We stop, smile and dance when we think about the fantastic music and all the love in the room at the May Gigs4Good benefiting One Day’s Wages. Together, we helped raise money to support ODW’s Clean Water Fund  and provide clean water to developing nations.

And that deserves a big THANK YOU!

• Thank you to our Gigs4Good sponsor, Greenpoint Technologies for covering the administrative costs of this show so that more money can go to One Day’s Wages.
• Thank you to the incredible talents of Theoretics, Fly Moon Royalty and Hot Bodies in Motion for providing the jams that kept us moving and the Columbia City Theater bumping all night! And to Marco Collins for truly being the host with the most!
• Thank you to our partners Apes on Tape, Seismic Sound and ABC Imaging for helping us get the word out for this amazing show and cause!
• And Thank You (yes you)  for coming to the show, donating, live streaming, re-tweeting and all the other stuff you do to show your support for Team Up and our amazing non-profit partners!

Don’t forget to check us out on social media or sign up for our e-newsletter to receive the inside scoop on upcoming shows!

Photos courtesy of Jason Tang Photography  

It is our pleasure to introduce Greenpoint Technologies—our May Gigs4Good sponsor!

Greenpoint has donated the dollars to make this Thursday’s show happen, so more money from your tickets and donations can go to One Day’s Wages. This is the type of generosity and connection to community that Team Up celebrates—and we thank Greenpoint from the bottom of our hearts.

So who is Greenpoint Technologies? They’re a Kirkland-based company that provides interiors for Boeing Business Jets that service VIP, corporate, government, commercial and head-of-state clients. Take a moment to check out their cool designs on their website. Even cooler, they embrace philanthropy and encourage volunteerism with their employees to give back to
our local community.

Our May Gigs4Good show is not the first time Greenpoint stretched their philanthropic muscles this year. In April, Greenpoint employees, alongside their families and friends, partnered with Rebuilding Together Seattle for the annual Spring Rebuilding Day (also known as National Rebuilding Day). This was Greenpoint’s sixth year rolling up their sleeves to replace kitchen appliances, dry-wall, paint, clean and spruce up the yard for a local homeowner in need.

Let’s show our appreciation for Greenpoint’s innovative business and big heart! Take a peek at their website and follow them on social media.

• Greenpoint on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Greenpnt
• Greenpoint on Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenpointtech
• Greenpoint’s Website: http://www.greenpnt.com/

And, don’t forget to join Greenpoint employees at the show. It’s this Thursday!

Grab tickets and prepare to jam to incredible local talents Theoretics, Fly Moon Royalty and Hot Bodies in Motion. Proceeds from this Gigs4Good will go directly to One Day’s Wages and their great work to provide clean water and sanitation to those living in extreme poverty.

Greenpoint’s Spring Rebuilding Day Project (front yard before and after):

Ah, water. A necessary and refreshing resource that we Americans are so lucky to have access to at the turn of a knob. However, the reality is that nearly 900 million people around the world do not have access to clean water. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.

Don’t let this get you down because we can all pitch in and help change these staggering statistics by supporting Seattle-based nonprofit One Day’s Wages and the great work they do.

Join us on May 9 at the historic Columbia City Theater for the next Gigs4Good show, an event to support One Day’s Wages’ mission to provide clean water to developing nations. The show will feature music from Seattle soul and hip hop artists Theoretics, Hot Bodies in Motion and Fly Moon Royalty.

One Day’s Wages (ODW) is a new grassroots movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty. Their name was inspired by their vision that simply donating one day’s worth of your wages can significantly contribute to a cause. Since 2009, ODW has grown its reach to promote awareness of global poverty issues and support relief efforts through partnerships with smaller organizations in developing regions. Team Up is honored to work with such a successful local nonprofit contributing to positive global change.

Tickets for this Gigs4Good go on sale next Tuesday, March 26 for $20 each. Sign up for our e-newsletter to receive a reminder and a link to the ticket page. Your ticket purchase or donation will go towards ODW’s efforts to provide clean water to people who are struggling to survive.

For more information on ODW’s innovative and world-changing work, connect with them on Facebook and Twitter. Don’t miss your chance to get down with this cause and some local beats! We’ll see you on May 9th.

“Celebrate Tonight” by Allen Stone and

“The Goodbye” by The Physics

Local music fans take note: a perfect brew of music and film is on tap at the SIFF Cinema Uptown this Thursday night. Team Up is presenting Bands on the Big Screen, a benefit film screening that will showcase videos of well-known and well-loved local musical acts, made by five talented directors with local roots.

