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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

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You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Not sure if participatory grantmaking is for you or maybe you need a refresher on what it is? Is this you?

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders. Community-based participatory research. Philanthropy is at a turning point.

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Guest Post: Restoration Artwork

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Every Saturday, the curatorial team at Elsewhere , a living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, reviews the project proposals of its artists-in-residence. Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Inside the Design of an Amazing Museum Project to Capture People's Stories

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It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. Why would people look at that?

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Guest Post: Radical Collaboration - Tools for Partnering with Community Members

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The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. For example, a few months ago we had a couple approach us to propose a Pop-Up Tea Ceremony. We recently had a group of students creating balloon art during our Winterpalooza Family Festival.

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How Do You Capture Compelling Visitor Stories? Interview with Christina Olsen

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Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way.

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Month at the Museum, Part 1: A Video Contest that Delivers

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Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. I'm biased, because she's demonstrating a participatory project, but she was able to "show, not tell" her interest in engaging with people. There's the guy who proposes to his girlfriend. Personal overshare.

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