A new report released by Wyncote Foundation & 8 Bridges Workshop highlights what cultural organizations learned while deploying digital projects during the pandemic. Here are some of highlights that resonated with me. (Disclosure: I was an advisor.) [Thread] listenlearnconnect.org

Yesterday we launched a report documenting 29 cultural orgs' digital work during the COVID era. Today Media Impact Funders & GrantmakersInTheArts hosted a convo among grantmakers & several of the profiled organizations to talk about ways the field can learn together. listenlearnconnect.org

Hi ho hi ho it’s off to #eyeo2022 we go. Here with 8 Bridges Workshop colleague Jess to learn, enjoy, and write for immersenow

If you need a little joy in your life check out this creation by @_salome playheymary.com and get clapping. #Eyeo2022

Today I got to spend an hour wondering what it's like to be a tree along with a few hundred other people. Thank you Ersin Han Ersin @MarshmallowLF #EYEO2022

The speedy folks Media Impact Funders have already posted the video & summary of our Tuesday webinar abt the Listen, Learn, Connect report. Speakers from Barnes Foundation Harvey B. Gantt Center and @MaYiTheater talk about their learnings from digital practice during COVID. mediaimpactfunders.org/listen-learn-c…

Public media job alert: Executive Director for Radio Milwaukee apply.kittlemansearch.com/Webport/Jobs/D…

Residency opportunity Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts in partnership with Black Public Media for Black filmmakers, creative technologists, & artists who need access to emerging-tech equipment, studio time, or workspace. submissions.blackpublicmedia.org/submit/228812/…

My most recent column for Twin Cities Business is now online, abt ways opera companies are evolving & what they discussed when they gathered for the OPERA America annual conference in Mpls last month. tcbmag.com/opera-companie…

Yesterday MPR said it’s ending its involvement in @InTheDark & hoping to find a new home for the talented staff. Let’s help the team of ace journalists get re-homed by sharing our love for the podcast. What do you most admire about ITD? Please retweet. Let’s get some love going.

Try that again with @InTheDarkAPM

My colleague ⁦Jess⁩ wrote about last month’s ⁦⁦eyeo organizers⁩ for immersenow. What a great festival this year. “The Discord is Forever”. After two years on hiatus due to the… | by Jessica Fiala | Jul, 2022 | Immerse immerse.news/the-discord-is…

Spent the day at our first in-person meeting post-COVID with all the Wyncote Foundation consultants. So proud, inspired, and energized by this work.

My 8 Bridges Workshop colleagues and I went to a Minnesota Twins game to check out the new ARound app and wrote this piece about it for immersenow We were curious because, if sports fans get used to this sort of stuff, will arts audiences be expecting it next? immerse.news/augmenting-rea…

🚨NEW on immersenow! Jessica Fiala and Sarah Lutman, of 8 Bridges Workshop, traveled to a Minnesota Twins game to check out their new ARound app, developed for use during games and inside their stadium. Read about their experience and their thoughts ⬇️ immerse.news/augmenting-rea…

Over the past two years, has there been major change within philanthropic giving? Have pledges and equity statements resulted in concrete actions and shifts? In our annual Giving Guide, columnist Sarah Lutman takes a closer look. tcbmag.com/2022-giving-gu…

Happy to share this report we wrote for Wyncote Foundation about the Local That Works contest and lessons learned!

Congratulations on this great report Center for Cooperative Media and for your years-long work to strengthen ethnic and community media in New Jersey. I wish we had a similar report for our region! medium.com/centerforcoope…

My story about the increasing frequency of "windfall" donations and how organizations are benefiting from them .... is now available on the Twin Cities Business website. The advice of planning consultants is: it's best to plan for the unexpected! tcbmag.com/2023-giving-gu…

"What if more nonprofits turned themselves inside out?" asks philanthropy columnist Sarah Lutman "What if more nonprofit organizations thought about contributing to street-level liveliness as part of their civic purpose?" tcbmag.com/nonprofits-sho…