Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Note from Beth: I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion in October at the recent Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson where I learned about some of the preliminary study result he discovered. Arts organizations are not alone in this. The question.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The Field Museum is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. The Getty Museum seeks to further knowledge of the visual arts and to nurture critical seeing by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of the highest quality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. Public media and communications – 0%. Social media – 25%. 17) Of those inspired to give by social media, GivingTuesday donors find the following the most inspiring: Facebook – 52%. Animals and wildlife – 11%. LGBTQIA+ – 1%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

If you are an arts and culture organization, think about crafting a tone of voice that is creative, clever, and entertaining. Ask yourself: what are five words that describe the character traits of your mission or organizational culture? And then use these words to craft your tone of voice.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Social media has revolutionized the way tech savvy arts and cultural organizations communicate. When checking out our Altru user’s social media pages, one garden caught my attention: Bok Tower Gardens. Sharing photos across social media garners a lot of attention for your page. Start a conversation.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

College friends, grandparents, colleagues, even the kids you used to babysit can all be found using social media in our current day and age. Facebook aka Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have become integrated into how people communicate with one another and access culture. Art Fund “See Everything”. METTWINNING.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

If you are an arts and culture organization, think about think about crafting a tone of voice that is creative, clever, and entertaining. Ask yourself: what are five words that describe the character traits of your mission or organizational culture? And then use those words to craft your tone of voice.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. Funding Priority: Arts & Culture.

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Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

Popular channels that distribute this content, like Screen Culture, have been removed from the partner program. We contacted Screen Culture for comment and will update this post if we hear back. If something exists, Screen Culture has likely made a fake trailer for it. The channels can appeal YouTubes decision.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab. For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history. Tracy : When we speak about cultureal spaces, we are really talking about caging and preserving culture.

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Engadget

APRIL 22, 2025

That may be true in the world of social media, but any rabid Nintendo fan will remember the incessant prompts to take breaks in the Wii, DS and 3DS eras. The platform says it's the first tech company to institute this kind of "proactive" feature to help kids build healthy online habits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field. That model uses social media a mechanism to give feedback. Another way to use social media is for the sharing and distribution of the finding.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Perfectionism is the enemy of learning and ultimately of getting improved impact. “We live in a culture of high quality and low risk tolerance and people want to be safe and not harmful. This is part of the culture change, getting around on the same page about the ship early and iterate approach. See more at: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

Maybe you are muttering to yourself ”Who can find the time to do social media?” ” Udi is just one example of nonprofit CEOs and leaders who use Twitter and other social media platforms. Social Media Golf Course: Find a tool or channel that is simply fun and have some play time.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

NetEases new martial arts role-playing game, Where Winds Meet, saw a strong mobile debut, earning an estimated RMB 250 million ($34.22 Why it matters: Where Winds Meets rapid growth reflects Chinese players rising demand for immersive, high-quality martial arts games that blend traditional culture with modern gameplay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2010

It is especially hard given the blame game culture that exists in most workplaces and work relationships. The ingredients of successful social media strategy are to learn from mistakes and Networked Nonprofits have cultures that allow this happen. Mistakes happen in social media (and many other areas). Mistakes happen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2010

Arts Council of Silicon Valley Staff. Top Six Social Media Mistakes and How To Fix Them. This is an interesting process of spreading the expertise and way of working to all parts of the organization. This is an interesting process of spreading the expertise and way of working to all parts of the organization.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Museums and cultural organizations, like the family of Smithsonian institutions and others we’re fortunate to work with at Forum One, have a wealth of opportunities when it comes to digital engagement. Driving and sitting across all these types of in-person and online interactions are digital marketing, social media, and advertising.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It can also surface blind spots in your cultural diet and point you toward unexplored literary territories youre likely to love. It analyzes themes, narrative structures, and emotional resonance across media formats. Cultural leaps: Ask AI to identify authors who write like your favorites but in different languages or cultures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. The first reaction I typically hear from nonprofit leaders when it comes to social media is “When am I going to find the time?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Marc van Bree and I were chatting about some of the collaborative arts marketing strategies that some arts organizations have experimented with on Twitter. Since there have been a few examples, I asked Marc if would write a post looking at some of these. What do you have in store for the future? Find us at @askthemusicians.

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Forum One

MARCH 30, 2023

Forum One’s recent design work with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Simmons Talks series was a dream come true: an opportunity to put passion behind a design that I believe in and honor the work of others who inspire me. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

A law meant to protect Indigenous art might just be lip service The first embroidery stitch María Méndez Rodríguez learned at the age of 7 was the chain stitch. On the surface, it’s a bold step toward dealing with cultural appropriation and remedying some of the ways these communities continue to be marginalized.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

By Julia Campbell , a social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. Also, on February 19 in collaboration with Nonprofit Tech for Good, she’ll be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Now that Sony owns both Crunchyroll and Funimation, the company has tremendous power over anime in the US at a time when many other media companies are trying to figure out their anime content. Netflix has also invested heavily in both licensing and producing its own anime content. “We We are excited to embark on this new journey”.

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Everyaction

JULY 5, 2018

Arts and culture organizations such as media companies, magazines, public radio stations, museums, theaters, and arts advocates have unique needs when it comes to data management. Database and CRM systems for arts and cultural organizations should offer the capability for several key tasks: 1.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

First up is Colleen Dilenschneider, the Chief Market Engagement Officer for IMPACTS, a global leader in predictive market intelligence and related technologies, and the publisher of one of our team’s favorite websites, Know Your Own Bone , which shares data and analysis about how cultural audiences think and behave. Robert Gilmor , Jr.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Holler , described by founder and CEO Travis Montaque as “a conversational media company,” just announced that it’s raised $36 million in Series B funding. You may not know what conversational media is, but there’s a decent chance you’ve used Holler’s technology. ” Image Credits: Holler. .”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

2) The rise in online giving is directly correlated to the rise in social media. 42% of online donors worldwide cite social media as the tool that inspires them most often to give. Arts and culture (2%), peace and nonviolence (1%), and research and public policy (1%) are the least donated to causes. 15% say Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The description: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Your Alumni Network. One of the themes I’m going to discuss is the Art and Science of Engagement. The art part includes all the ways nonprofits and schools can engage and connect with alumni of their programs through social channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

.” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. Meeting with Funders in New Zealand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

One of the very first bloggers I started reading and having conversations with about social media was Alan Levine (aka CogDog Blog ). Over the years, we have supported each other’s professional work and personal fundraisers before ever meeting in person. This post reflections on the training design as well as my content notes.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to connect with Colin Rhinesmith , Community Media Coordinator at Cambridge Community Television (Cambridge, MA, USA) and Adjunct Lecturer for the Media and Culture Program at Bentley University. Social media is a perfect compliment to our public access television channels.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

Last week I got to attend the National Alliance for Media and Culture (NAMAC) and Alliance for Community Media (ACM) ''s first-ever joint National Conference: State and Main 2014 ( #StateMain14 ) in Philadelphia, PA. Feedly : a news aggregation app that pulls feeds from news sites and social media. Community engagement.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Your audit might explore any, or all of, these seven areas: Technology systems Policies and procedures Security Productivity Communication Culture Professional development How you present this initiative to your employees is critical. Policing remote workers should not be included in your goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The annual SXSW Interactive Festival is a geek home coming for those who work on the web, social media, and gaming. These workshops will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center in state-of-the-art classrooms. Nonprofit Social Media Managers Enter The C-Suite: Peer To Peer.

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