“The cause?,” you ask. Yes, this is a benefit, like all of our events. This week, we are raising funds for a fantastic local nonprofit that many locals have grown up with. You guessed it: Northwest Folklife!

We are teaming up on Thursday to support an organization that has been tastemakers of culture in Seattle for over 40 years by hosting the largest free music and arts festival in the nation, the Northwest Folklife Festival.

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Northwest Folklife:

1. Northwest Folklife supports year-round programs. They put out a CD every year with great performances from the past year’s Festival called “Roots & Branches,” manage a music education after-school program in partnership with Dusty Strings, produce concerts and dances, and team up with other nonprofits throughout the year to help communities find innovative ways to present their culture through music and art
2. The Northwest Folklife Festival has been taking place each and every year in Seattle Center since 1972. That makes the 2013 event the 42nd Festival!
3. The Festival attracts over 6,000 performers and 800 volunteers each year.
4. Last year’s festival featured 149 hours of workshops and jams and 504.25 hours of performances and presentations, for a grand total of 653.25 hours of entertainment!
5. If you went to Folklife 24 hours a day, it would take the entire month of February to see it all.

Local Bands Rock the Big Screen
Thursday’s event has got some serious Seattle cred. The filmmakers, Jon Jon Augustavo, Brad Curran, Hayley Young, Stephan Gray and Tyler Kalberg work with artists from indie-pop band Pickwick to hip-hop storytellers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis — and we are reminded that our moody, caffeine-addicted, water-logged town is home to some of the most fresh, honest, and relevant music being made today.

One Night Only
If you love the Seattle arts scene, you need to be a part of this one-night only event. Tickets are going fast! The $15 admission price includes the 90 minute screening, and a post-screening Q&A session with the directors.

Thursday // January 31st // SIFF Cinema Uptown // 7 PM // $15 // Tickets: http://bit.ly/BandsOnScreen

Do you think you can make a difference with a Tweet? We do!

We at Team Up would like to invite you to join us at our virtual #TweetMob Monday, November 26th between 6pm and 6:30pm on Twitter. If you haven’t heard of our TweetMob before, think of it as a Flash Mob where we all get to take over Twitter for half an hour.  We hope to spread awareness about Team Up for Nonprofits and the Gigs4Good program through the power of social media.

During TweetMob we share about everyone involved with Gigs4Good – this last event of the year will benefit Team Up. Our winter-themed show, “Wintersong” happening Wednesday, 11/28 at The Crocodile, will feature acts from Ivan & Alyosha, Tom Eddy, Shelby Earl, Tea Cozies and more. These fantastic local artists are joining forces to help raise proceeds for Team Up for Nonprofits so that we may continue generating awareness, resources, and funds for the wonderland of Seattle-area nonprofits in 2013.  During this year alone we have given support to Climate Solutions, Seattle Works and Rainier Valley Food Bank.

All you have to do to participate, is post Tweets with ingredients such as the link to the ticket page with the #Gigs4Good and #TweetMob hashtags. Simply click on the links to Tweet or copy/paste the content provided below. Every Tweet, reTweet or Facebook share, will bring good to our community – YOU do make a difference, so join our mob, connect for a cause and share a Tweet!

Tags to Use:

#Gigs4Good  |  #TweetMob

Ticket Page:

 http://bit.ly/G4G14t

Connect for a Cause:

@TeamUp4NonProf   |  @TheCrocodile  |  @SeattleWeekly

@IvanandAlyosha  |  @TeaCozies  |  @ShelbyEarl  |  @TomEddyMusic

@BenbFisher  |  @KevinLongMusic  |  @Naomi Wachira  |  @TonyKevinJr

Share on Facebook by visiting: facebook.com/TeamUpForNonprofits | Join event page:  http://bit.ly/G4G14f

BIG THANK YOU!! Give our major sponsors Seattle Weekly & The Crocodile some love and gratitude; we really appreciate their awesome contributions to the event.

Tweets to share about Gigs4Good:

If you are logged into Twitter, simply click one of the links below and a Tweet will appear. Hit send and pat yourself on the back for making a difference in the nonprofit community – Team Up and our Seattle artists thank you!

