Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Photo Source: Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog. The Indianapolis Art Museum has been doing just that by sharing its institutional dashboard out for everyone to view. In October, the Indianapolis Art Museum Dashboard celebrated its' second year. What does it feel like to be an open institution?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2013

Be open, transparent and solicit feedback. If you want to learn more about how to work with Millennials from both inside and outside your nonprofit, head to MCON Conference in Indianapolis in July. Create an advisory group of Millennials to help guide your volunteer program. More information here.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

This Indianapolis-based duo of Matt McIntyre and Matt Duncan turned a disappointing loss in 2011 by Butler into a good cause. This year Brackets for Good expanded to include a Louisville bracket in addition to an Indianapolis one. You could also host a March Madness open house. Free clothing! Free guitar lessons!)

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JANUARY 30, 2018

She previously served as Executive Director for institutional advancement at the University of Indianapolis and vice president of institutional advancement at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Has this been objectively tested? Has the board openly and authentically had discussions (more than one!)

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Qgiv

AUGUST 5, 2021

This feature is available on Qgiv’s online donation forms , which makes it easier to build a contact list of donors open to receiving your texts. Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis used text fundraising successfully for a Giving Tuesday campaign. You can build this same communications checkbox into other online forms you use too.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Denver Foundation’s first Community Grants cycle is now open to applications. Areas served: Indianapolis/Indiana. Their education funding priorities focus on early childhood education and K-12 education. . Areas served: Colorado, Wyoming. The Denver Foundation.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

A: When we started in 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Achieve’s origins were around strategic planning, fundraising strategy, campaign development, and academic research on what motivates people to give and how to reach them. Q: Tell us a bit more about Achieve. We had built our system well before WordPress became popular.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Now in November I want you to read this case study put out by MarketingSherpa about how a nonprofit organization, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra , did the following: pruned its list WAY back by 95.9%. This study is available for open access until November 19, and there are links to some creative samples that you can peruse.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

With a chatbot on your Facebook page or website, donors and members can easily ask questions about how late you’re open on Thursday, their membership benefits, and much more – saving your staff valuable time they might otherwise spend on phone calls and email correspondence. Credit: KPDMedia (via Dribble).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We opened up the survey to all arts organizations in August. As Robert Stein, Deputy Director for Research, Technology, and Engagement at the Indianapolis Museum of Art told us, “Museums have tended to use [websites] as extensions of marketing.” By the time we closed the survey in September, we were up to 1,601 respondents nationally.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I just got home from the Museums and the Web conference in Indianapolis. How can participation, openness, innovation, and institutional change become part of a broader conversation? This fear was precipitated by a painful visit to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Is this a problem? I think so.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The event is open to non-AFP members as well. This event is open to non-AFP members. Attend If You’re: Looking to sharpen your fundraising skills and network with industry leaders; Open to Giving Institute members only. Enjoy transformational learning experiences and conference sessions that focus on concrete outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. o is Transparency - and the best example of that is what the Indianapolis Art Museum has done with its pubic metrics on its web site. As does Indianapolis Museum of Art blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Is failure to bring ID to the polls thwarting first-time voters in Indianapolis? the best aspects of grassroots activism and digital technology combined with an open source ethos to really change the way we participate in elections.??? How long is the wait in Cleveland, Ohio? With Twitter Vote Report, we???ll

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST. Why not take a few minutes to answer her survey. Blackbaud, Inc.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 3, 2009

Virtual-to-real design workshop at Museums and the Web—Friday, April 17 in Indianapolis. I encourage you to take part and document your triumphs and spectacular failures on this site. I will aggregate the results for later discussion on the blog. If you can’t attend the conference, you can read my paper on this topic and play along at home.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2006

Upcoming events: November 14, 2008 - opening speaker at Kom je Ook?

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

As our trip wound up we decided that the first week of August would be our annual Extended Family Reunion for all of us at our home in Indianapolis. Simone lit up the room, or even the wide open spaces of outdoors. The pictures below reveal even more of this wonderful story. I am not sure I have the words to express how we all feel.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Our platform also provides personal fundraising dashboards for participants and tools for gamifying the campaign.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

For example, consider Tree of Promise , a private social network created and managed by the Indianapolis Children's Museum. It's not an open space for discussion or communication; instead, it's a network of private spaces where kids and families have tools available to continue their museum experience.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s great that you’ve opened a dialog with your director about this issue. I’m in the education department which often has younger and more open-minded employees in touch with more modern terminology. Is there a way to still be myself and figure out the right boundaries without losing my job? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2011

The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s dashboard is an oft-cited example. Note from Beth: Check out this case study about The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Dashboard). These dashboards are typically inward facing, so that only staff and perhaps board members can view them, but they can be outward facing as well. 2) Status Dashboards.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Not to mention, technology also opens up opportunities for those with accessibility concerns (like hearing, physical, or visual impairments) to participate. Patching together several different systems can help facilitate your virtual meetings, but it opens up the possibility of more potential tech problems.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

When it's time to accomplish a task — open a store, build a house, buy new cash registers, sell insurance — those in the know get it done the way it has always been done, stifling innovation as they barrel along the well-worn path. It's playful. Second Life is not a professional-level design or simulation package.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Flickr photos and Youtube videos are open and available to all. If you look at the IMA (Indianapolis Museum of Art), they’ve got that going on in YouTube. We try to be really really careful here. That’s why we’re not in Second Life. #1, 1, it would be a lot of work. And #2 it doesn’t fit our accessibility mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

To be successful, social media requires a mix of authenticity, openness, transparency and to a certain extent giving up control. Beth Kanter, Social Media Strategy Is Everywhere in the Organization - Indianapolis Museum of Art. Perception of wasted of time and resources. This is a different way of working. Tactics and Tools.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2007

Blockbuster exhibitions, omnipresent audio and light effects, and many of the other recent museum innovations that have created more compelling alternatives in the attraction market also make museums less open to flexible, self-directed, browserly visits. There’s a woman reading a magazine. There are other people using the internet.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2011

The section features rock stars like Shelley Bernstein (Brooklyn Museum), Mike Edson (Smithsonian), and Rob Stein (Indianapolis Museum of Art) and covers projects from Tweetups to Arduino hacks to Google Art. I'm also thrilled that Shelley Bernstein, a long-time friend and fount of inspiration, is getting the credit she is due.

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