Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2023. 9: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay. 18: Global Recycling Day — #GlobalRecyclingDay. 21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 22: Earth Day — #EarthDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IWD20.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the modern fundraising world, creating an online fundraising strategy is essential to the success of your nonprofit. Thanks to the pandemic, online giving grew 21 percent in 2020 alone, and that growth isn’t slowing down any time soon. Why should you consider online fundraising? Classic online fundraising ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. According to the latest M+R Benchmarks study , online giving increased 10% in 2019 and has been steadily on the rise, while monthly online giving has increased by 22%. Maybe your nonprofit hasn’t yet developed an online fundraising plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Celebrate the season by sending cards that show your support of American Humane Association’s mission – to create a more humane and compassionate world by ending abuse and neglect of children and animals. Anderson Cancer Center Children’s Art Project :: View Collection. Museum of Modern Art :: View Collection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2012

Soaring tablet use and an online commons increasingly battling information overload has fundamentally changed web design as we know it. Save the Children :: savethechildren.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art :: sfmoma.org. Jude Children’s Research Hospital :: stjude.org. WildAid :: wildaid.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Launching online fundraising campaigns around cause awareness days is good strategy. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #IntMuseumDay or #MuseumDay. 18: International Museum Day — #IntMuseumDay or #MuseumDay.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2012

Join Our Newsletter is displayed first, followed by links to social media accounts on the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum website. Long Island Children’s Museum has “Join Our Email List” at the top of their website. Harbor History Museum asks for only the basics. Add it to your Facebook Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful themes upon which to craft and launch online fundraising campaigns. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Launching online communications and fundraising campaigns around annual social good and cause campaign events is good strategy. 12: International Day for Street Children. 18: International Museum Day || #IntMuseumDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day || #ChildrensDay. 22: Earth Day || #EarthDay.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The following post was originally published on the Center for the Future of Museums blog. On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. But effort and efficacy are not the same.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Why does your museum open its doors each day? Will they be visiting with children? What other museums do they follow/enjoy visiting? The purpose of a brand is a reason for the brand to exist beyond making money. What motivates visitors to choose your attraction as their destination? Get to know your subscribers and followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Large nonprofits usually have the expertise and resources necessary to launch and maintain successful online communications and fundraising campaigns. Field Museum :: fieldmuseum.org. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) :: unicef.org. and then studying and duplicating their methods. Hint, hint. CARE :: care.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Because recent data from ComScore claims that mobile will surpass desktop in 2014 , however, if smartphone and tablet sales continue on their current trajectory, that could easily happen late next year — and from my research, less than 1% of nonprofits are prepared for this fundamental shift in online communications. Smartphone. S martphone.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Our participants came from a variety of sectors including museums, advocacy, arts, religion, and education. Not surprisingly, many shared how they have seen a decrease in participation as events went online. On the flip side, many nonprofits saw diversity in who came to their online programs. What was positive?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The National Council on Mental Wellbeing drives policy and social change on behalf of over 3,100 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. Pacific Science Center. Silver – Science Website.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The National Council on Mental Wellbeing drives policy and social change on behalf of over 3,100 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. Pacific Science Center. Silver – Science Website.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Museums have used games to engage visitors for decades. SR: I came to games before I came to museums. My grandmother cheated at Candyland and uno. :) Games, I think, have a nice Venn diagram of overlap between museum lovers. I love thinking we're getting new museum lovers through games. How did you get into museum games?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2012

Soaring tablet use and an online commons increasingly battling information overload has fundamentally changed web design as we know it. Save the Children :: savethechildren.org. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art :: sfmoma.org. Jude Children’s Research Hospital :: stjude.org. WildAid :: wildaid.org.

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AFP Blog

MAY 25, 2011

Children's Museum Uses Smartphones to Educate Adults - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "If Karen S. But while she laughs at the thought that the Virginia museum would ever have that kind of money, Ms.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

It's not every day that a visitor buys pizza for everyone in the museum. Then again, Saturday was hardly normal at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. It was an opportunity for people who participate with Ze Frank's projects online to come together in real space and connect with him and with each other.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. We are trying to change the visitors’ experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

online exhibit developed by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and Ideum. I picked up the phone and got a hold of Jim Spadaccini, founder of Ideum, whose blog post I discovered via a discussion thread on flickr and museums on the museum technology list. Nina Simon from the Museums and Web2.0

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Revenue Streams: Museums want to maintain control of sales of "officially sanctioned" images of objects via catalogues and postcards.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2010

I spent last week in the glorious country of Taiwan, hiking, eating, and working with museum professionals and graduate students at a conference hosted at the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts. It's not topic-specific; I've done these exercises with art, history, science, and children's museums to useful effect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful for online fundraising. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 10, 2021

For generations, parents and their children have responded to the needs of neighbors, organizations, and their community by rolling up their sleeves and working together. Museums and Cultural Organizations: Families can serve as tour guides, interpreters, greeters, or program ushers. Remember, a family can be many things.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Pacific Science Center (PacSci) is an independent, non-profit museum in Seattle with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel passion for discovery, experimentation, and science for people of all ages and backgrounds. Truman Scholarship Foundation streamline and modernize its online scholarship application and review process.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

If you run a nonprofit museum, advocacy group, animal shelter or environmental protection organization, starting a summer camp could be a logical next step toward rewarding your members, donors and supporters. Almost any nonprofit that runs programs geared toward children could expand upon them in the form of a summer camp.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Become a Member page on Florida Coalition for Children’s website The Florida Coalition for Children uses the members-as-advocates membership model to effect positive change in the child welfare system in Florida. Define your value proposition for members to illustrate how your membership model benefits them.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Online Course. Online Fundraising Essentials. Build a successful online fundraising strategy from the ground up. Pass the Plate at Passover (varies; usually late March/late April).

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