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Seven solutions for nonprofits to effectively collaborate with stakeholders

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Hold participation events at times and locations that are convenient for stakeholders and provide a support system when appropriate, such as childcare for those who may need it (Woodford & Preston, 2011). Include a former beneficiary on the board of directors. Collaborate through field work and participatory practice.

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Our Museum: Extraordinary Resources on How Museums and Galleries Become Participatory Places

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Dr. Bernadette Peters' provocative 2011 report, Whose Cake is it Anyway? Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. Five years later, project director Dr. Piotr Bienkowski's final report for Our Museum tells a different story. didn't mince words.

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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

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I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. I arrived in 2011 with the explicit directive to execute a turnaround. Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. Three years later, we''re out of turnaround and into growth mode. Making co-creation sustainable and powerful.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Stacey Marie Garcia came to the MAH first as a graduate intern in the summer of 2011. Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. The value of participatory experiences is epitomized in FIGMENT , a free, creative, participatory, non-profit, community art event.

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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

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Executive Director Nina Simon, who was hired in 2011, says that in the years following the global financial crisis, the facility was struggling. “At The whole second half of the article was dedicated to our work: Smaller museums can be especially scrappy in finding ways to connect with the community.

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10 Nonprofit Books from 2010

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She is the founder and executive director of the Meta-Activism Project. I’m honored to be working with her on a training project that I’ll share more about in 2011. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. The book is available on Amazon or as a free download. You can pick up a copy here.

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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

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By the end of 2011, the House of Representatives withdrew its political and financial support. The Museum directors released Blueprint as a showcase for these plans. The early participatory projects are terrific. The root of my frustration with the book is not that the project never came to fruition.

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