Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. What Does It Look Like to Support Women of Color to Lead? General Operating Support and Relinquishing the Illusion of Control. Here are 6 ways it could go.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. It's also worth noting that the facilitation supported thoughtful, on-topic engagement.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Since 2010 I have seen, again and again and again, how valuable human facilitation is to the participatory process.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. It can support funder and cross-sector collaborations and the processes of decision-making. Building knowledge is a social process where we make meaning together.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Cultural events during AAPI Heritage Month serve dual purposes – celebrating the rich diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures while also raising awareness and support for important community causes. Engage AAPI leaders and elders to gain their support and input. Or present grants and donations to causes they support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Why aren’t more museums designing highly constrained participatory platforms in which visitors contribute to collaborative projects?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Why aren’t more museums designing highly constrained participatory platforms in which visitors contribute to collaborative projects?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Note from Beth: I went to my first Games for Change Festival ten years ago, in 2005 and have been a fan and supporter ever since. Kennedy (EMK) Institute to support it in educating the public about U.S. government and encouraging participatory democracy.

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

That’s where participatory grantmaking comes in. By giving your community an active role in your grantmaking process, you get a better understanding of their needs, build stronger relationships, and have a more direct impact. What is Participatory Grantmaking? And several ways not to do it.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

As a person who works for a science museum, I work in an environment that supports play. But at my museum , the support doesn''t stop at our visitors. game guestpost participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences' I''m also given the space to take risks and to play as my work.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Regardless of which approach your organization takes, here are a few things to think about as you and your colleagues sit down to develop your next strategic plan: Your supporters really don’t care how the ship runs; they care about what your organization is doing to help people and advance its cause.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

The project is commissioned and supported by NESTA , an independent body with a mission to make the UK more innovative. Roles cards. Ideally, you’d run this workshop with your team, organization, community group, etc. Get the game pieces here: Playing grid. Technology cards. You Examples. What questions do you have?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

All the planning was ahead of me to deliver on our mission to increase investment in the social sector, improve partnerships – particularly between local actors and their supporters – and provide support for strong, resilient and impactful nonprofits.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 21, 2020

For bars and restaurants, this is the perfect way to celebrate your brand and thank your patrons for the support during such a difficult time. Hosting a virtual game night for New Year’s Eve is an attractive prospect for a friendly participatory experience. . Virtual Game Night. Do you know what is fun? Games are fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to help support the NTEN Community Challenge , which helped to enhance NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The following emerged for our group: How do we support individual leaders in risk taking that leads to emergence? Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide. It refers to the part of a participatory process where you know the problem or consensus won’t come easily. The goal was to generate, not judge our ideas.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Understanding the benefits of building social capital may be effective in creating a participatory culture. In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009).

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

The Art of Participation provides a retrospective on participatory art as well as presenting opportunities for visitors to engage in contemporary (“now”) works. If the participatory instructions were integrated into the standard black labels, visitors would not be as aware of the commonalities across the interactive art pieces.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

I'd say that these techniques support audience development, repeat visitation, membership, maybe could even attract new kinds of donors. We're hearing on a daily basis that the museum has a new role in peoples' lives and in the identity of the county. but I didn't have numbers to back it up. Or at least preliminary ones.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

The idea of including stakeholders in the process is often referred to as co-designing, or participatory design. How could we encourage supporters to stay as engaged eating popcorn on their couches as they would in a banquet hall sipping cocktails? What would the structure be like? What about content? This all sounds great, in theory.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Both emphasize museums reaching out into the community to support, understand and experience what the community is already doing. The value of participatory experiences is epitomized in FIGMENT , a free, creative, participatory, non-profit, community art event.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 21, 2020

For bars and restaurants, this is the perfect way to celebrate your brand and thank your patrons for the support during such a difficult time. Hosting a virtual game night for New Year’s Eve is an attractive prospect for a friendly participatory experience. . Virtual Game Night. Do you know what is fun? Games are fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ).

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches. THINGS I’M MOST PROUD OF: Redefining our role in the community. THINGS THAT SURPRISE ME: The central role of event-driven experiences.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our country’s cultural and educational infrastructure. What should be our role(s)? Museums are a part of this educational and cultural network. Where do museums fit in?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection. In this post, I hope to bring out some of the complexities of the idea of restoration as it occurs within an experimental museum supporting both a collection and the practices of emerging artists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

I have many, many colleagues and friends in that part of the world who are working to support women and NGOs to support a robust civil society or create economic sustainability for women. What is the role of nonprofits/NGOs in contributing to more resilient networks that can scale to build a stronger civil society?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. In the co-option model, the institution turns over a portion of its facilities and resources to support programs developed and implemented by external public groups.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 22, 2012

In 2008, when this group was assembled, they had political backing, financial support, and an energetic approach to their work. By the end of 2011, the House of Representatives withdrew its political and financial support. The early participatory projects are terrific. Few objects surrounded by supporting media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

As a blogger and social media maker, I have a strong interest in the future of my work and participatory culture. As an activist and evangelist for creative commons ' values and tools, I want to play a major role in helping to ensure that our culture remains as free and accessible as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Production System: The purpose here is the non-profit’s itself, and the maps describe relationships and roles in realizing the purpose; this commonly models how the organization does its work. . Key is a participatory development process. Generally there are three types of purposes that are priorities for non-profits to understand. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Patient advocates play a critical role in setting research priorities, designing clinical trials and structuring appropriate clinical engagement with industry. Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” This “Dr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Last month, I turned my blog pink in support of Breast Cancer and in September, I put on a red t-shirt. to support the monks in Burma. I have a strong interest in the future of my work and participatory culture. on my blog in support of Creative Commons Annual Campaign and gave some money too. But that's not all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

What role do video games, cell phones and social networking websites play in the development of today's children? Henry Jenkins , Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. and Catherine T.

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