I’m attending @TeamUp4NonProf’s #Gigs4Good Wed, 11/28 w/ @IvanandAlyosha, @TeaCozies, @ShelbyEarl + more http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Help make a difference: Together we can raise funds for 2013 nonprofits. @TeamUp4NonProf’s 11/28 #Gigs4Good http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Shout out to #Gigs4Good supporters @WeeklyEvents for being an awesome media sponsor bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Join @TeamUp4NonProf 11/28 for their last #Gigs4Good benefit of 2012 @TheCrocodile w/ Seattle artists http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Honored to support @TeamUp4NonProf’s last #Gigs4Good benefit of the year. Good cause, good people, good music bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Seattle nonprofit @TeamUp4NonProf has brought funds and awareness to local organizations w/ #Gigs4Good http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Sneak Preview: New video featuring @BenBFisher playing winter songs for @TeamUp4NonProf 11/28 #Gigs4Good http://bit.ly/TVBoBQ  #TweetMob

Support Seattle nonprofit community – attend @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good music benefit 11/28 @TheCrocodile  http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Since 2010 @TeamUp4NonProf has harnessed the power of music and philanthropy w/ #Gigs4Good events. Next show: http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Looks who’s playing @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good 11/28 – @ShelbyEarl @tomeddymusic @benbfisher @imanafricangirl http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

End the year on a good note! 8 local artists play winter music – proceeds to @TeamUp4NonProf. #Gigs4Good Tix: http://bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Help @TeamUp4NonProf provide funds and awareness for Seattle nonprofits in 2013. Live #Gigs4Good benefit concert bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Definitely check out these indie artists @tonykevinjr @ivanandalyosha @kevinlongmusic Tix @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

If you love indie music, local nonprofits, philanthropy – Check out @TeamUp4NonProf’s #Gigs4Good 11/28 @TheCrocodile bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Listening to @TeamUp4NonProf’s #Gigs4Good Spotify playlist w/ Seattle indie music http://bit.ly/G4Gws. Tix to show: bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Interested in supporting @TeamUp4NonProf or learning about how they impact Seattle nonprofits? http://bit.ly/TUstory #TweetMob #Gigs4Good

Awesome #Gigs4Good playlist by @TeamUp4NonProf w/ @IvanandAlyosha @BenbFisher @TomEddyMusic @TonyKevinJr http://bit.ly/QFpmlo #TweetMob 

Put on your holiday sweater and get ready to hear winter songs Wed.11/28 @TheCrocodile bit.ly/G4G14t w/ @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good #TweetMob

Some of the Northwest’s finest artists performing winter-themed songs. Proceeds to @TeamUp4NonProf #Gigs4Good: bit.ly/G4G14t #TweetMob

Calling all Seattle nonprofits!

Are you looking for more ways to attract and engage with young professionals in the community, online and off? Always wanted to host a cool benefit concert, but not sure you have the capacity, staff, or knowledge to put one together? Do you have a Facebook and Twitter account, but would like help in learning how to better utilize it?

You’re in luck. In case you missed it, applications are OPEN to become one of our 2013 Gigs4Good beneficiaries!

What does that mean? Well, by submitting an (quick) application – telling us about who you are, what you do, and whom you serve – you may become one of our nonprofit partners in 2013. If selected, Team Up for Nonprofits will work directly with your organization to produce a show exclusively for YOU with top music talent and you keep the proceeds*.

We also want to help you connect with the crowd and young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s, beyond your Gigs4Good show. So, as a nonprofit partner, we will be supporting you through our social media channels and provide dedicated training to answer your questions and help you navigate and leverage sites like Twitter and Facebook.

Over the past 2 years, Team Up has produced 12 shows at venues like the Triple Door, Tractor Tavern, and Hard Rock Café, and raised $35,000 for Washington State nonprofits such as Climate Solutions, PAWS, Rainier Valley Food Bank, and Seattle Works, and helped them build more awareness and a larger support system.

We only host 4-5 shows a year, but don’t let that discourage you from applying! There is a lot that goes into the selection process and we try to get different types and sizes of orgs from various causes.

IMPORTANT: We’re excited to share that this year we are working on more ways to support the nonprofit community, beyond our Gigs4Good shows. By just applying, you become eligible to join our own network of local nonprofits and get exclusive access to social media/nonprofit resources and are the FIRST group we go to if we are able to host additional, smaller events and trainings next year.

Application deadline has been extended to midnight, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5.

Apply (HERE) and please share with other great nonprofits you know!

*$5 of ticket price goes to support Team Up expenses.

