Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2021

Beecher Hicks III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville, TN. NMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans. Today’s Q&A is with H.

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Kindful

JANUARY 5, 2022

Whole Whale works with nonprofits and published this data to help organization leaders have a better idea of how to set their fundraising and advertising budgets. These three nonprofit types are: Performing Arts Companies, Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events, and Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

American Jazz Museum Best Arts Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room and Gem Theater. Department of Energy.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Forum One has partnered with NRDC to develop its website as well as additional digital assets, such as an immersive storytelling experience to celebrate the organization’s 50th anniversary in 2020 and an offshore drilling position tracking tool to help constituents easily find their legislators’ positions on offshore drilling.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2024

Here are six tips to help you plan your celebration: 1. a leash with your logo on it for animal shelters, a portable Bluetooth speaker for music or theater organizations, or a special edition print for art museums, etc.) How can you leverage National Nonprofit Day for relationship building and fundraising?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

An emergency campaign can help you raise the money you need to effectively deal with the problems at hand. Platforms like Amazon Smile , iGive.com, and ShopRaise help your donors passively donate to your organization every time they shop online. Virtual tours for museums. Student art show. Micro-donation programs.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2020

We love Know Your Own Bone because it uses data to help cultural organizations stay relevant in today’s ever-changing world. I had a total fan-girl moment meeting Colleen when she delivered the Arts & Cultural track’s keynote at bbcon 2019 in Nashville last October. Robert Gilmor , Jr.”

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Musician’s clothing Costumes Musical instruments Include a certificate of authenticity with the item to reassure donors of its credibility. Help take some of this stress away by auctioning off concert tickets for famous acts coming through town. Art that has personal meaning for your community is also a safe bet.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 14, 2011

Should museums play music - in public spaces and or in galleries? So I thought I'd open it up to the Museum 2.0 Pros for music: Music helps designers frame the atmosphere for the intended experience at the museum. Cons for music: While silence can be oppressive, music can be distracting.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Elevating Latino Voices: How Nonprofits Can Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month From the rhythmic cadence of salsa music to the inspiring tales of pioneers who’ve blazed trails in fields as diverse as literature, science, and politics, the Latino community has enriched the American mosaic in countless ways.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Parker, a Seneca Indian who worked as the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. National Native American Heritage Month was created with the intention to provide a platform for American Indians to share and honor their culture, traditions, music, art, dance, beliefs, and ways of life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.) Perli Ni is the CEO of GreatNonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh created a Summer Adventure program. Could your teen volunteers help run the kids programs?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

The Washington Post covered the MAH's transformation as part of an article about museums engaging new audiences. The whole second half of the article was dedicated to our work: Smaller museums can be especially scrappy in finding ways to connect with the community. It’s something that any museum, of any size, can work toward.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

Working with arts organizations there are often concern that your constituent stories aren’t as impactful. million likes surely someone touting the effect of music and art on their lives can get just as many. How did it help your child? Educate those that want to help. to participate in an event. Make it easy.

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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. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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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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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

This is an amazing April Fool’s idea from the Frederic Remington Art Museum : Their annual April Fool’s Day Ball invites users to contribute at normal event-pricing tiers (attendance, attendance + pre-party, attendance + after-party), but then not show up. Art Show and Silent Auction. Have a Gala Where No One Shows Up (April 1).

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Are they country music lovers, or do they enjoy the symphony? Sporting, museum, or concert tickets. Paintings and art. The more people you communicate your goals to, the more potential you’ll find help. Do your research on unique and must-have auction items your guests will be eager to bid on and win.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

If you run a nonprofit museum, advocacy group, animal shelter or environmental protection organization, starting a summer camp could be a logical next step toward rewarding your members, donors and supporters. Here are a few tips to help you get started. But the reality is that summer camps come in all shapes and sizes. Go paperless.

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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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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

But I’d been scribbling notes for an art museum label post for awhile, and then yesterday, the NY Times had a review of a new show at MOMA, Comic Abstraction. And it ended with this: No wonder it [MOMA] ends up showing shallow, label-dependent art rather than work that offers deeper, more contradictory encounters.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Need help deciding what type of online auction your nonprofit should host? 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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Activities are typically group undertakings in the form of programs that help nonprofit staff acquire self-care habits and practices that address well-being, not just physical health. They got feedback from staff about what types of activities might help them avoid burnout.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

It's my second week as the Executive Director at The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA, and boy is my everything tired. There's just too much involved in the first few months of taking over a struggling museum to realistically imagine that I can also make enough fun stuff happen to keep me satisfied. Please help us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. As you create or adapt your donor benefits, you may find the list compiled below helpful. Swag or merch: handmade item by someone helped by your charity. It was super cool.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2010

When it comes to user participation in cultural institutions and the arts, it's popular to launch projects that pit visitors against experts. at the Brooklyn Museum, where you could track how people of various levels of art expertise rated crowd-contributed photographs. There was Click! What tools do we use?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

We know that young people like Generation Z are future donors, so programs that help introduce philanthropy at a young age will a big pay off down the road. One of them was the curator of the world largest archaeological museum, Grand Egyptian Museum. Read on for more. In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

OdysseyWorks is a collective that makes immersive art experiences for one person at a time. OdysseyWorks' projects get to the heart of the fiercest debates in the arts today. Is it elitist to present art that may be dislocating or foreign? You have to generalize. But what if you only had an audience of one?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition to being the co-founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship, he is the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. He is also the co-founder of the International Folk Art Market. That business really caught on, and it produced support for the museum. This was 7 years ago.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. Want some waffles with your art? Skill-sharing free schools. Community science workshops.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2012

You know those times when you are looking for a blog that provides you with meaty analysis on contemporary issues in arts engagement? When you want someone rooted in both the business and art worlds? Here's what I love about Createquity: In-depth analysis of arts research reports. Exposure to a broader arts world.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

People from across the country will gather at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago to experience MCON in person and over 20,000 people will stream the event online. The Art Assignment is a weekly video series produced by PBS Digital Studios, hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green and author/vlogger John Green.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. Tweets about #marketing, #nonprofit and #nptech,#arts and #museum best practices. I help non-profits w/ tech., He digs helping nonprofits excel at digital marketing, social media and online fundraising. Know Your Type.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Last Friday night, my museum hosted a fabulous (in my biased opinion) event called Race Through Time. Everything about the event--from the time slot to the tone of the content to the music played--was designed for that audience. Late night mixers at museums for young adults. Museums are not for specific crowds alone.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2024

For instance, a large nonprofit focused on preserving arts and culture might segment its audience by location and focus its stories on the most well-known museums or cultural landmarks in a donor’s state. This approach helps your donors feel a stronger connection to your cause by highlighting something they’re familiar with.

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