Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

A philanthropy insider once shared during a presentation that foundations develop guidelines so they know to whom to say “no.” It also explains how the McKnight Foundation is connecting its participatory democracy work with climate justice efforts in historically marginalized communities. . Not reinventing the wheel.

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Guidelines Participatory Case Study Philanthropy 105

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Creative Power of Datamaking Focusing on the action of datamaking opens a world of possibilities for developing knowledge. Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. It can support funder and cross-sector collaborations and the processes of decision-making.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

. – Sharing Knowledge Wiki -This wiki was created by The ICT-KM group of the CGIAR and other partners to catalog and document processes for nonprofits that want to share knowledge across partners doing development work. The facilitation methods are participatory. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

Facilitation 86

Facilitation Skills System Change 86

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 8, 2022

Attendees are welcomed and encouraged to bring their whole self to the NTC, and NTEN promises to weave a sense of community into session and activity throughout the three-day event. Opportunities for Professional Development. Where to Find Cloud for Good.

Conference 87

Conference Technology NTC NTEN 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The panel was facilitated by Di Dang, Google Developer Design Advocate. The guidebook focuses on “participatory machine learning,” which actively involves a diversity of stakeholders – technologists, UXers, policymakers, end users, and citizens.” I learned about the People + AI Guidebook.

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Google Design Impact Participatory 95

Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. In his thoughtful preface to this project, I reconnected with five lessons I''ve learned from participatory projects in museums and cultural sites. Constrain the input, free the output.

Participatory 52

Participatory Arts Music Learning 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory.

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Participatory Museum History International 44

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. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact.

Participatory 51

Participatory Arts Audience Museum 51

Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. Two years later, this project is still one of the most fondly remembered participatory experiences at the museum--by visitors and staff. He creates a visual representation of his story.

Participatory 52

Participatory Evaluation Project Museum 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Development works when you are responsive to the donor's needs, not just presenting your own." But as a creative type who has recently taken on an executive role, I've been fascinated, shocked even, to learn that the folks in the development department have been singing the relationship chorus for so long.

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Participatory Practice Fundraising Relationship 39

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

As a result, some foundations have started thinking about giving in a crisis before it even begins and developing a strategy to make sure that their funds have the most impact. They are now adding new subject areas to their portfolios, like public health, mental health, food security, use of technology, and democracy, as just a few examples.

Europe 98

Europe Case Study Fund Practice 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

. – Sharing Knowledge Wiki -This wiki was created by The ICT-KM group of the CGIAR to catalog and document processes for nonprofits that want to share knowledge across partners doing development work. The facilitation methods are participatory. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

Facilitation 109

Facilitation Product Design Sweden 109

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

Involving beneficiaries can save organizations money on projects by utilizing untapped beneficiary talent, according to an article from Public Administration and Development. Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests. In the written commitment, be intentional about asking beneficiaries to help with program activities.

Program 52

Program New York City Strategy Case Study 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Develop indicators to include learning as part of PM. Kellogg Foundation are cultivating cross-sector learning by developing program evaluation curriculums, and hosting forums for nonprofits to exchange lessons and ideas. Use participatory processes to define metrics and methods of data collection. Tell the story of learning.

Measure 52

Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The “checkbox” approach to accessibility rested on the idea that someone—usually a developer —managed accessibility and had the power to make a website accessible or not accessible. The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process.

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Accessibility Goal Virginia Audience 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Their space is designed for local nonprofits to connect, share ideas and develop solutions together. My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. Rolling is a way to make the activity inclusive for everyone because people who use wheelchairs roll, not walk.

Detroit 77

Detroit Instruction Instructional PPT 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. So far, two of my students have had their questions answered.

Learning 84

Learning Classroom Classes Student 84

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Wes is an artist, and this is his first time running a museum exhibition development process. This is the question I ask myself anytime I'm working on something with a participatory intent. But even developing that open call was a participatory process: Wes worked with other staff to think through how the residencies could work.

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Participatory Question Work Artist 20

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. How did this project get started? How do we get the history of the poor?

