AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A music festival, food festival, or cultural festival, to name a few, can bring people together in some of the best ways. . Drive-in movies can be simple to operate and bring a ton of fun. . Consider live-streaming Q&A sessions with filmmakers, actors, and directors to make the festival more appealing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2018

And of course, we’d have fun while we did all of these things. It included items that were fun and made us feel part of something bigger—like adding a song we loved to the “ETR playlist.” This music was played in the meeting room during transitions and breaks. Let me tell you, our staff has some great taste in music!).

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JUNE 29, 2021

Auctions are a classic fundraising event that can not only raise an impressive amount of money but also provide your supporters with a much needed night of fun. Whether you choose the Roaring 20’s or want to host an 80’s event, decade-themed fundraising auctions are some of the most fun occasions to both plan and attend.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

As the Membership Director at NTEN , and as a speaker at this year’s SXSW Interactive , I hope to be able to connect with all of you that may be coming to Austin for the festival or based in the Austin area. We may even have some fun in store for you! I’ll be joined by NTEN’s Community Manager, Sarah Janczak, too.

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Achieve

MARCH 29, 2023

Make the letter as personal as possible, specifying how the donor’s gift will impact your organization, and make sure to have someone from your nonprofit (such as a board member or your executive director) sign it. Gift baskets are fun to put together and even more fun to receive. Host appreciation events. Deliver gift baskets.

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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. EXAMPLE: When I worked as director of development and marketing at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, I was looking for ways to expand awareness and build our mailing list. At first everyone was ‘gung ho;’ it was fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

It also sparked a conversation on Twitter among some classical music people. “Wouldn’t it be cool to do something like that for classical music?&# And itís an opportunity to have some fun on Twitter and debunk some of those stubborn classical music myths. Of course, there are challenges.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Does anyone carve, knit, sew or create t-shirts… or fun food? You can even have fun engaging your supporters and board members when coming up with these designs. You can also send fun cards using Felt.

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JULY 12, 2018

Located in the heart of the French Quarter, this acclaimed music venue was founded in 1961 to protect, preserve, and perpetuate traditional New Orleans Jazz. At Preservation Hall , catch nightly acoustic concerts celebrating the city's musical legacy with some of its finest performers. The Spotted Cat Music Club. Live Music.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

We thought it might be fun to share with you some TechSoup staff recommendations for apps beyond the usual suspects : Facebook, Google Maps, Twitter, YouTube, Gmail, Pandora, iTunes, and Google Play. Here are a few fun facts from Mobi Thinking about apps, which make smartphones and tablets… uh, smart. on our smartphones.

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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. For example, when I worked as director of development and marketing at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, I was looking for ways to expand awareness and build our mailing list. At first everyone was on board, and it was fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Engage around questions that are relevant, fun, nostalgic or evoke emotions. Billboard’s audience, presumably, is passionate about songs and lyrics given it is the source for music charts, news, and events. What is the best way for a non-profit organization to engage the audience? Or just keep your ears open.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Remember to dunk your executive director or board chair if you raise a certain amount of money through the event to really up the ante! Outdoor Music Festival. Under the Boardwalk — for a Cause. Parents’ Day (July 28).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

And I think it’s good that we’re building such a fun, vibrant community…but not good enough. WEINGARTEN | Rolling Stone Music Critic| @1000TimesYes. People have awful taste…it’s all this music that rises to the middle, this boring, bland, white-people guitar music. It’s the music that the most people can listen to.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2013

This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Lisa Truong, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Help a Mother Out. Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala. Help a Mother Out is a grassroots organization that raises diapers and awareness, and advocates for long term change in the social safety net.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

It’s been fun, these 20 years with Macintosh. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 The only thing that will be left is games. It seems a fitting moment to say goodbye to Apple. {

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ben was the Midwest Practice Leader for Ernst and Young's Public Private Development Group in Chicago, and served as Director of Organizational Strategy for the international micro-payments company, beenz.com. 11: Blogging for Writers (Berkeley, CA) Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala. 15: Juicy Blogging E-Course (Virtual) Feb.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. We’ve recently seen a slew of music award shows and individual musicians performing in hybrid concerts: the artist performs on a stage like normal, but to an empty venue, while that performance is streamed live to spectators at home. 10) Hybrid concerts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

