The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

While many companies have been holding online-only shareholder meetings during the pandemic, Tesla says it will hold an in-person event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California in addition to a webcast. The company is leaving room for that to change, though. “[W]e

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Consider getting a corporate sponsor to invite their contacts and underwrite the event. Collaborating with local businesses and other nonprofits can supercharge your membership offers. These events can feature exclusive tours or free classes.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2014

Individual donors give for completely different reasons than companies do, so it’s important to determine why you’re creating levels in the first place and how you want those levels to influence your donors, for both individuals and corporate sponsors. This group was geared for the 20 to 40-something crowd, and they met for quarterly events.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Most Jewish nonprofits know that this is the best excuse to come up with punny costumes and read the Megillah, but even if you aren’t an org focused on Judaism, you could team up with a local JCC, synagogue, or Hillel: This is also a holiday where it’s tradition to give back. Buy an hour with Daylight Savings Time… (second Sunday in March).

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. Collaborate with local businesses.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Partner with a corporate sponsor or a major gifts supporter to host a matching gifts drive. Reach out to the chef of a popular local restaurant or send a call out to any supporters who are baking aficionados to host a virtual cooking or baking class as a fundraiser. Virtual tours for museums. Matching gifts drive. Silent disco.

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NTEN

MARCH 8, 2012

Are you interested in digital scrapbooking with seniors, planting flowers, or training kids as museum tour guides? We’re working with local service organizations to coordinate a bunch of volunteer opportunities for conference attendees on Monday, April 2 and Tuesday, April 3. Email sarah@nten.org to find out how easy it is.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more. If you don’t have the sponsors or the budget for high-end prizes, try hosting a trash art auction. Engage local artists to create art from recyclables in their homes and auction the pieces out during the online event. Don’t be discouraged.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 21, 2022

Be sure to tune in early to catch Cloud for Good’s Pre-Keynote Commercial featuring some of our amazing clients like Boys and Girls Club of America, Brooklyn Museum, Shatterproof, and The Food Bank for New York City. . Hear how Childfund International is using NPSP for fundraising, case management, and sponsor management.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Sponsors: Sponsors can be a major source of income for an in-person gala, and you don’t want to leave them behind. Luckily the virtual format gives you a lot of flexibility to make sponsors happy. Get local businesses involved for prize sponsorships, and make it a public, fun event that everyone can come and watch.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

I've long believed that museums have a special opportunity to support the community spirit of Web 2.0 This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! Me: Have you ever been to this museum? meetup for Elite Yelp!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

So when I stumbled across Austin Museum Day , project of the Austin Museum Partnership, I loved discovering that this event is offering free admission to thousands of Austin residents who likely wouldn’t otherwise visit cultural organizations. A: This year will be our 18th annual Austin Museum Day! Q: Why was it created?

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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 2.0

MARCH 11, 2007

On Musematic , Holly Witchey has rigorously recorded her recent experience at WebWise, a " IMLS/RLG/OCLC/Getty sponsored conference" on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World that was held March 1-2. To museum ears, this is fairly blasphemous--the idea that people want to use our content, not our exhibits. I like this.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2007

Whatever it is, museum program and exhibit designers, take note: I want a museum jam. There are some museums doing projects like this; Ontario Science Centre's RIG (rapid idea generation) sessions, in which they develop and put on the floor exhibits/programs in about 4 hours, are a great example.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

Next Thursday, June 14th, social media activists across the US go head-to-head in the Twive & Receive competition to generate the most donations for their favorite local nonprofits and the chance to win $30,000, sponsored by NTEN Members Razoo. The Lights. Submit now!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2015

Trendswatch 2015 , the annual forecasting report from the Center for the Future of Museums , is now available! So when AAM and Blackbaud hosted Trends Watch 2015: Using Open Data and Personalization at Museums with Elizabeth Merritt , Michael Edson , and Stephen Watson , attending it was a definite no-brainer!