Tonight, The Seattle Foundation will be doing what we at Team Up do best, literally teaming up for nonprofits! May 2nd will mark the second GiveBIG event and Team Up is honored to be part of this incredible day of giving.  At 12:01 am GiveBIG will begin a 24 hour period of philanthropic magic, allowing online donations to The Seattle Foundation for a plethora of local nonprofits until midnight on Wednesday. With the power of social media, hundreds of people will connect to hundreds of causes hoping to impact our city like never before.

GiveBIG Facts & Figures

• Nearly 19,000 individual donations were made for the 2011 GiveBIG event
• $3.6 million was raised for the 2011 GiveBIG event
• $60,000 was largest single gift for the 2011 GiveBIG event
• 2011 GiveBIG event was crowned “Best Use of Social Media” for 2011 by Seattle Magazine
• 1,300 local nonprofits are participating  for the 2012 GiveBIG event
• 2012 GiveBIG event goal is to top $3.6 million

Donations Matched: Any of the participating nonprofits will receive a pro-rated portion  of the matching funds (or “stretch”) pool. The amount of the “stretch” depends on the size of the stretch pool and how much is raised in total donations on GiveBIG day. For example, if a nonprofit organization receives 3% of the total donations during GiveBIG, then it will receive 3% of the stretch pool.

Golden Ticket Incentives: Throughout GiveBIG, donors will be chosen at random to have an additional $1,000 given to the charity that received their donation. The selected donor will also be eligible to win a Starbucks gift card worth $100!

Team Up’s GiveBIG Mission

Our goal is to raise enough funds to hire at least one part-time Gigs4Good Program Manager. Our organization is entirely run by volunteers and as we continue to experience success and positive feedback from the nonprofit community, sponsors and musicians, our need for a Program Manager is essential.  We hope the GiveBIG event can help us achieve this need!

Donate to our GiveBIG page

Connect for a Cause

The Seattle Foundation Website  www.seattlefoundation.org

The Seattle Foundation Facebook  www.facebook.com/TheSeattleFoundation

The Seattle Foundation Twitter  @TheSeattleFdn

Team Up for Nonprofits Twitter  @TeamUp4NonProf

Join the conversation on Twitter  #GiveBIG

NOTE:  This post is authored by Ryan Hodgson and originally appeared on Ryan’s personal blog.

Over the past two and a half years almost every day I’ve gone to bed and woken up  thinking about Team Up for Nonprofits, the 501(c) organization I founded. As you might guess it takes a lot of time and energy to launch and grow a nonprofit organization, energy a founder gladly gives for his or her (metaphorical) baby. But every founder also knows that at some point the organization they created will grow beyond their capacity to manage all of its aspects.

For Team Up for Nonprofits that time is now and I believe the ingredients for a successful transition are all present; a great Board of Directors that includes a wonderful leadership team, a successful platform of achievement to continue to grow from, a loyal network of supporters of the cause, and strong external relationships with people important to the growth of the organization. Given those key factors, last night I resigned as President of Team Up to focus on my duties as Founder of the organization. This decision will strengthen Team Up, allowing me a sustained involvement with the organization and the ability to better manage my time and energy between it and my real priority in life, my family. As Founder I’ll still sit on the Board of Director’s, I’ll be more relationship-focussed and represent the organization at events and speaking engagements. I will no longer be responsible for the daily goings on of the BoD’s or the Gigs4Good program.

The reality is Team Up has grown beyond the point where all roads can successfully run through one person. By dividing the roles I’ve been juggling and by adding an additional person to the leadership team the organization will be strengthened. Make no mistake that it’s hard for every founder to give up “control” and it’s been no different for me, but I also want what’s best for Team Up and of course my family.  It’s actually become a pretty easy decision the more I’ve analyzed it.   For those on “the outside” it’s important for me to point out again (as I’ve done at events when speaking) that Team Up was never a one man band, we have an extremely impressive group of very talented and motivated young professionals who I’m looking forward to working alongside as we move forward.

So what comes next? Team Up will be posting the President’s position on our blog in the coming days and for those who are interested in joining our team we will be asking for nominations.  In the meantime I hope you’ll all support our Gigs4Good benefit on April 12th at the Hard Rock Cafe Seattle benefitting our friends at Seattle Works. Tickets are selling fast and given our last event sold out I’d recommend grabbing your tickets now by clicking here so that you don’t miss out.

