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Seven solutions for nonprofits to effectively collaborate with stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

Achieving equitable participation…requires a commitment to hearing all voices, valuing all perspectives, and taking swift action to correct disparities of representation” (Barnes & Schmitz, 2016). Collaborate through field work and participatory practice. Seek diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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

Museum 2.0

Dr. Bernadette Peters' provocative 2011 report, Whose Cake is it Anyway? Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. Our Museum started with a clear-eyed assessment of community engagement funding and practices across the UK. didn't mince words.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

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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10 Nonprofit Books from 2010

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I first met Mary in 2005 through my connection with the Global Voices community and can say that Mary is among the most knowledgeable and experienced digital activists in the world. 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.

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Next Book Club: Your Recommendations?

Museum 2.0

If the problem is us, let's start 2011 with some ideas on how to change. The more I talk with cultural professionals about promoting experimental practice in community engagement, the more I hear that the obstacles are internal.

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Is “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth’s Blog, September 2011. 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 ). Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. Not Data Driven.”