Kindful

JANUARY 5, 2022

We can tell you how much nonprofits spend on advertising based on different factors, but that doesn’t necessarily mean your organization should spend that much as we don’t have data in this study that indicates the return on investment of this advertising spend. Organizations in this category include theater, dance, and musical groups.

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Studies Music Benchmark Museum 87

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

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. Areas served: San Francisco (Greater Bay Area), Maine.

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Arts Culture Grant Fund 108

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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Arts Artist Museum History 82

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Learn about Black history The origins of Black History Month are rooted in education, making learning an integral part of any Black History Month celebration! Take the time to educate yourself about the contributions of Black communities to the history of your nation. with Donate to support the NSBE’s programs here.

History 98

History Awareness Causes Celebrate 98

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. Areas served: San Francisco (Greater Bay Area), Maine.

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Arts Grant Culture Fund 73

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 Program Participatory Community 49

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.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On October 20, a young woman named Kate will move into Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and live there for a month. This post is not about the Month at the Museum concept or implementation. Instead, this post focuses on a fascinating aspect of Month at the Museum: the video applications. That will come later.

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Museum Contest Video Chicago 34

Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

It’s also much easier to target and personalize your message to different demographics, making your marketing strategy for fundraising far more effective. What are the different ways to fundraise online? Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience. Silent disco.

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Raise Ideas Online Help 98

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Musical Instrument Museum. This pairing speaks directly to my passion for the arts – my day job is as manager for individual giving at the Musical Instrument Museum , and I serve on several music-related boards, as well as perform as a flutist and singer. Maureen Baker , Manager for Individual Giving.

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Phoenix Arizona Music Classes 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Different culture has different understanding of philanthropy and we use different words to represent various aspects of the concept. Each year AFP organizes an international fundraising conference, attracting more than 4000 professionals from 60 different countries to attend over 100 different sessions over 3 days.

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Children Philanthropy Japan China 81

Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (MBWML) was established in 1958 and named to honor the mother of America's first president. The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Images: Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library.

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Virginia History Museum Library 36

Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

For a laugh, put different donation amounts in the eggs that kids are finding. 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.

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Ideas Fundraising Fun Kentucky 98

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

In the final installment of Museum 2.0’s s four part series on comfort in museums, we get down to the basics: creature comfort. So for this last piece, we look at going the other way: making museums more physically comfortable. There was funky music. And on the walls, my friend explained, was art from the museum itself.

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Museum Denver Arts Design 30

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. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Mentions at different times and places during any festivals you host.

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Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 324

Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2024

However, the criteria you use for donor segmentation will differ from other organizations, reflecting your unique mission and donor base. Demographics like a donor’s age, education level, and occupation are the clearest places to start with donor segmentation. As you know, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to fundraising!

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Donor Raise Tips New Jersey 104

Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It is an incredible museum experience. The visitor is given a copy of her poster and the museum keeps a copy as well.

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Denver Museum Arts Remix 21

Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2008

Which has more social impact: the place frequented by educated art lovers or the one populated by blue collar joes? Over the last several weekends, my husband and I have been visiting a different kind of art institution: a tattoo parlor. I'd love to see a museum offer temporary tattoos instead of stickers at entry.

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Museum Arts Artist Culture 23

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. First published in Curator magazine in 2002, this essay presents five different museum "types" and their distinct opportunities and challenges.

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Museum Taxonomy Arts National 20

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. MOMA has standard art museum labels. When I asked an art museum educator about this (“How should I look at art?”), she said that I had to start a conversation with the piece.

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Museum Arts Artist Audio 30

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

Towards that vision, they are creating a networked community of cultural entrepreneurs, cultural investors, and cultural entrepreneurship educators. 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.

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Culture Global Interview New Mexico 51

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For us, it was no different! This tool was awarded five different awards for its interactive design and ability to communicate key health and livability data. Forum One partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. This work won a silver Davey Award for Education!

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Celebrate Award Colorado Museum 67

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This is the second part of a two-part interview with John Falk and Beverly Sheppard on their book Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. I love this idea, but I often find that museum staff are really nervous about making any changes that might alienate current members/donors.

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Interview Museum Phase Reflection 32

Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

Forum One has been nominated for 11 Vega Awards in 8 different categories! We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. This work not only included launching a new website, but also revitalizing the entire American Jazz Museum brand as a whole. We’re glad to share some exciting news!

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Award Museum Kansas City Drupal 82

Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

We’re happy to say that Forum One has won 11 Communicator Awards in 7 different categories for the second year in a row! Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy.

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Award Communication Colorado Museum 82

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For us, it was no different! This tool was awarded five different awards for its interactive design and ability to communicate key health and livability data. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world. This work won a silver Davey Award for Education!

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Celebrate Award Colorado Museum 46

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

Last month, the Christian Science Monitor published an article entitled, "Museums' new mantra: Connect with community." It took me a couple weeks (and various museum blog responses ) to realize what bugs me about this article--it treats "connecting with community" as a marketing ploy, a "mantra" rather than a mission.

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Community Museum San Diego San Francisco 22

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

He notes that film, music, visual art, and literature have evolved as media that are used in all kinds of environments, from the mundane to the profound. Serious games thus have an important role to serve in video games’ attempts to mature as a medium—not because they train or educate or inform, but because they help make games more boring.

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Game Fun Museum Movie 20

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. Some museum pros have been puzzled by this. or to start their own.

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Virtual Tech Lesson Second Life 21

Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

into the museum is the potential to encourage more positive in-museum interactions among strangers. I want in-person museum experiences to be more like experiences on social sites like Flickr, where strangers connect and form relationships around content. A lot of what interests me about bringing 2.0

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Museum Myspace Facilitation Social Network 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

If we were musicians, we'd have the recordings and the sheet music. I spoke to them on different days, so I've taken some liberty with structure here, but their words are maintained intact. The whole process of developing an exhibition tends to get stuck behind a museum's doors. What was the basis for this project?

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NSF Interview Case Study Museum 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? But for museum and art wonks, it could be. Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape?

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. And earlier last month, the Museum of Television and Radio announced a name change to the Paley Center for Media. Museum means different things in different markets.

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Museum Arts Library Listserv 22

Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2011

In 1990, educator and cultural critic Neil Postman described a museum as "an answer to a fundamental question: what does it mean to be a human being?" Without an explicit "I" voice, the museum's perspective on humanity is oblique to say the least. Welcome to Pine Point is not a museum project.

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History Museum Sound Voice 43

Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With this fundraising idea, you gather supporters together online to join different “house parties” led by each of your peer-to-peer volunteers. You can procure items that encourage residents to explore the city in a fun way, such as local restaurant gift certificates or tickets to museums or sports games.

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Ideas Fundraising Virtual Fun 59

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So in format for today, part of this is going to be educational, going to hopefully learn some things you haven’t learned before, and part of it’s definitely going to be strategic. We want to make a difference. We spend 50, 60 hours a week working really hard, usually for a little pay to really make a difference.

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Money Personal Relationship Raise 103

Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2008

How is a museum like a radio station? It’s called Pandora , and its successes reveal interesting lessons about aggregating museum content. 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. new to me and b.

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Collaboration Music Museum Articulate 20