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How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. Grants and gifts that commit multiple years of funding up front best enable learning to unfold. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Adventures in Participatory Audience Engagement at the Henry Art Gallery

Museum 2.0

This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program. In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery.

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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

It can pay tribute to heritage while also emphasizing the universal human ideals of justice, family, culture, or community. Raffles – Raffle donated prizes or host a silent auction for unique experiences, gift baskets, art, and other items. The theme should resonate with both the AAPI community and also general audiences.

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#ThankYouWednesday After A Successful #GivingTuesday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you tweeted with the hashtag #IGiveBecause – you received a $20 gift card to donate to the charity of your choice on their site. I gave the gift of girls education. Global Giving did a creative campaign to encourage people to share why they give. kanter *Thank you* Beth! MomsRising (@MomsRising) December 2, 2015.

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Participation through Gifting: Pass It On

Museum 2.0

donation to the universe, is a gift. We've all received (and hopefully given) gifts from strangers before--the woman who lets you go to the bathroom first, the family that hands you some carnival tickets on their way out and your way in. But a gift given from one person to another, however small, feels magical.

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Foot in the Door: A Powerful Participatory Exhibit

Museum 2.0

While there, I was lucky to get to experience a highly participatory exhibition that the MIA mounts once a decade: Foot in the Door. I watched many visitors hunt down favorites or pieces with which they had personal connections to share, like little private gifts, with others. Foot in the Door is a straightforward contributory project.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Examine major gift planning in the context of current economic conditions, changes in donor populations and increased competition for the charitable dollar. The Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management, North Park University / Chicago, IL / Price TBA.

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