NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

The participatory radio campaign approach was used to enhance existing systems, not add new content or processes to the farm radio stations. A more general success for Freedom Fone is the ability to provide an alternative, mobile-based medium for news and information. The group used similar sounding numbers for each of the networks.

Press 49

Press Ghana Tanzania Zimbabwe 49

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Which, of course, has been an issue for me for a long time – lack of open source alternatives in the "vertical" application spaces – case management, etc. An older woman of color noted that a lot of the problems that open source developers were solving weren’t problems that communities faced.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Software Music 100

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Yes, community involvement is at the heart of our shifted, successful business model. But that business model requires experienced staff who know how to empower people, facilitate meaningful participation, respond to community issues and interests, and ignite learning. What is the metaphor for participatory arts? The circus?

Journal 54

Journal Participatory Museum Community 54

Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

The whole exhibit modeled the potential for someone to respond to your query, and as it grew, the sense that you would be responded to and validated grew as well. I think the bathroom wall made this possible by being an alternative for those who wanted to be a little less focused and just have fun with sharpies.

Advice 31

Advice Museum Facilitation Student 31

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. We had surveyed an alternative high school and half the kids had said, “There’s no adult that I can talk to but I need to talk to somebody.” How do we do this well? That was one really fun example. . And process, is there a clear process?

Community 76

Community Video Slides Survey 76

Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Given the lack of established models, there will undoubtedly be some unanticipated curves ahead. and Humanity Cash , a tech venture focused on alternative digital currencies. Given this history, it is unsurprising that interest in alternative currency was rekindled in the wake of the Great Recession.

Local 101

Local Digital Experiment Alternative 101

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. And alternatively, an institution can conduct co-creative projects with community members without altering its external sensibility or institutional tone.

Voice 42

Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

It is crucial that LAMs be considered public civic spaces, but Oldenburg's model leaves a lot to be desired. Nina's research keeps finding that the right kind of constraints work to produce a better participatory museum experience. And John Cotton Dana's department store model is an interesting one. Alternatives?

Place 30

Place Discussion Library Museum 30

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

Some leaders are more conservative than I feared, and these people are alternately smug and desperate about maintaining their power. One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning. Meetings about the future end up being about the present.

Library 20

Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20