History 51

History Museum Minnesota Participatory 51

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. These are all active social endeavors that contribute positive value to the social Web. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Tags: guest blogging participatory.

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Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 50

Forum One

APRIL 21, 2022

Using audience research and even participatory design, where we engage end-users in early-stage design, we help organizations break out of their own internal ways of communicating. Design should not only look good; it should actively help audiences move up a ladder of engagement. Create visuals that engage. Meet the design team.

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Design Team Beginner Audience 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

He shared how he built a global cross-sector movement to support sanitation in developing countries. He was hilarious as he was inspiring. I always welcome the opportunity to observe and participate in other sessions, especially when they use participatory techniques.

Philanthropy 75

Philanthropy Cambodia Impact Learning 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

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." Collaborative Problem Solving - (working toether in teams - informal/formal to comlpete tasks and develop new knowledge.

Participatory 50

Participatory Teen Vlog Mashup 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are also nonprofit specific facilitation tool kits like this one for international development projects. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. Organizational Development. Participatory Gatherings. Reflective Practice. Innovation / Generating New Ideas.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

It's my "artistic rendering" of one of the most inspirational participatory projects I know of--the Bibliotheek Haarlem Oost book drops. Too often, cultural institutions design participatory projects that require visitors to learn new tools or make sacrifices to contribute. Tags: design participatory museum. Or, so I thought.

Participatory 40

Participatory Project Library Netherlands 40

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects?

Teen 24

Teen Participatory Experiment Museum 24

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Assess and Respond to Community Assets and Needs If you want to activate community engagement in your programs, you first need to work together with your communities to determine their diverse needs, assets and interests. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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Museum Program Participatory Community 49

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? You join the Brooklyn Museum’s posse.

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Participatory Museum Web Indianapolis 35

Museum 2.0

APRIL 7, 2009

Which of these descriptions exemplifies participatory museum practice? Museum invites community members to participate in the development and creation of an exhibit. But the difference between the two examples teases out a problem in differentiating "participatory design" from "design for participation." The exhibit opens.

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Participatory Design Difference Museum 27

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Participants will walk away with a set of guiding principles and tactics to develop media, events and activities that encourage connections and local leadership among your stakeholders to increase your organizational reach and impact. This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios.

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Proposal Louisiana NTEN Map 134

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I continued an active schedule of teaching workshops on self-care for nonprofit professionals and creating a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace as well as numerous keynote presentations. Well Being: This relates to all the curriculum, writing, and teaching I do around The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and Leadership Development.

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Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. The activities had a really low barrier to entry.

Reflection 43

Reflection Community Museum Participatory 43

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Digital Activism was one of several books I gave to my friends at iHub in Nairobi. Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change , Mary Joyce, Editor. Digital activism is defined by the Meta-Activism Project as “the practice of using digital technology for political and social change.&# 6. ShareThis!

Amazon 116

Amazon Nonprofit Social Media Oregon 116

NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

As I am sure is the case with many nonprofit organizations, our budget for professional development is limited. This season, we’re trying to raise $50,000 through the 2015 NTEN Community Challenge to give more people like Leah access to NTEN''s activities and initiatives that advance nonprofit technology.

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Donation Share Impact NTEN 64

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2012

When talking about active audience engagement with friends in the museum field, I often hear one frustrated question: how can we get adults to participate? Many exhibit developers create thoughtful interactives intended for all ages and then discover that old familiar pattern--kids engaging while parents stand back and watch.

Interaction 47

Interaction Design Museum Participatory 47

Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2014

They invite people to participate: in design , prototyping , artifact interpretation , collections preparation , audience development. It''s clear from the diversity of activities, the professionalism of the scaffolding, and the forms of access that they are serious about inviting meaningful participation in the Re:Make project.

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Museum Product Participatory Community 53

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Together, Fox and Fledgling developed an intensive outreach strategy through more than 500 community screenings. Good Pitch is an effort that brings documentary filmmakers together with a wide range of partners in distribution, financing and outreach for activism.

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Guatemala Movie Artist Award 93