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Getting from “no” to “yes” for climate justice

Candid

For example, the guide shares how savvy education funders are considering the impact of learning loss on students who every year miss more and more days of instruction due to the climate crisis. Invest in, support, and learn from intermediary organizations, many of which can help you adopt participatory approaches to grantmaking. .

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. Those who find it fun are called nerds.

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place.

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What strategies can nonprofit leaders use to move program beneficiaries into program partners?

ASU Lodestar Center

Obstacle 2: “We have no time.”. As noted in " Unpacking ‘Participation’ ," allowing beneficiaries to assist with program implementation activities such as projects and events saves paid staff members time. Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests. She loves to read, write and backpack in her free time!

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Equitable and Inclusive Messaging: Retaining Donors in a New Age of Storytelling

Qgiv

Whether your donors are transactional or high value (including mid-level and recurring donors) or participatory (like event participants and volunteers), building healthy relationships with them today—and retaining them—recognizes the responsibility we all have to our constituents, our communities, and, ultimately, to ourselves.

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Fundraising as Participatory Practice: Myths, Realities, Possibilities

Museum 2.0

As a designer, I'm always trying to ensure that participatory activities, however casual, impact both the participant and the organization. If fundraisers are so keen on relationships, why weren't they the first into social media and participatory projects on behalf of their organizations?

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's the key takeaways for me: * The capacity to be successful is an investment in time. "While none of these approaches cost a lot of money, they certainly require staff time to support. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education.