Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. Once you understand these five elements, you’ll be able to pick them out in TV shows, movies, books, and news articles. It’s one of the most iconic photos in history, and it’s that way for a reason.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Celebrating a Region Rich with History. New stories surface, like arrowheads long buried, providing constant shifting of information that gives vitality to history."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 8, 2024

Mastering AI by Jeremy Kahn is absolutely a must-read for every business leader who wants to better understand the history and evolution of AI (Artificial Intelligence), and more important, the promise and perils of AI for businesses and society. Compel us to reimagine how we make art, compose music, and write and publish books.

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OneCause

AUGUST 22, 2024

For a more educational approach to hiking, get a local guide to show you around, telling you all about the trees and animals you’ll pass or about the region’s history, and charging an admission fee to join in. You can add as many extras as you want; musical entertainment, trivia, speeches, et cetera. an excuse to get out and see it.

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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. Tickets to a musical or play It can be tricky to get tickets when popular musicals like Les Misérables or Hamilton come to town.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Participants can collect pledges based on the number of books they read for the duration of the campaign to raise money for your cause. Put on some Irish music and work with a local dance company to show off some Irish Riverdance for a more festive celebration. Patrick’s Day.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

We came up with a book wishlist for donors who wanted to pitch in and buy specific books requested by Bookshare members. One donor made a special offer to our top volunteers, those who have provided at least 150 books to Bookshare: that they could request any one book and we'd (not they!) Pavi • What a great present!

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APRIL 19, 2023

The initial wave of generative-AI examples in the art, music, and written composition spaces has generated a lot of interest within the technology sector. ” There’s a helpful example in her book Thinking in Bets. Author and poker champion Annie Duke calls this “resulting.”

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. But each of these studies yields another useful nugget. Direct questioning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Throughout history, philanthropy plays a very important role because it directly impacts our wellbeing. She came up to me and said she was very impressed by the history of American philanthropy and the AFP professionalism. I then said to her ‘Don’t you know that Egyptian has a longer history of philanthropy than the Americans?’

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

This is the advice from the authors of the new book, Connect: How Companies Succeed By Engaging Radically With Society. The book is all about redefining three discredited works: Corporate Social Responsibility. John Browne Question: What does history tell us about the mistakes that companies make?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. On the side of practice, there's a much longer history and body of organizations working on audience age and income diversity than on race. The plaza serves as a kind of front porch to the museum, ushering visitors old and new. “I

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

Guests can book your experience on Airbnb, and all of the funds collected go directly to your organization. Or, you can help guests gain an appreciation for your cause through an educational or cultural activity — like a DJ lesson with a music nonprofit or a bike tour through LGBTQ history. How to Get Started.

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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. Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. Sheet music is a beautiful analogy for this.

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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? The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Or, you can take David Neff ''s local advice: skip the lines at Franklin''s and instead check out the amazing BBQ, bar, and history behind Freedman’s. For a unique sight, view La Belle, a famous 17th century shipwreck, preserved and being restored in its entirety in situ at the Bullock Texas State History Museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

When I think of story telling, I think of books. The Little Golden books from my childhood, non-fiction books that revolutionized my perspective of the world and novels that I rarely take the luxury of reading. I saw for myself that history was unfolding in front of me. A Guest Post by Sam Mayfield.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

African-American history mobile tour uses GPS technology to pinpoint historically relevant campus sites nearby. What all these apps have in common is that they use Worldcat , the enormous global catalog of library collections, to provide detailed information about books, CDs, and movies. Mobile tour users can then. like to own.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

This is the greatest wealth transfer in history, and may be the biggest opportunity for philanthropy ever. First, donor expectations no longer include an in-person conversation, so a gift officer can have several more “visits” per day than she would traditionally do, and may be able to book significantly more gifts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Google already knows enough about me (it reads my mail, my feeds, my search history, and a few shared documents, to boot,) I’m certainly not going to add virtually everything else I do (the percent of things I do using a protocol other than http(s) is dwindling by the second.) I am going to have to stop using Chrome.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2012

--Martha Beck, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World Like many of you, I know Martha Beck from her O Magazine column (it's the first thing I read), and her many self-help books (e.g. My favorite metaphor for this time in human history is a stormy sea, or possibly a very fat white-water rapid. I'm on the Team. I bet you are too.

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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. History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. Throw in beer and pizza and music and it can be fun. These exist already!

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Prepare to be inspired and then to work hard as you read Bo Eason ’s book on how to be the best in the world at what you do. The book is called, There’s No Plan B For Your A-Game. Eason : When you hear people say, “We live in the most distracted time in human history,” what’s your first reaction? A lot of people feel depressed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Prepare to be inspired and then to work hard as you read Bo Eason ’s book on how to be the best in the world at what you do. The book, published a few years ago, and is called, There’s No Plan B For Your A-Game. Eason : When you hear people say, “We live in the most distracted time in human history,” what’s your first reaction?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

A Community-Based Approach to Collecting and Cataloging CUL is a replicable model for community archives that accepts every piece of print media from a certain area without making quality or importance judgments, going back as far in history as possible. This Pop Up Library just returned from a folk music festival.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Prepare to be inspired and then to work hard as you read Bo Eason ’s book on how to be the best in the world at what you do. The book, published earlier this month, and is called, There’s No Plan B For You’reA-Game. Eason : When you hear people say, “We live in the most distracted time in human history,” what’s your first reaction?

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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. Book Sales Collect and sell donated books at a book sale event, with proceeds supporting your nonprofit.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

To help us all celebrate Pride Month 2023, Neon One’s employee resource group for LGBTQIA+ individuals, Neon Pride, has put together a list of LGBTQIA+ books, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and songs as a fun and enlightening media guide for June and beyond. It’s a time for celebration, for awareness, for community, and for action.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It has a very long history, though, since it is based on Borland’s InterBase codebase. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6. Firebird – this is a newer kid on the block, sort of.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It has a very long history, though, since it is based on Borland’s InterBase codebase. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6. Firebird – this is a newer kid on the block, sort of.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Joomla does have an interesting history – it was the fork of a project (called Mambo). I’ll have to admit to my preference for Joomla, although Drupal is growing on me more and more. I haven’t spend enough time with Plone to really get a feel for it. Mambo is way less popular than Joomla at this point.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

Our main focus has been our text book image description project. Our summer volunteers write text book image descriptions, review and revise descriptions, provide technical assistance, and proofread children’s books with new image descriptions. Originally I did book metadata adjustments and wrote synopses. And I LOVE it!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

His first book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen , which he co-authored with Anna Lappe , won a 2007 Nautilus Award for Social Change. You have a new book coming out, Vegan Soul Kitchen. As I say in the book, the recipes are ripe for interpretation. I have a lot of soups in the book. Kellogg Foundation.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

I visited a friend last weekend who works at a coffee shop in downtown Santa Cruz, right next to the Museum of Art and History. There was funky music. Why doesn’t the whole Museum of Art and History look and feel like the coffee shop? They also have one with chairs with iPods for listening to music.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Just from my understanding of history and my understanding of politics, the best way of actually being able to improve the living conditions of low income, oppressed people is for those people to come together and take their destinies into their own hands. It's now available on AK Press; you can get it at akpress.org, or on Amazon.com.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

If we were musicians, we'd have the recordings and the sheet music. Jim: It came out of a book that Kathy Maclean did with Wendy's help, Are We There Yet? There was a need recognized and that need was that exhibits and exhibitions were being redesigned over and over again without that sense of history.

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