Audience Event Participatory Structure 
Forum One
APRIL 21, 2022
Understand client and audience needs. Audiences are the ultimate arbiters of whether a design works or not, and audiences know what they need. 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.
The Storytelling Non-profit
JANUARY 12, 2022
Telling great stories helps your non-profit get its message out into the world, connect with new audiences and motivate people to take action like making a donation. A narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated, as an anecdote, joke, etc. It’s participatory.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 23, 2014
While participants in each track will explore their topics in depth and in the context of a facilitated structure, there will be inspiring keynotes and opportunities for networking for all participants. (Early bird registration ends on July 31 and scholarship information is here.
Museum 2.0
JULY 7, 2010
Most of my work contracts involve a conversation that goes something like this: "We want to find ways to make our institution more participatory and lively." We want to cultivate a more diverse audience, especially younger people, and we want to do it authentically." Audience development is not an exercise in concentric circles.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 1, 2010
This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. While some aspects are quite technical and specific, it should be useful for anyone considering writing a book for a niche audience. Check out the other parts here.
Media Cause
AUGUST 9, 2021
The idea of including stakeholders in the process is often referred to as co-designing, or participatory design. For example, when the world shut down, we had to think of new ways to help our clients raise funds when in-person events were no longer available. What would the structure be like? fancy food! silent auctions!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to create greater impact. I’ve been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc.
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