As it turns out, so many of these youth absolutely love animals." - Rachel Cohen Twenty-year-old Rachel Cohen is the Founder and Executive Director of Hand2Paw. "It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. The event itself has been fab.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition to being the co-founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship, he is the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Before moving to Santa Fe, he was the Director of Aid to Artisans , an international artisan enterprise development NGO. He created a whole genre we now know as World Music.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Halle Butvin, One Mango Tree Halle Butvin is the Founder and Director of One Mango Tree , a fair trade clothing company. [W]atching her become a leader, and develop the confidence not just at the work place, but also at home, it's been really amazing to see how she has completely changed her circumstances just from having a steady income.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

That’s kinda fun! I come across a lot in my varied net wanderings, and people send me stuff, so it’s a nice way to talk about some of it, without having to go into too much detail. I was profiled on Linux.com. I “live the open source lifestyle.&# That must have been before the iPhone. This blog is rated 8.2

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. Relatively recently, I’d finally, after tons of invitations, joined invested time and energy into my LinkedIn profile. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us So we’ll see how it works.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

For Thunderbird, the two I’ve been trying out include XNote , which is kinda fun, it allows you to add sticky notes to email messages. The other Firefox extension that I use a lot is Google Toolbar. It’s great to have easy Google tools at my fingertips. There are tons of other add-ons for all of the Mozilla Suite applications.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2010

In addition to being the co-Founder of the Global Center, he is also the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Before coming to Santa Fe, he was the Director of Aid to Artisans , an international artisan enterprise development NGO. Music credits: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala , and "Bricks" by Crowsong.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

It's my second week as the Executive Director at The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA, and boy is my everything tired. And that's just the fun stuff. Board committee meetings. Film festival openings. Historical landmark ceremonies. They're good, but we could do better.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. { I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. { Two whole pageviews. I find that fascinating.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Are you looking for a fun, active, and impactful event option to raise money for your favorite cause? Format Fun Choose singles or doubles play, round robin or knockout tournaments,mixed genders or specific divisions. Consider music, light refreshments, and opportunities for participants to mingle.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Later that evening we hope you join us for the Celebration Event which features live music by Sixwire, who just performed at the NFL draft, and special guest Phil Vassar. Food and drink will be served– with plenty of dancing, music and fun. Yes, Tuesday will be an intense first day, but that’s not all we have planned.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Release Candidate to help with QA, which has been fun (and 2.3 I have used it everyday, to do everything (all of my spreadsheets, worksheets, articles, presentations, I used it to write a novel, I used it in seminary for papers, etc., for at least 4 years. I’ve not owned MS Office in a very long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

I could think of several interesting implementations in the nptech world that would be fun (like it would make a great e-learning platform for, say, circuit riders, or folks like that.) I wish I had an excuse to install and test it – but it really requires a purpose for bringing community together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

And then the fun really started! The pitches included costumes, music, video filmed on-site, mock-ups, and social media demos. The “game show” conceit made it all more fun. Kira Marchense is the Online communications director at Environmental Defense Fund. . They spent the next 24 hours refining the pitch.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Or that a certain nonprofit Executive Director Dugg a post about starting a video game company? Although I do have to admit its fun to know what a very old friend is listening to on Pandora.) I really could have skipped the pictures of two of my work colleagues necking. :) Kinda fun though. What have I learned in all of this?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

I think that the whole LOL* lpidgin phenomenon is based on a very specific sort of fun. { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Deborah Elizabeth Finn 08.01.07 at 10:56 am Dear Michelle, You definitely have a great sense of humor!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

I promise in April I’ll be right on time (oooohh, that could be fun, April Blogtipping on April fools day …) By the way, I think blogtipping is a great idea for our sector, and it’s a great way for me to think more about all of the blogs that I read. I think it’s a great idea, although I’m one day late.

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