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Community festivals, government-sponsored activities, and educational activities for students are all essential parts of this month-long celebration. Read books written by AAPI authors and visit a museum to learn about significant figures in the AAPI community and their contributions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 22, 2006

The most touching part of the program was when some students from a local middle school came up and presented him with a check for $1,325 for the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation that they raised by selling sweatshirts with their school name on the front, Piedmont Middle School, and "Be an Upstander.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2006

This is a project of the Getty Museum. (I Film Your Issue This is a contest being sponsored by MSN Spaces, MSN Video, MSNC.com, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and mtvU. I know I read about it in someone's blog this week, but now I've forgotten whose so my apologies for not giving a blogger out there credit for the find).

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Here are some tips to consider: Reach out to sponsors or partners for auction prizes. For instance, you might partner with a local restaurant to auction off a free meal. Along with reaching out to past sponsors, you should also set a goal to find new sponsors. These items can span from physical items to experiences.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

100% of the royalties from Celebrating Women go to the International Museum of Women. The International Museum of Women will be hosting a live, online chat on Friday, March 6 at 9:30 AM PT with Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International , an organization that supports women survivors of war.

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DipJar

JANUARY 28, 2022

Located just minutes from several beaches, the Gardens are a popular spot for local residents and visitors alike. . But the Gardens aren’t the only draw, it shares a campus with several other organizations: a heritage village, an art museum, the Extension services, as well as the county parks department. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The company says it donated around $350,000 in aid and Budorin, its CEO, said he gave his own Tesla to a local Territorial Defense unit. Musemio Musemio uses immersive technology and has partnerships with paid customers, such as the Crisis Charity and the Royal Museums of Greenwich. It lists tech professional CVs.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

They buy tickets to the local aquarium. Who is visiting your museum? Then a race that encourages participants to have friends sponsor them may be the best bet. If you’re a museum, blog about your exhibits, the excited kids from a recent field trip, or what a sister museum is doing. Who is volunteering?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Can you really use the same criteria to measure the effectiveness of a rural food bank that works locally and an internationally renowned art museum located in a major metropolitan area? Nonprofits’ missions vary too widely, and size and location matter, too. My colleagues and I would say that you can’t.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Local artists decorated and designed the 51 6-foot-tall light bulbs, which have been spread throughout the city. titled “Illuminating Lincoln: Lighthouse.” .

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 28, 2015

Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Local artists decorated and designed the 51 6-foot-tall light bulbs, which have been spread throughout the city. titled “Illuminating Lincoln: Lighthouse.” .

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Forum One

JUNE 30, 2006

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility. We also saw some.

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Forum One

JUNE 30, 2006

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility. We also saw some.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

They buy tickets to the local aquarium. Who is visiting your museum? Then a race that encourages participants to have friends sponsor them may be the best bet. If you’re a museum, blog about your exhibits, the excited kids from a recent field trip, or what a sister museum is doing. Who is volunteering?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2015

The Big Payback is coming May 5, 2015, and I am excited to be supporting Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art this year. Sponsored by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, and created to increase philanthropy in Middle Tennessee counties, The Big Payback is a 24-hour online giving event. What Is The Big Payback?

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Not chasing those sponsors, not writing another grant. You know, we spend, you know, $100,000 with them per year and they’re $250 golf tournament whole sponsor. Nails, the car, hair, you know, all those local small business vendors that are potential supporters of the organization. Look at it, 77.6% comes from individuals.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2020

Instead of waiting for them to come to you, go to them by participating in or sponsoring local events such as festivals or community block parties. For more inspiration, hear from the Autry Museum on how it attract s more visitors and turn s them into members and lifelong donors. . . Practice Self -c are.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

That’s what I will be thinking as I join people from across my local community at our National Philanthropy Day in Charleston, SC. I will be thinking about AFP, whose more than 30,000 members represent causes every day and secure the funding that keeps the good work going.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet! 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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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2009

Web Awards (featuring an activism award sponsored by Convio ) Hilton Downtown Sunday, March 15th 6:00 pm. Delicious Tech for Localism: Sustainable Food 2.0 Remixing the Museum Exhibition Room B Monday, March 16th 10:00 am - 11:00 am. Room 10 Tuesday, March 17th 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. Featuring @rachelannyes.

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