Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Make sure to advertise your artists and makers on your social media platforms leading up to the opening of your shop with photos and videos. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show. Your school’s band, orchestra, and choir work hard to prepare music pieces every year.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Live Music Battles Live music battles make for great events because you can find a lot of excellent musical talent who want to get their names out there. You can charge a door fee, set up concessions with snacks and drinks, and even have individual contests with their own entry fees.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Music videos. That will come later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

I'm in the process of preparing material for the Screencasting Session at NTC (BTW, I'm presenting with Ian Miller from C3 who is sponsoring the NTC Video Contest last call). Credits: Music from CCmixter Mystro Soul After thinking about this for a while, I boiled it down to two metaphors. No rehearsal either. Just click record and go.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I've often been asked about examples of participatory practice in theater, dance, and classical music, and this report is a great starting point. Why is a photography contest an example of "crowd sourcing" wheres a community drawing contest is an example of "audience-as-artist"?

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Paint and sip events work for any type of organization, artists of all levels, and can easily be adapted for every season. If you’re going the DIY route, reach out to a local artist to lead the class, and stock up on all the necessary supplies. Your artist just has to log in and lead class virtually. Pumpkin Carving Contest.

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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. 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).

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 9, 2024

Host a social media contest where followers can guess the total value of the basket, with the winner receiving a free raffle ticket for the auction. Instead, it’s a session with a skilled artist who donates their time and talent to create beautiful, personal artwork. No, you’re not auctioning a completed piece.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2010

Even ArtPrize , the "radically open" art festival that was judged last year by public vote alone, will incorporate a juried contest as well this year. I've been thinking about this as I prep some interactive prototypes for the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum, a Seattle-based museum of pop culture.

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See3

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. Each video features a young, critically-acclaimed spoken-word artist – Shira Erlichman, Alvin Lau, and Deja Taylor – as well as renowned musician, DJ Spooky.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Hold a music related event. Focus on gathering people together and including fun side events or contests. Consider reaching out to the artist community and within your organization (children in particular) seeking artwork to sell. Fundraise a walk or run which can be for a set distance or a number of laps.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Or host a rib, pie, or hot dog eating contest and have your own tip jars for people to support their favorite competitors in the form of donations. Or do what Planned Parenthood did and partner with local tattoo artists who may have a connection to your cause to donate a portion of their bookings to your organization. Click To Tweet.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Invite a local artist or crafty supporter to host an evening on the terrace of a local cafe or office, and let your supporters get their hands dirty while making something fun to take home, all while supporting a great cause. Have a float race, water balloon toss, or watermelon-seed–spitting contest to raise additional funds for a cause.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

If you have some talented artists, knitters, jewelry designers, and candle-makers in your youth group, consider hosting a craft sale at your church. Or a baking contest? If your town is famous for its strawberries, for example, you could consider having a contest where cooks’ recipes must feature that ingredient. A 50/50 raffle.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

The Sitings contest invites students to propose an installation and the two proposals that win each year are awarded grants and displayed in the Museum. Evening events entice with the promise of music and food. Ownership: Students feel like they own the Nature Lab because their peers run the front desk and play music for them.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

For instance, the Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity hosted a wildly successful Gingerbread Home Build contest, bringing in 132% over their goal. Pet photo contest – Everyone loves looking at adorable animals and showing off their pets. With a pet photo contest, ask supporters to submit photos of their furry friends beforehand.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2008

You enter a seed artist or song (or several) and Pandora starts playing music that it interprets as related in some way to your selections. It doesn’t just group artists together and play music by similar musicians. In this way, Pandora makes inferences about what you might like and introduces you to new music.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. However, the contest also prevented us from legitimately fostering collaboration.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

Whichever way you choose to go, your gala can include some or all of the following elements: Peer-to-peer fundraising led by table hosts Silent auction Live auction A program with an emcee, music, performance, information about your organization, and more Raffles and games Food and drink A fun theme Ask for donations.

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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. Same for any prizes, contests, sweepstakes, drawings, or competitions (essay contests, spelling bees, etc. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year. Plug donor skills into the work.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

Some of these people are professional artists or exhibit designers, but most are just talented folks with an interest in museums. They aren't commissioned to create exhibits; they're invited to take part in a contest. The exhibits that have been selected were created by members of our virtual community. It's lovely. It's mu ltiuser.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Then, the video cuts to a musical performance by James Blake. But entries for that contest close today, so you’ll want to enter soon if you want a chance to score them. Scott, for some reason, plays a PS5 on an enormous TV in the middle of a desert. After that, there’s a tribute to Pop Smoke, a rapper who died in February.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Livestream some 60s music and entertainment. Music can always add a fun touch to any decade-themed event! How about creating a virtual auction event themed around a type of collectible, like sports memorabilia or music memorabilia? Having the appropriate decoration, online branding, music, and food will be enough.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You can up the ante by building your party around a costume contest and encouraging attendees to get sponsorships for their participation. Concert Bring together local music lovers for an unforgettable evening that highlights your nonprofit’s mission. Art Exhibition You can never go wrong with highlighting local artists.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

Whether you're craving action-spiked shenanigans, quirky coming-of-age adventures, awkward humor, stranger-than-fiction silliness, madcap musical numbers, or crime with a spree of laughs, there's a perfect pick for you. They play the Icelandic musical duo Fire Saga, who find themselves in the Eurovision spotlight.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 10, 2025

It comes in the form of the Dinosaur Choir, a musical instrument created by artists Courtney Brown and Cezary Gajewski. Its set to debut this weekend at the 27th Guthman Competition , a global contest to select the years most innovative new instrument of the future.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 21, 2025

As a philosopher and artist whos interested in aesthetics and biology, I recently wrote about the evolution of behaviors in animals that could be seen as art. A contested concept First, its important to outline various theories of what makes something a work of art. Was Pigcasso really an artist? Were her paintings works of art?

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Webby Artist of the Year: D-Nice. Webby Award for Music : Bastille - Doom Days Web AR by Powster. Webby People’s Voice Award for Music : Your 2019 Wrapped by Spotify In-House. Music (Branded) : Artist Spotlight Stories by YouTube Music; The Birth of Biggie: 25 Years of ‘Ready To Die’ by Amazon Music.

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Engadget

APRIL 23, 2025

Ive used it to learn how to tie a tie, record music, put together furniture and where to dispose of that furniture when its given up the ghost. You can find nearly every performance in music recording history. Way back in the day, my buds and I made a music video for a Foo Fighters song for a contest.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 20, 2025

But what really makes Nugget essential stoner viewing is its stop-motion animation — the textural gorgeousness of every frame, every piece of putty that these artists' fingers have sprung to such vivid life. Burlesque A good old-fashioned nonsense musical about putting on a show to save the club and, uhh, air rights? With music!

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 24, 2025

The Trump administration has forbidden federal arts funding from going to artists who promote what the administration calls gender ideology. Suffice it to say, many artists and arts organizations across the U.S. How do artists make it through this period of change? are worried: Will government arts funding dry up?

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