Comments for Research and Information for the Arts and Cultural sector https://arts-research-digest.com research and information for the arts and cultural sector Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Live simply, Give more, Expect less …and welcome to our guest blogger, Bev Morton by Judy https://arts-research-digest.com/editors-blog/live-simply-give-more-expect-less-and-welcome-to-our-guest-blogger-bev-morton/comment-page-1#comment-31 Judy Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:57:06 +0000 https://arts-research-digest.com/?p=32652#comment-31 I'm with you. I'm also wondering:what does well being look like? I guess you'll say, its an individual thing so that leads me to ask: is there a list of key questions we might incorporate into artists education and professional development? I'm reminded of the comment made by a recent graduate at a workshop I was part of: 'I've been in education for 15 years and I've never been asked to think about what makes me happy'. This person was full of wonderful ideas about how she could bring her creativity to enhance children's education, one of which was happiness workshops. So one of the questions might be: what makes you happy? I asked my nine year old grandson this question the other day and joy of joys, his answer was: my family. Judy I’m with you. I’m also wondering:what does well being look like? I guess you’ll say, its an individual thing so that leads me to ask: is there a list of key questions we might incorporate into artists education and professional development? I’m reminded of the comment made by a recent graduate at a workshop I was part of: ‘I’ve been in education for 15 years and I’ve never been asked to think about what makes me happy’. This person was full of wonderful ideas about how she could bring her creativity to enhance children’s education, one of which was happiness workshops.

So one of the questions might be: what makes you happy? I asked my nine year old grandson this question the other day and joy of joys, his answer was: my family.
Judy

]]> Comment on Ten Best Visual Data Sites by admin https://arts-research-digest.com/editors-blog/ten-best-visual-data-sites/comment-page-1#comment-4 admin Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:06:24 +0000 http://www.kinodv.com/?p=26364#comment-4 See also Vizthink from May 31st blog post - this link takes you to their visual data project showing the evolution of privacy on Facebook. http://vizthink.com/blog/2010/05/11/visualizing-the-evolution-of-privacy-on-facebook/ See also Vizthink from May 31st blog post – this link takes you to their visual data project showing the evolution of privacy on Facebook.
http://vizthink.com/blog/2010/05/11/visualizing-the-evolution-of-privacy-on-facebook/

]]> Comment on Need funds? Work Bottom-Up by admin https://arts-research-digest.com/editors-blog/need-funds-go-alternative/comment-page-1#comment-3 admin Thu, 20 May 2010 09:44:21 +0000 http://www.kinodv.com/?p=23311#comment-3 Hi Judy, It's one of the most creative responses to the age-old problem of funding resources I've seen! Following the main post, I've just read an article on Kiva in Wired - to date its mirco-lenders have supported 330,560 entrepreneurs, borrowing $129,881,885 via 181,431 loans, administered by 111 field partners in 52 countries. They only have a 1.5% default rate!! Can non-profits within the Arts and Cultural sector adapt these ideas for their community-based financing models? Hi Judy,

It’s one of the most creative responses to the age-old problem of funding resources I’ve seen!

Following the main post, I’ve just read an article on Kiva in Wired – to date its mirco-lenders have supported 330,560 entrepreneurs, borrowing $129,881,885 via 181,431 loans, administered by 111 field partners in 52 countries. They only have a 1.5% default rate!!

Can non-profits within the Arts and Cultural sector adapt these ideas for their community-based financing models?

]]> Comment on Need funds? Work Bottom-Up by Judy Seymour https://arts-research-digest.com/editors-blog/need-funds-go-alternative/comment-page-1#comment-2 Judy Seymour Fri, 14 May 2010 14:28:10 +0000 http://www.kinodv.com/?p=23311#comment-2 Here's a fund raising idea from Clyde Smith (http://www.culturalresearch.org/2010/04/why-not-turn-george-washingtons-late-fees-into-a-fundraising-campaign.html) that seems to fit the theme - Why Not Turn George Washington's Late Fees Into a Library Fundraising Campaign? 'So apparently George Washington and some other historical folks have late fees for unreturned books at the New York Society Library. While getting anything more than a publicity boost out of this situation may seem difficult, there is a way to monetize the moment and raise some funds for the library. What if they came up with a figure based on the accumulation of those late fees to date, the article mentions $300k for Washington's fines alone, and launched a public campaign to raise funds by getting people to pay off the library debts of George Washington and other famous people with such uncollected fines? Sorry, I can't hear your response to that question, the "KA-CHING" sounds in my brain won't stop going off!' What do you think? Here’s a fund raising idea from Clyde Smith (http://www.culturalresearch.org/2010/04/why-not-turn-george-washingtons-late-fees-into-a-fundraising-campaign.html) that seems to fit the theme – Why Not Turn George Washington’s Late Fees Into a Library Fundraising Campaign?

‘So apparently George Washington and some other historical folks have late fees for unreturned books at the New York Society Library. While getting anything more than a publicity boost out of this situation may seem difficult, there is a way to monetize the moment and raise some funds for the library.

What if they came up with a figure based on the accumulation of those late fees to date, the article mentions $300k for Washington’s fines alone, and launched a public campaign to raise funds by getting people to pay off the library debts of George Washington and other famous people with such uncollected fines?

Sorry, I can’t hear your response to that question, the “KA-CHING” sounds in my brain won’t stop going off!’

What do you think?

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