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What color is your nonprofit's blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nina Simon, Museum 2.0   (We'll be doing the nitty gritty in October)    For some reason, I landed on this excellent post by Nina Simon that categorizes different types of museum blogs.  Examples:  C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition Un Dispatch Easter Seals Autism Blog Indiana Art Museum.

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How Does Participation Work in Multi-Lingual Museums?

Museum 2.0

In the most extreme cases, I've talked to folks from museums that are government-mandated to provide all content in multiple languages who say they are unable to invite visitors to make comments because they'd have to translate all of them and simply can't dedicate the resources to do so.

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Musicians are hooking up synthesizers to plants for new sonic possibilities

The Verge

When Stan Smeets posted a video titled “I made a synthesizer that plays plant-based music using microscopes and sensors” to a synthesizer Reddit group, the users thought it was funny that he had stumbled into a meme. The results range from scatterings of notes in a strange tempo to fully composed ambient music. Pitch perfect plants.

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

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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Interview with My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship

Have Fun - Do Good

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. We created a sales gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum Stores, and began to invest in developing markets with collectors for artists. For example, our music, our movies.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: How Does Your Nonprofit Have Fun and Do Good?

Have Fun - Do Good

We choose a song (Bohemian Rhapsody was a recent favorite) and 'produce' a music video. Isabella Mori of Alphablogs.net suggests 10 Reasons Why Arts Organizations Should Have Blogs including to be, "a virtual gallery, museum, concert hall or book store."

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37 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Small Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Patrick’s Day Green (March 17). 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. Click To Tweet. The winner gets the chocolate.

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