Forum One

JUNE 9, 2021

Forum One received 10 awards in eight categories in this year’s awards for Canopus (platinum), Centauri (gold), and Arcturus (rose gold) across the categories of environmental awareness, cultural, art, health care services, associations, branded content, and website redesign. Canopus – Website for Art. The Vilcek Foundation.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

To mark its anniversary, NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories and moments from the last 50 years. Our team partnered with NRDC to conceptualize how to capture these highlights in an engaging and informative story. The Frist Art Museum. Outstanding Website. Climatelinks.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 21, 2016

My new book, The Art of Relevance , is now available and ready to move from my computer to your hands. We put a lot of work into developing ways to expand local relevance--to make meaningful connections with diverse people in our community. I worked feverishly to translate their stories into a tight, poetic, enjoyable, useful form.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Ever wanted to discover the art of transmedia? This is just a taste of the events being held this month by NetSquared chapters. Victoria, Canada: The Art of Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Story Worlds Across Platforms. Victoria, Canada: The Art of Transmedia Storytelling: Creating Story Worlds Across Platforms.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2016

This month, I'm sharing a few chapters from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. One of my biggest aha moments while writing The Art of Relevance was moving away from the idea that there are "traditional" audiences and "new" audiences and instead thinking about people in terms of "insiders" and "outsiders".

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth. and on and on.

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Digital Build Community Minneapolis 78

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

If you work in development, major gifts, grants, or event planning, you’ll love the emphasis on identifying and crafting compelling stories that make your marketing and fundraising more effective. Storytelling is an art and a science, and this conference is a valuable opportunity to share ideas with your fellow fundraisers.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Many times, communication is something people don’t feel is their strong suit. So, what do we do when our time is limited and we need to communicate with the community and our donors? We tell stories. Our neural activity increases 5X when listening to a story. 6 steps to telling your nonprofit’s stories.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

She’s known for tackling seemingly impossible fundraising efforts and turning them into success stories. Carolyn has been part of the Qgiv extended family since 2019—we proudly partner to help make a difference in our communities. It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2016

The result is a new book, The Art of Relevance , coming out in a few weeks. It's packed with practical theories, rags-to-relevance case studies, and inspiring stories from museums and libraries, theaters and parks, dance companies and orchestras, afterschool programs and activists, churches and synagogues. That's where you come in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Handwriting is quickly becoming a lost art form. Not only does a hand-written thank you note make a strong impression upon the receiver, but it also makes you a better social media manager because it’s a practice in creative arts – and as all we know, the best social media managers are creative artists. 4) Read more books.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

There are so many big things, scary, unexpected things that changed us as individuals, families, communities, and a collective human race in 2020, that as I was trying to write this blog post, it was hard to know where to start. – Rob Shaw, Art Director . What’s left to be said that hasn’t already been written?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance. I've learned so much from my dad about making art, putting on a great show, inviting audience participation , and navigating celebrity. Here's that chapter. Our community showed up in droves to honor them.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? She also contributed a chapter to Internet Management for Nonprofits.

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New York City Campaign Community Build 65

Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2016

This month, I'm sharing a few chapters from my new book The Art of Relevance in advance of its release. Here's one of my favorite stories about the London Science Museum and their work to make their science shows relevant to families with deaf or hearing-impaired family members. This chapter appears midway through the book.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Founded in 1960, it has more than 30,000 members in over 240 chapters around the world. Not only as a professional member, I served as a chapter president and on International Board of Directors for the past 4 years. ” To help young children understand, we tell international folk stories to illustrate our ten values.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

But this is also a good opportunity to speak to a subtler motivation for renewing—being part of a community. Many of your constituents may value their membership because it means they’re part of a larger community. Look for opportunities to remind your constituents that their membership means they’re a part of your community.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

For the last time this summer, I'm sharing a chapter from my new book The Art of Relevance to celebrate its release. This chapter, from the last section of the book, is very personal to me. Then, he establishes credibility with stories from real kids about the program. Read more online and buy your own copy today.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

A mom of 2 and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, she is the author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits , a call-to-action for nonprofits to use stories to accomplish their missions. “The Art & Science of Effective Gift Acknowledgements” Steven Shattuck is Chief Engagement Officer at Bloomerang.

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Causes Storytelling Culture Broadcast 46

Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

“Map out the story you need to tell. When you focus on what makes a donor feel good, you create more long-term donor relationships, bringing them together in a community around your cause. Countless receptions were hosted across the city for affinity groups and chapters. The outcome? You can learn something from everybody.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Our volunteer community leaders are holding free events across the US (and the globe). We're a global movement with chapters in 24 countries. Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

If you work in development, major gifts, grants, or event planning, you’ll love the emphasis on identifying and crafting compelling stories that make your marketing and fundraising more effective. . Storytelling is an art and a science, and this conference is a valuable opportunity to share ideas with your fellow fundraisers.

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Conference Fundraising NTC Storytelling 52

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2014

And it breaks these contributions down by source (individuals, foundations, bequests, corporations), giving us the best view of who is supporting what (health, education, arts & culture, etc.). Read the chapters on how different types of nonprofits fared over the previous year and why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The NetTalks series , which includes five sessions, is intended to spark a meaningful conversation around alumni engagement and supporting a broader community practice of effective alumni networks. One of the themes I’m going to discuss is the Art and Science of Engagement. Register here. It could also be about volunteering.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Finding the right funders that match your mission, your specific project, and your geographic locale is quite an art. Visit websites and offices of the businesses and corporations that operate in your community for information about their priorities, grant guidelines, and deadlines. They usually have local chapters.

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Research Fund Grant Guidelines 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

It's look at what's wrong with public relations in an age of social media, a complete social media primer from the perspective of those who work in communications, and lots of incredibly useful information about the art of listening and metrics for the web 2.0 The chapter is a great overview for the C-Level suite.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the Executive Director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color,= and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Kishshana Palmer. kishshanaco.com.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In the world of nonprofit fundraising, stories are more than just words on a page or images on a screen; they are the beating heart of your mission. One of the primary ways we do this is through story. Once you have gathered and analyzed the data, you will have a better idea of how to craft a story that speaks to them.

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Storytelling Impact Arts Story 85

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And she also serves on her home chapter of AFP which we always we appreciate. I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. Next, it’ll allow us to cultivate trust and confidence with the communities that we serve.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. The content focuses on the question of WHY we collect and how our collections reflect our individual and community identities.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Small organizations are often best at forming long-term relationships with community members, whereas large organizations can rally lots of participants for a contributory project.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 21, 2023

The inability to compile different member data in a way that tells a story is a big problem for nonprofits. A reminder is set to send another email about the community and its members Someone notes the email to avoid duplicates. New members may not get the information they need about your organization or its communities and resources.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Small organizations are often best at forming long-term relationships with community members, whereas large organizations can rally lots of participants for a contributory project. It's common in many museums to offer cart-based activities that invite visitors (mostly families) to play a game, try an experiment, or make art.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. Community museums develop strong programming and local relationships but may be cited as irrelevant to folks not in that community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Affect is a new community event highlighting the diversity of work and design behind social change. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. Alliance for Strong Families and Communities / Hollywood, CA / $1,000.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

Through projects focused on communication and education, youth empowerment, direct action, research, and material science, we create success stories that set new standards and provide the roadmaps for others to follow. This is the time to think, dream, and act big.

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