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May 2008 eNewsletter
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Piper Staff Note |
Program Director
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Technology is a fact of nonprofit life. Arts and culture organizations, in particular, have special pressures to stay on top of technology to attract new audiences and market events, performances and destinations. Most need to generate a substantial portion of annual revenue through ticket sales. This month marks the launch of the new ShowUp.com website, a project of Alliance for Audience. ShowUp.com has been a very successful arts marketing collaboration. In this issue of Piper Bulletin, you will find other technology stories and resources. And do let us know what you are up to!
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Nonprofits and Technology |
ShowUp.com now features a user-generated top 10 list of upcoming performances and events. |
ShowUp.com launches new look:
State-of-the-art website for collaborative arts marketing
Four years ago, Phoenix arts and culture organizations came together with the singular idea to jointly build audiences for their events, venues and cultural destinations. The resulting 150-member Alliance for Audience created ShowUp.com, an innovative website for connecting people with arts and culture. Now, just this month, ShowUp.com has launched a new site with a new look and new capabilities that provide audiences with new kinds of interaction and ways to get involved.
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Go to www.showup.com… |
Technology upgrade:
Three nonprofits give their perspectives
Catching up to the latest trends in technology can launch an organization into greater effectiveness and efficiency—especially for an arts organization needing to accommodate growing ticket sales and the ability to tap its own marketing resources.
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Resources
10 things every nonprofit executive needs to know about IT
Ways to get your information technology strategy under control.
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10 ways to use web 2.0 to change the world
When nonprofit staff start thinking about using web-based tools, they often think about doing it themselves…That’s not really necessary.
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Nonprofits and Technology
Emerging Research for Usable Knowledge
This book identifies the ways that new information and communication technology both help and hinder nonprofit effectiveness. The book establishes a body of dependable research on the subject, compiling the resources needed to make better technology-adoption and management decisions in the nonprofit sector.
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News from Piper Trust |
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Piper Trust unveils revised logo
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust is a long name. A long name can make a logo a little unwieldy and too small in application alongside other logos. Just in time for our move to new offices at the very end of June, when all our letterhead and business cards will change anyway, we have a simpler logo design. Going forward, the new logotype reflects dropping “the.”
More information on the move will be forthcoming. Please note our phone numbers will stay the same. Our new address will be 1202 East Missouri Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85014.
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Piper Fellows program offers new brochure and coming information session
The application process for the eighth class of Piper Fellows will begin in June. A new brochure describes the Piper Fellows program. Those interested in applying can learn more at a coming information session on Friday, June 6, 2008, 9-11am, at the Pulliam Auditorium at the Burton Barr Library, Phoenix.
Register for the Piper Fellows information session…
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Grantee Highlights |
Adopt-a-pool-fence supplies pool fences for families with small children.
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Adopt-a-pool-fence program celebrates 300th pool fence installation
United Phoenix Fire Fighters Association and Valley of the Sun United Way, May 1, 2008
United Phoenix Fire Fighters Association and Valley of the Sun United Way held a press conference May 1 to celebrate the 300th pool fence installation through the Adopt-a-Pool-Fence Program.
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Hospice of the Valley.
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Hospice of the Valley wins award
Hospice of the Valley, May 1, 2008
Hospice of the Valley, which cares for patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families, has won the non-profit category of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award…
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English Club shares its love of reading with Valley children
ASU News, April 24, 2008
There might be nothing more important in education than a strong foundation in literacy, and the ASU English Club is doing its part to spread love for reading and writing to young students.
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Governor's Arts Awards acknowledge two arts leaders
The 27th annual Governor's Arts Awards took place on April 23, celebrating the rich diversity of Arizona's arts and cultural treasures. Governor Janet Napolitano presented the Governor's Award in the individual category to Jessica Andrews of Arizona Theatre Company and Valley Youth Theatre received the Arts in Education award. Dennis Kavahaugh, Mesa Councilmember, was awarded the Shelley Award for his 20-plus years of arts advocacy.
NIA awards Arizona researchers $6.6 million grant to continue groundbreaking brain imaging study
Banner Health, April 21, 2008
The National Institute on Aging has awarded a team of Arizona researchers a five-year, $6.6 million grant to continue a landmark brain imaging study exploring the cognitive decline of healthy people at varying degrees of genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
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In the Media |
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Private philanthropy's global reach
Christian Science Monitor, May 12, 2008
Global philanthropy sports a multitude of faces. Bill Gates stands out, of course. But there's also the college student clicking a small online donation, the church contributing to microloans in Africa, and the Italian soccer team…
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Stardust CEO Jerry Bisgrove pledges record $25M
to Valley of the Sun United Way
Phoenix Business Journal, May 2, 2008
Stardust Cos. CEO Jerry Bisgrove has pledged $25 million to the Valley of the Sun United Way Foundation -- the largest donation ever made to the local United Way…
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Leading gently towards the big global tent
Alliance Magazine, April 2008
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, there was in the United States a philanthropic explosion. Vast sums of private wealth were directed to the establishment of private independent foundations.
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