Next Thursday, June 14th, social media activists across the US go head-to-head in the Twive & Receive competition to generate the most donations for their favorite local nonprofits and the chance to win $30,000, sponsored by NTEN Members Razoo. Find how you can participate and help generate donations for your favorite organization here.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 21, 2016

We put a lot of work into developing ways to expand local relevance--to make meaningful connections with diverse people in our community. A revelation? My institution has been waving the flag of relevance for years now. Relevance is one of our five engagement goals. The result is this book.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In 2009, when I was serving as the President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter , I found myself in front of a group of 400 generous, deeply caring people. Happy Thanksgiving…a week early. We had gathered around the table for a meal, to break bread together, to say thank you.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

Most museums that offer interactive exhibits, media elements, or participatory activities offer them alongside traditional labels and interpretative tools. Two institutions I see making this "or" choice in exciting ways are the Brooklyn Museum and the Oakland Museum in California. You can't always do "and."

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance. Here's that chapter. No museum puts up a label that says: “Our last curator thought this painting was lousy and kept it in storage. I loved the piece. We’re working on a smaller scale, with specific content or programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

What can Pepsi learn so its contest can truly make a difference in local communities, help them sell more soda, and avoid having its brand get tarnished. The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

This week, thoughts on Chapter 12 of Elaine Gurian’s book Civilizing the Museum , "Threshold Fear: Architecture program planning." In this essay, Elaine discusses the various barriers to entry for non-traditional visitors to museums, that is, the threshold fear that keeps such potential visitors from walking in our doors.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. We made a giant mobile for the center of the museum out of origami birds folded from visitor comments received in the past year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

100% of the royalties from Celebrating Women go to the International Museum of Women. The International Museum of Women will be hosting a live, online chat on Friday, March 6 at 9:30 AM PT with Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International , an organization that supports women survivors of war.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

She was a pioneer of the Eagles Care program, which partners the Eagles with local nonprofits to make a lasting difference in the Philadelphia community. Julie Hirshey is the Director of Community Relations for the Philadelphia Eagles, where she helps lead the organization’s philanthropic efforts. Simon Scriver. changefundraising.com.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2007

A local fire has devastated 200 local homes. What does your museum have to say about it? What do visitors expect of museums, and what do museums expect of themselves, when it comes to timeliness? In the public eye, museums aren't compared to timeless entities like the ocean. Pluto just got demoted.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

We brought our first product to market in July 2000 working with a local children’s museum as our first client. While I am sad to leave this major chapter of my life behind, I am excited to test my entrepreneurial chops for a second time.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

On Tuesday, I reviewed Elaine Gurian’s essay, Choosing Among the Options , on museum archetypes and self-definition. Next Tuesday, we'll look at chapters 16 and 17, on the merits and limitations of the team approach to exhibition design.) What if you don’t want to be identified as one type of museum? It did that more than once.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This week, we're covering the first objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : listening (chapter 5). For many museums, visitor research--how people use the museum, navigate exhibits, and understand content--may be an equally important arena in which to adopt groundswell listening techniques.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

Black Youth Project — BYP has various local chapters. Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)— SURJ has various local chapters. Take time to celebrate your local community and find ways to support them during this time of celebration. Check your local events on Google. Find yours here.

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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. This chapter, from the last section of the book, is very personal to me. One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?"

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

Others are looking at no demand at all, and with it, no revenue, because their mission involved gathering large groups of people in places like theaters, galleries, and museums. Imagine you run a performing arts organization dedicated to saving theater programs in your local public school system. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

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. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Nails, the car, hair, you know, all those local small business vendors that are potential supporters of the organization. You know, it’s local business leaders and high net worth individuals that want to get to know each other but don’t want to go to massive things where everybody’s approaching them. So ask your.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Works are chosen and hung throughout the city using a unique venue matching system whereby local businesses, galleries, and organizations select the artworks they want to host. Now, after attending with museum friends from around the country, I'm hooked. Very few wrote in typical museum or even gallery-speak.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Chapter 9 focuses on "embracing" the groundswell, or finding ways to involve users in the development of new products, services, and strategies. How many museums have stacks of comment books that are only culled for the gushing quotes that belong on annual reports? But getting information from visitors is not enough.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2008

This week, we're covering the second objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : talking (chapter 6). Many museums have jumped into the middle level—producing their own content—without starting with commenting. Consider the path of the Bay Area Discovery Museum. The first is shouting. The second is conversing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

is an iOS App that allows users to earn points for doing things like volunteering at local food banks or animal shelters. Points can later be redeemed for deals and free items at local merchants. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Yeah, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. I’ve been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. From 2018 - 2020, she served as the Director of Communications for the Public Relations Society of America's local Hoosier chapter. Steven: And it’s not 2:00 a.m. or whatever time it was when you did the last webinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. Microsoft Local Impact Map is a low-cost visual mapping tool ideal for nonprofits that have multiple chapters or programs. Whether you want to display your work on a local, national, or global map, this is a visually-compelling new way to tell your nonprofit’s story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

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. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline.

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 265

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Claim your Google+ Local Page. ? Follow and study WITNESS , Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) , Big Cat Rescue , Anaheim Ballet , and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Follow and study Water.org , Surfrider Foundation , Oceana , Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) , and DoSomething.org.

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Mobile Social Fundraising Social Media 265

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

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. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline.

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Claim your Google+ Local Page. Follow and study WITNESS , Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) , Big Cat Rescue , Anaheim Ballet , and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Follow and study Water.org , Surfrider Foundation , Oceana , Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) , and DoSomething.org.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I've now documented women's lives in 40 countries, over the past 10 or 12 years, and everywhere I went, I found women who were helping each other, local women. In order to get a book published, I was told I had to have a museum exhibit. Fortunately, the Field Museum in Chicago mounted an exhibit of the photographs for In Her Hands.

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