Art for the People

Using Philanthrosphere®, Heurista worked with the fresco planning committee to provide a a virtual tour with media rich stories, multiple displays, and interconnected content. Now anyone can explore the fresco themes, models, artists, and donors in context with the larger Haywood congregation mission and ministry. The presentation is available online and is presented in the welcome center, providing interpretation for visitors. In addition to explaining the fresco, the portal provides recognition for those who have provided support for the project and encourages additional giving. The platform will grow with the project, serving as an archive of the design, creation, and evolution of the Haywood Street Fresco.

Digital Donor Recognition, StorytellingAnne Manner-McLartyApril 19, 2022philanthrosphere, digital donor wallComment

Environmental Graphics Celebrate Innovation

In 2020 Phoebe Health, opened a new simulation and innovation center at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia. Training in the Phoebe Health Simulation & Innovation Center will enhance patient safety and provide innovative opportunities for workforce development. In addition to team and individual training, new employee orientation takes place in the dynamic environment, introducing the mission, vision, and values of the health system.

Digital Donor Recognition: 6 Considerations Before Going Digital

Nonprofits must engage and inspire their audiences through virtual technology, too. Virtual experiences are the go-to solution for sustaining the philanthropic relationships that nonprofits rely on to meet their missions. Technology is more than a response to this emergency. It should be seen as an opportunity to put new tools to use, to innovate and disrupt our traditional, event, and facility-based habits. Technology is reducing traditional engagement participation barriers, providing efficiencies and cost-savings, and generating new, distinctly 21st century methods for building a culture of philanthropy.

Challenges and Advantages for Digital Donor Recognition

There are benefits and compromises inherent in the decision to use a screen to present donor recognition. A traditional donor wall allows a passive viewer to understand a considerable amount of information about the relationship between an organization and its donors without reading a single name. One can glean an idea of the number of donors from the size of the list. If a hierarchy of plaque sizes or categories is part of the display, those details let the viewer know that people give different amounts. The location of the display, the environment surrounding it, and the materials used to build it all help indicate the value the organization places on its donor. The best donor walls motivate the viewer to consider giving and explain how to make a gift.