Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

This case study, " Using Network to Stop Genocide ," by Ian Boothe was published on Idealware a few days ago. Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." Go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Google Impact AI Summit that shared the learning and case studies from Google AI Challenge winners. The Summit included presentations, panel discussions, and a “science fair” where we could see demos from and talk with the winners. I learned about the People + AI Guidebook.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Unsurprisingly, Boardsource’s 2017 study found that 84% of board members were Caucasian/White, 8% were African American/Black, 5% Hispanic/Latino, and 3% Asian. Leaders should also engage in participatory grantseeking. 27% of all nonprofit boards lack even one person of color.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. This way of working requires a different, more participatory leadership model and mindset that Allison Fine and I first wrote about in The Networked Nonprofit and others have written about called “networked leadership.” Each profile is illustrated with an in-depth case study.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. Note that there was a research study at Hebrew University published in Curator last year about improving a nature center's tour engagement and content retention through exactly this technique.)

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2010

The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to visitor participation. The Participatory Museum is an attempt at providing such a resource. I hope it opens up a broader conversation about the nuts and bolts of successful participatory projects. Tags: participatory museum Quick Hits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

Organizations experience increased social capital and higher accountability to their stakeholders, all according to a case study by the European Management Journal. Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests. Beneficiaries who are asked for their feedback have feelings of usefulness and increased self-esteem.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? And then you show up in person and feel jilted.

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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. However, several studies have been conducted on social capital and the benefits individuals can receive from various forms of community engagement. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 5 (1), 57-75.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

My colleagues at The Monitor Institute just published a study called “ Disruption: Evolving Models of Engagement and Support ,&# a national study of member-based advocacy organizations. The study was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The John S. DISRUPTION: Evolving Models of Engagement and Support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

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. It would be a video, instructional role play, or case study, where a network leader would share their story of events leading up to the groan zone and getting past it.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2008

I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). Their recent experiments with the exhibition Road Trip provides a useful case study of a mid-sized institution, a simple project, and some surprising results.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process. Invest in audience research and usability studies that include people with disabilities. The best way to measure how you’re doing and what problems need solving is by asking real people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. As part of our class, students composed a question and recorded a video related to their area of study and sent it off to Davos.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

This simple participatory project invites visitors to contribute their own small objects in little alcoves in our bathrooms. We have seven participatory elements in our current exhibitions on three floors, ranging from voting to talkback walls to an in-depth "make a memory jar" craft activity. and I hope you share them in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Nostalgia is much more than mere reminiscing; it’s a warm, fuzzy emotion that we feel when we think about fond memories from our past. In a 2012 study, researchers discovered that nostalgizing helps people relate their past experiences to their present lives in order to make greater meaning of it all.

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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). Yes and no.

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Care2

MARCH 6, 2011

However, a new study by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub says that being online helps Millennials gain diverse perspectives and increases their civic engagement. The study draws on survey data from a sample of 400+ California youth aged 19–22 who were surveyed after the 2008 presidential election.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

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. Despite its long history, few researchers studied the use and impact of citizen science until the 1980s.

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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). Yes and no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Of the 50 studies we reviewed just one started with the question – “ What skills, capacities are needed to help us achieve our mission? How will we build those skills and capabilities ” The rest of the studies we reviewed made the assumption that stronger organizations lead to increased impact.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Design to Invite Active Participation Participatory design can be one of the most effective vehicles for developing relationships, building social capital and engaging with community members in museum programs. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

One study finds millennials care about environment, education and health. In all of our studies, we see millennials participate in activism and give donations to an average of 3-5 organizations representing diverse issues each year. However, answering this question is always tricky as survey data is inconsistent. So what have we found?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

The book will publish in the second half of 2012. Writing a book while testing frameworks in a peer group setting was a little like trying to change a tire on a moving car, but it is far more fun to create – and this participatory process – makes the material more customized for the readers.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This participatory workshop will help you answer the question: What does old-school community organizing have to teach the wired activist? We’ll invite three participants to serve as case studies, break up into small groups and collectively map out an online strategy.

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Achieve

JULY 27, 2017

One study I examined when writing my book. Include participatory, “you”-centric language (e.g., “Are He is the founder of MCON and the lead researcher and creator of The Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the next generation supports causes. What do you want donors to do? . Why do people give? Are you in?”)

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

They were off-site for the first time in years, holding a special study session sparked by an exhibition about foster youth, Lost Childhoods. This argument became one of the foundations of The Participatory Museum. This is the participatory platform model. Museums could make the platforms for those experiences.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __. Not all programs and outcomes are identical, but very few are entirely sui generis. Sharing responsibility for building the relationship. Speaking with each other on a regular basis. And now, because I can insert a poll here, I’m going to. __.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Start by focusing your assessment on the outcomes that your app or platform is most directly designed to produce (such as increased trust between neighbors or resident contributions to a specific local decision-making process) rather than on very broad overarching goals like “strengthening participatory democracy.”

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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. They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Within Media Cause’s Creative, Brand, and Design team, one of our favorite things to do— besides creating incredible work for our clients—is sharing inspirational and educational resources with each other: articles, POVs, webinars, classes, books, case studies, blogs, tutorials, cheese. Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 15, 2010

My book, The Participatory Museum , has done incredibly well so far, but there's a problem: the interactive components aren't working. I wrote the book with thoughts, case studies, and stories contributed by many of you. I wrote the book with thoughts, case studies, and stories contributed by many of you. Thanks in advance.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

A way to explore doing a blind study on one''s self. We worked with a neuroscientist studying cooperation and competition to develop Experimonth: Frenemy , a prisoner''s dilemma-based game where players decided to friend or enemy an anonymous opponent based on one piece of information. I came to her with an idea I called "Gut Sense."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

A hot topic: How do artists and arts organizations engage audiences in the creative process? One of the slides shared (from a study by the Irvine Foundation) presented a ladder of engagement for arts audiences – from receptive to participatory. This revolution in artistic process is taking place across disciplines, including documentary (..)

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

Major research studies by the NEA and others demonstrate that adults well into their 60s are highly motivated to participate actively with cultural experiences. There are many participatory experiences that appeal primarily to adults, and they are designed distinctly for adults. But I don't think that theory holds up.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

Participatory fundraising often starts with events that allow people to get involved causally with a small time commitment. This blog talks about participatory fundraising ideas and the effect of healthy competition. Make it fun!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I found the article to be a clear starting point for thinking in a fresh way about how our museum can best intersect with schools and artists (and students, in our participatory setting) to develop strong programs. EMCArts put out a brief report from their recent study on how arts organizations deal with conflict around new ideas.

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