Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This guide is a great place to start to generate ideas for items and packages that will captivate your audience at your next auction event. Classic live auction item ideas When you think of a live auction, there are probably several classic items that come to mind. Art that has personal meaning for your community is also a safe bet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2009

  I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts for 12 years on a range of arts and technology programs, including a network for artists called Arts Wire. .    There were artists who had studio spaces in the buildings - lives were lost as well as complete life's work. Community renewal.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 9, 2024

The key lies in transforming your silent auction into a dynamic marketing tool. Instead, it’s a session with a skilled artist who donates their time and talent to create beautiful, personal artwork. Here are a few ideas to spark wanderlust and ignite bidding wars: Create destination dreamscapes.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s been a rough couple years for arts-based nonprofits. As pandemic aid has run out without patrons returning in pre-2020 numbers, many arts nonprofit across the country have had to shrink programming, cut staff, or close altogether. This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more.

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

Define the broad subject, theme or idea you want to communicate. ArtHub AI Library : A collection of AI-generated art prompts and a platform for artists to showcase their AI-generated artwork. 14 Sites to Help You With AI Art Image Prompts : A curated list of 14 websites that provide AI art image prompts and resources.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2022

I first learned of Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way – A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity during a creatively difficult time in my life. I was working a demanding job at an advertising agency, averaging 50+ hours per week while unsuccessfully trying to maintain my personal art practice on the side. An artist date?

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Qgiv

APRIL 30, 2024

Silent auctions have proven to be powerful tools for raising vital funds and rallying your supporters, but these fundraising events aren’t just about generating revenue. Begin by brainstorming ideas and gathering input from people close to your organization, including staff, volunteers, and donors.

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

The library’s physical art gallery was converted to a digital one that continued to present the work of area artists. Its Library of Things collection includes an extensive collection of tools that can be checked out, and there’s a repair cafe to help people maintain and preserve items of all sorts. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.” 32) Fred Northup, Jr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

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Achieve

JANUARY 18, 2023

Beyond choosing a fundraising idea, your nonprofit also has to decide whether you want to host your event in person or online. . the following tools will help streamline your event planning: Your nonprofit’s CRM. Live-streaming tools. Mobile bidding tools. Add gamification tools. According to. Matching gift.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Coming up with fresh fundraising ideas for nonprofits isn’t always easy. After years of staging events, you may feel like there’s nothing you haven’t covered, from art auctions to wine tastings to trivia nights. But there’s always a new twist on an old idea—or even an old idea you haven’t thought of before!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. She did so in the first few minutes. It was before we did anything else.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. Why not take some of these ideas and apply them to a fundraising format?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). One of the things I always focus on in participatory exhibit design is ensuring that everyone has the same tools to work with.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Davey Awards honor the achievements of the “Creative Davids” or smaller companies who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than stratospheric budgets. Simmons, the talks named in her honor feature discussions with African American innovators in art, business, science, literature, medicine, social justice, technology, and more.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

My favorite-thing-of-the-week award goes to Toronto artist Gil Martinez for this art installation he designed to help celebrate the launch of TechSoup Canada. He transformed a rough idea—of showcasing the historical time-line of TechSoup Global during the launch of TechSoup Canada—into an exhibition.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. It’s not unusual for us to meet with an environmental activist, a balloon artist, a farmer, and the Mayor of Santa Cruz all in one day. Brainstorm together your wildest ideas and then scale back.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

I’m always intrigued to see how nonprofits find creative ways to use new social media tools, but I didn’t think seriously about Pinterest’s potential for nonprofits until I read Joe Waters and Beth Kanter’s thoughts. Pinterest users are looking for ideas and inspiration. Learn from these 15 Pinterest superusers.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2013

Earlier in 2013, I was amazed to visit one of the new “Studio” spaces at the Denver Art Museum. The Denver Art Museum is no stranger to community collaborations, but we’ve been dipping in our toe a little more deeply when it comes to developing permanent participatory installations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another story. But getting into the habit of regular tweeting, Facebooking, or experimenting with new tools like Instagram is another story. It’s not that you don’t think it is a good idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I am thrilled with the response to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout as my co-author and I have been sharing the ideas on a virtual book tour during the last month. Their program includes about teaching artists. Opening Acts executive director then shared a list of ideas.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 8, 2015

It promoted the project through videos, mass emails, and social and mainstream media—typical fundraising tools. Within weeks, it had raised $10,000 to buy new bins for trash and recycling in the park, designed by local artists as public art." ''via Blog this'''

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 8, 2015

It promoted the project through videos, mass emails, and social and mainstream media—typical fundraising tools. Within weeks, it had raised $10,000 to buy new bins for trash and recycling in the park, designed by local artists as public art." ''via Blog this'''

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are so many different kinds of nonprofit event ideas out there! With those factors in mind, we’ve put together a list of 52 nonprofit event ideas to help serve as a “vision board” for your organization’s next event. This can work for organizations with missions that aren’t arts-related, too! How do you choose just one?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

I'm also a paper artist. I create art with paper. My tools include pens, ink, rivets, glue, ribbon, and many other objects. I've also played with the idea of computer arts & crafts -- integrating digital and handmade art. So I just had to blog these computer paper arts & crafts!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2005

And, for a museum that is presenting contemporary art -- anything that helps us demystify the artistic process and better understand the art is, in my opinion, a good thing. This Walker Blog let's us peer into the inner workings of the art institution. So far we are treating blogs as informal communication tools where we.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 17, 2011

After going to Amoeba, we visited a few artists' studios as part of the East Bay Open Studios , including the Institute for Mosaic Arts. Also excited to start editing my Arts and Healing Podcast interview with the lovely Susannah Conway about the healing power of photography. I haven't stopped listening to it since. Soooo good.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

So, you have your fundraising idea locked down. Here are some other tools you can use to convert your flyer to a mobile format: Canva. If you aren’t an art aficionado, this one’s for you! Here’s a sample fundraising flyer with a great design: This flyer is a piece of art! Look no further! Vistacreate.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Museums, zoos, and aquariums are finding that crowdfundraising can be a strategic tool to add to their fundraising playbook. Here are 3 arts and cultural organizations that have given crowd fundraising a go for compelling causes: National Air & Space Museum. What project or ideas at your organization fit that description?

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Museum of Contemporary Art. The theme of MCON 2015 is “The Power of Influence: Art, Media, Business and Place” and an incredible lineup of speakers from the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors will share stories of the successes and failures they’ve encountered while changing the world. The Art Assignment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 17, 2011

As many of you know, in addition to blogging and podcasting for myself and others, I'm also a blogging trainer and coach for artists, writers, creative entrepreneurs and do-gooders. She also was very encouraging and accepting of all ideas. She made me very, very comfortable and created an environment to learn and get ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The Tools Artists Need Geeks To Create Join us to discuss the digital tools being used and abused by theatre makers, dancers, musicians, crafters, wordsmiths, cinematographers, photographers, painters, and other multimedia artists. What artistic problems need a dose of geek teamwork? What’s new? What works?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2009

Last week I mentioned that I'm speaking about how artists can use social media to market their business on Saturday, August 8th at the Artists Building their Business seminar in Santa Fe, NM. I've posted my PowerPoint, Using Social Media to Build Your Art Business on SlideShare.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 12, 2012

This is a picture of the largest temporary exhibition gallery in the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. We're turning over the whole museum to projects that invite visitors to connect with the behind-the-scenes in the making of art and historical research. Our next exhibition is opening in here in two days. Of course we can.

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