ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Successfully including all stakeholders in the life of a nonprofit requires attention to enacting and maintaining inclusive practices. She received her undergraduate degree in music therapy from Sam Houston State University and has owned a music therapy practice in DFW since 2009. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Using a prospect’s name is like music to their ears. In an Ask, use “you” to show the donor what’s possible – “You can help change a life.” They can envision their role and how they’ll help change a life. For example: “Please give today, because children are waiting for help learning to read” shows WHY they should give today.

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Classy

MARCH 24, 2021

After roughly a year of managing the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on business operations and daily life, nonprofits might be wondering how to continually keep their partnerships feeling meaningful and impactful. Little Kids Rock is a nonprofit dedicated to restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in schools.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Put on some Irish music and work with a local dance company to show off some Irish Riverdance for a more festive celebration. Play some upbeat music and offer food and drink concessions to make it the event of the spring! To celebrate all the new life brought into the world, host a petting zoo for families and animal lovers to enjoy.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Nothing is more impactful than a well-done video with the right music in the background. If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. Use words like “impact”, “give”, “life-saving”, “life-changing”, and “make a difference”. Be gracious, grateful, and appreciative no matter how you did.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. The Rasmuson Foundation works to promote a better life for Alaskans. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Highland Street Foundation. Rasmuson Foundation.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“Day in the Life” videos: This idea offers a behind-the-scenes look into the daily operations of your nonprofit as you capture footage of your staff members, volunteers, and beneficiaries. Supporters can join from anywhere, dance to the music, and make a difference by donating to your cause.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2020

However, many parents dread the fundraising season at their children’s schools. These parents want their children to experience field trips, sports teams, student organizations, and more, but they may have a hard time getting involved in the fundraising process that makes such events possible. .

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Nonprofit fundraising videos bring your organization’s work to life in a way that written stories just can’t. You compile photos and videos of your organization’s work and set the montage to music. Also identify music you want to use, if necessary, making sure you have authorization. Videos show as well as tell.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2015

It''s for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it''s for engineers trying to solve a problem; it''s for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way. " ~Twyla Tharp, author of The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Twenty plus years ago, I went through a graduate program to earn an M.A.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. The Rasmuson Foundation works to promote a better life for Alaskans. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami. Highland Street Foundation. Rasmuson Foundation.

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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. The idea was to ask artists to contribute one-of-a-kind items to an online monthly auction where proceeds would 100% benefit a range of local services for the unhoused, people with AIDS, frail seniors and vulnerable children.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

He inspired us, he inspired each one of his children, by his example, by the people and pursuits he loved, to keep our impact on other people in mind. Of all the many ways he inspired us, six really stood out for Dad’s six children when we talked about it. Second, he inspired us with his love of music. That was my dad!

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Previously, Lisa served as the founding CEO of the 1:1 Fund, a project incubated by CFED to build a broad online and high net-worth donor base for children’s savings accounts. Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Watch a step-by-step guide for how to participate in Second Life.).

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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VisionLink

JULY 4, 2010

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Today, 234 years after the start of the American Revolution, let’s not focus on the band playing our music.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

This may seem scary, but it’s actually a way of modern life. In the case of social and political upheaval, these might include coming together with others to advocate, share music and art, create and offer support (sometimes virtually). Those who lived through it will never be quite the same. . Pick the top 3 – 5].

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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. The idea was to ask artists to contribute one-of-a-kind items to an online monthly auction where 100% of proceeds would benefit a range of local services for unhoused people and vulnerable seniors and children. . Dream bigger. .

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 19, 2014

Katie” was one of the first girls I ever met, a 12-year-old who loved ballet, soulful music, and chocolate chip cookies. Katie’s life wasn’t just impacted by her experience with my organization, it was irrevocably changed. She has created a coloring book for children born with cleft lips and palates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Over at blip.tv, I found the above "music video" by Steve Garfield. What I like about it: I like the technique of photo stills and music and the use of pans (hmm. He uses some music that a group has authorized for remix - yet another idea for music that you can use without breaking copyright laws.

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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. To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. Stories about how MySpace would ruin your child’s life and put them in perilous danger were everywhere.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The company currently has three mobile and web-based games available: Fantasy Kingdoms, Music Festivals, and Parallel Kingdom. These Facebook games, however, can help give disadvantaged children hot meals, save zebras, and provide people worldwide with clean drinking water.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

As a result of recent fighting, millions of people are living in diaspora, migration is the trademark of this generation; what is it like to start a new life in a new place? These days women are having children later and some are not having children at all. Child birth itself is a risk for many mothers around the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

My friend Gabriela Masala sent me some more good giftie ideas: For the children on her list, she bought High in the Clouds a children's book by Sir Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Phillip Ardagh. For their friends and family, she and her husband make a homemade CD of music each year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

They launched an annual fundraiser and gift-collecting drive for the children's hospital in their community (in WA). It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 15, 2009

Listen/subscribe on iTunes Tranquility du jour with Kimberly Wilson Kimberly Wilson, author of Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat , interviews artists, creative entrepreneurs, yoga teachers, and other hip tranquil chicks. They often interview children as sources for their stories. Listen/subscribe on iTunes.

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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. Working in a Baton Rouge shelter, he saw children looking for their parents, and parents looking for their children, yet matching them was difficult. Please bring them water."

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

By a strange and lucky coincidence, I was at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM) in Seattle for a two-day workshop. Michael Jackson belongs at EMPSFM (and visitors knew to find him there) because that museum is about pop culture and specifically music. Where were you when Michael Jackson died?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Dance-a-Thon You and your staff work tirelessly to bring your nonprofit’s mission to life. Concert Bring together local music lovers for an unforgettable evening that highlights your nonprofit’s mission. Annual galas are usually sophisticated affairs, often featuring live music, fine dining, and a silent or live auction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

I figured it would have a better life in Cambodia since there was a presentation about podcasting. "on my free time i like to liseting music,so i want to win a flash mediaplayer." Now I have one group of computer teacher whom teach the computer to children who leaving in the orphanage center. for honesty.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Think about how powerful the use of the metaphors around the "war on terror" are, and how differently we’d think about our world and our life if the prevailing metaphor were one of "catching criminals who use terrorist tactics." Metaphors are powerful in terms of the way we think about things.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

We're trying to contextualize museum content to their social groups, so that groups of friends can use exhibits as touch points for shared experiences--much as children's museums design exhibits explicitly for family use and learning. What have you observed in your own life as a teen, parent, or teacher?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Jude Children’s Research Hospital, speaks not only to how Shadyac has led the organization through the pandemic, but also to how ALSAC has evolved over its 60 year history to meet the moment and expand its footprint. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this year announced a six-year, $11.5 Treatments invented at St.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

2022 State of Babies Yearbook (Zero to Three) Excellence – Annual Report for Non-Profit Zero to Three works to ensure all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. The goal of the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation is to care for and cure children through the provision of high-quality care, education, research, and advocacy.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 4, 2023

American Jazz Museum Gold – Cultural Institutions Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films, and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room, and Gem Theater. congressional districts.

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