December 2011
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DID YOU KNOW?
In 2009 over 42,000 people volunteered nearly 2 million hours of their time to SCFD organizations in the metro Denver area.
-CBCA 2010 Economic Activity Study
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“9: the number of contacts with arts and cultural events per student in the metro...”
– SCFD 2010 Annual Audit
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“DID YOU KNOW?
7.1 million: the number of free or reduced rate visits to arts...”
– SCFD Annual Report
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What is Creative Placemaking? →
To be honest I didn’t know what it was until today either. Check out this very informative article, from the National Endowment for the Arts website, that discusses the values arts/culture creates for the economy. Funny thing is creative placemaking has been happening here in the metro area for a long time, we just didn’t know what to call it!
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Creating High-Impact Nonprofits →
Today I dug up this article by Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie R. Crutchfield and it is a definite must read. Refreshing new thoughts and ideas (back by research or course) about what makes a successful nonprofit. So put on your creative thinking cap and give it a read!
~Erica
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Colorado Nonprofit Associations Principles and...
Fuelled by last weeks Stakeholders meeting at the Denver Botanic Gardens I have decided to add an educational component to this blog. Think of it as your new nonprofit resource, you can expect to see many links to different organizations, and documents to help make your nonprofit the best it can be!
So, for today we’ll keep it really simple. Here is a link to the Colorado Nonprofit...
Stakeholder's meeting #1 was a success!
The Stakeholders meeting this morning at the Denver Botanical Gardens, facilitated by Engaged Public was a really excellent forum. We had good turn out from many tier III organizations, county cultural council members, and county liaisons.
So what is a stakeholder meeting anyway? Here is a little history on how the meeting came to be:
At the 2011 board planning session it was concluded that...
Go Inside the Museum of Outdoor Arts
I took a little detour on my way to the Douglas County Cultural Council Meeting on Tuesday and stopped by the Museum of Outdoor Arts and I must say I was truly blown away by their current show Light Supply. I knew MOA has many outdoor piece, but I was didn’t realize the extent and quality of their indoor exhibit. It is a real diamond in the rough. The museum is located within the...
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Colorado Gives Day raises $12 million, up 43% from... →
Check out this great article from the Denver Business Journal about the success of Colorado Gives Day 2011. Truly amazing results, great to see such community involvement!
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