I’d like to thank everyone who has volunteered in some capacity through my tenure as President, I’m proud of what we have done together and can’t wait to be a part of Team Up’s continued growth as Founder. . .

Lastly, to my wonderful wife, thank you for your patience, love and support… I love you!

Some of the 2012 Team Up Board

NOTE: This post was originally posted by Crystal Southgate on SeattleIMO.

There is a reason why you are reading this right now. You need to hear three reasons why you are going to buy a ticket to support the next Team Up For NonProfits event:  Gigs4Good #11.

You should buy a ticket to the 4/12 Gigs4Good featuring Ivan and Alyosha …

#1: Because you don’t have to be rich to be PHILANTHROPIC

The biggest misconception with philanthropy is that it is for really old, really rich people. This is not true. There is a new generation of giving that has evolved and it includes YOU. With the enormous transformation of social media, we have been able to build world-wide communities that can support and build nonprofits across the globe. There is no stopping the amount of giving. It is not about donating a large, undisclosed amount of money – it is about becoming an advocate. Yes, you can donate to your local charity when you are in line at the grocers or perhaps spend a five on Girl Scout sweets and be considered philanthropic.

If you picked ONE nonprofit, let’s say at 21 years of age, and donated $5 a month until you were 40 years of age, you will have given OVER $1,140 to this cause.

or

If you picked ONE nonprofit, let’s say at 21 years of age, and donated 5 HOURS a month until you were 40 years of age, you will have given OVER 1,140 hours to this cause.

It is not about large checks, as you can see. It is about being a part of something, being involved in a community that gives beyond itself. You can give beyond your own means on a Top Ramon budget, if you consider this way of living.

To start, “Like” a local nonprofit on Facebook, reTweet them on Twitter or show up at an event here or there to volunteer. Realizing that YOU do make a difference, and that your one click spans the globe, can bring our generation to a point where giving is not an option, it’s not just a habit, it’s a lifestyle. So find things you want to improve about your community, join their cause and in the next 20 years, you will have made an impact that is invaluable.

#2: Because you like supporting SEATTLE Works

Your ticket purchase to this particular event supports a local nonprofit called Seattle Works.  The organization connects volunteers, develops emerging leaders and inspires dialogue. Funds raised through this Gigs4Good benefit will support ‘Seattle Works Day’, an event that engages over a thousand volunteers in one day to dig in at parks, schools and community spaces all over the city. Groups of coworkers, friends, professional groups, social organizations and the like, join together for an amazing day of teambuilding and community impact.

This year on May 19th, they plan on having up to 1,300 people participate for Seattle Works Day. In 2011, they had 1,154 individuals engaged in community service all in ONE day – which is over 4,000 hours of combined service!

#3: Because buying and listening to local MUSIC is a good thing

At this edition of Gigs4Good you will hear THREE local, up and coming Seattle bands sing their hearts out at the Hard Rock Cafe downtown. The night will begin with 27 year old Kevin Long from Spokane, WA who has been playing guitar since early grade school and sings it like he means it.  After sweet tunes by Kevin, Yuni In Taxco will jam out as they have for KEXP, Bumbershoot or the Capitol Hill Block Party – keeping it real with surf pop rock. For the final act, the Indie Folk band Ivan and Alyosha will take the stage. As previous openers for Brandi Carlile and a recent hit on NPR, the band is headed for a bright future in music.

All these local bands have spent hours sharing their passion on stage and have chosen to use their talents in support of Seattle Works and Team Up For Nonprofits, to give you a night of good music for a good cause.  Visit Brown Paper Tickets if you would like to attend the event. I will be there giving away free hugs and tweeting #Gigs4Good all night long!

CONNECT for a CAUSE:

Follow the event using #Gigs4Good on Twitter

RSVP to Facebook Event

Team Up For Nonprofits on Facebook

Seattle Works on Facebook

@TeamUp4Nonprof

@SeattleWorks

@HardRockSeattle

@IvanandAlyosha

@YuniInTaxco

@KevinLong

Huge thanks to everyone that made it out for the Feb. 9 Gigs4Good show with Kris Orlowski and Dawn Mitschele at Triple Door. An amazing night all around. Be sure to check out some of the photos below and we can’t wait to have you join us at our next event!

In addition, be sure to check out this great PSA that Kris Orlowski did for the show’s nonprofit partner, Climate Solutions. Good music backing good causes in combination with your support at the heart of it all…let’s keep helping drive big impact.