Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

I asked Jim Richardson, who blogs at the Museum Next Blog and is the brainchild behind the event, a couple of questions: How did #askacurator come about? Ask a Curator attracted a large number of questions on a whole range of subjects, the event hashtag became the number 1 trending topic on Twitter and was featured in press around the world.

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JULY 14, 2021

Enter any number of musical themes (does anyone hear the Jaws theme?) to describe the development team’s feelings, but the question they all have is: “Are we really ready to do this?”. A History of Previous Support. Capital campaigns can be a really exciting tool for nonprofits to fuel their growth.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meetings with participants, staff or donors, to talk through strategic questions, or grantmaking rules and regulations. You can support them as they review materials in depth by: Asking them questions, and hosting optional discussion spaces. Integrate elements of creativity and art: some grantmakers include music, poetry, and art.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

This is a question I broached in “ What Will a Post-COVID Nonprofit Economy Reveal ? ” Here are several questions for your consideration. 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).

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. Direct questioning. But each of these studies yields another useful nugget.

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When you are sharing news or calls to action, be sure to provide relevant context and history or links to where people can learn more. It may seem like so much fun to round up friends and record a video about why you are all so passionate about a cause, then edit it with catchy backgound music and effects, and post it on YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? How can we get people to talk to us?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Throughout history, philanthropy plays a very important role because it directly impacts our wellbeing. She came up to me and said she was very impressed by the history of American philanthropy and the AFP professionalism. I then said to her ‘Don’t you know that Egyptian has a longer history of philanthropy than the Americans?’

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. Sheet music is a beautiful analogy for this.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

Or, you can help guests gain an appreciation for your cause through an educational or cultural activity — like a DJ lesson with a music nonprofit or a bike tour through LGBTQ history. If you have any questions, please reach out to social-impact@airbnb.com. How to Get Started. and choose how often you offer your experience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

Authors John Browne, Robin Nuttall and Tommy Stadlen kindly answer these questions about their book: Question: What is the role of business in society? John Browne Question: What does history tell us about the mistakes that companies make? Robin Nuttall Question: What are the consequences if business leaders don’t?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2021

I’ve been asking myself this question for months. With how negative and cynical many museum professionals (especially myself) sound about museums on Twitter and in other professional spaces the question that follows is: “Why do you keep choosing to work in museums since you think they are so awful/bad/whatever?”

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Support: There’s no one readily available to help answer your questions or fix something if you have an issue with the program. The GAHC had been using Excel to manage campaigns but didn’t have a way to view each donor’s giving history and other crucial donor information. Their team found its solution in Bloomerang.

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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. History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. Throw in beer and pizza and music and it can be fun. These exist already!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Bo Eason Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Eason : When you hear people say, “We live in the most distracted time in human history,” what’s your first reaction? Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. Have you asked yourself similar questions? If you have asked yourself some of these questions, here are some thoughts about how to build lifelong relationships—starting at a very young age. My dad was a conductor and composer, my mom his accompanist.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I like to ask myself this question periodically, challenging myself to find substantive ways for visitors to contribute to our museum. We said yes, and they have now participated in several events, offering a unique mix of traditional tea ceremony, koto music, and bedazzled plastic microphones (see bottom left of photograph).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Bo Eason Recently, Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Eason : When you hear people say, “We live in the most distracted time in human history,” what’s your first reaction? Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

The result is www.MyFreeWillPower.com , centered around a series of three animated music videos, to be released over a 6-week period. “This generation of youth is the most diverse and engaged generation in our country's history.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

In this unique, online, interactive (free) event - first in a monthly series - you get to see, hear, and ask questions directly to our panel of experts. 2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. Join Us Online May 24 at 11 a.m.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The most common question following this is “How do I know what the key personalities are for my organization?” Look at your purchase history and see if there are any trends. Do more people come for musicals than tragedies? It takes some research.

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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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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Nothing warms my heart like seeing outtakes of a guy trying to scale the walls of MSI, or a man spinning a yarn about his family's long history sleeping in museums. She approached the question "why should I be picked" in a way that was smart, thoughtful, creative, and lovely. Music videos. Overall favorite.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Bo Eason Today, Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Eason : When you hear people say, “We live in the most distracted time in human history,” what’s your first reaction? Question: How can a person get and stay motivated every day?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

So, without further ado, enjoy this 8-question e-interview with Martha Beck about Finding Your Way in a Wild New World ! My favorite metaphor for this time in human history is a stormy sea, or possibly a very fat white-water rapid. I was *beyond* thrilled to receive both!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Michael Jackson had just died, and I was at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, where they hastily erected an exhibit of the jacket and glove he wore in the Thriller video. Grown men fighting for seats at lectures about the history of the boards. Who in their right minds would show up at 8am on a Sunday for a history event?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

That's a more complicated question. It's a question of HOW we decide, not just WHO makes the decision. Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. It's pretty simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2005

These inquiry-based projects are rooted in student questions and interests, and involve the focused, intensive study of one or more aspects of the literature, art, music, history, religion, language, daily life, customs, and traditions of other cultures.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2015

Our mandate was to be the museum of Silicon Valley--not of its material history, but its pulse of innovation. Consider the experiments at the New World Symphony in Miami, where they are performing classical orchestral music for outdoor "wallcasts" that include projections and visual content. Endlessly, persistently, expensively, now.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. Design trivia questions related to your mission and divide your participants into teams. Each “house party” can have a theme, set activities, and music to differentiate.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

I visited a friend last weekend who works at a coffee shop in downtown Santa Cruz, right next to the Museum of Art and History. There was funky music. Why doesn’t the whole Museum of Art and History look and feel like the coffee shop? They also have one with chairs with iPods for listening to music.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This event continues and builds on the legacy of the COOL National Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 32+ year history. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. We know you've got questions.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

American Jazz Museum Platinum – Cultural Websites 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.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2011

In 1990, educator and cultural critic Neil Postman described a museum as "an answer to a fundamental question: what does it mean to be a human being?" It is an incredible narrative work that incorporates text, music, videos, and images into a lightly interactive, utterly engrossing digital story.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2006

So the question on the table is, is what is and who is Back to Earth. So the brief history is that Back to Earth was originated with a vision that Eric Fenster had when he was on a vision quest in the Owl's Head Mountains in. There really wasn't ever a question on whether that was something that was going to manifest or not.

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