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Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

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In philanthropy, unlike democracy, there is often no way for people to participate–to share what they think or to influence decisions. Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking. Participatory grantmaking invites to decision-making tables people who have historically been excluded. Those at the top decide.

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Adventures in Participatory Audience Engagement at the Henry Art Gallery

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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. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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Designing for Nonprofits: Our Commentary + Experience

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We develop our skills by seeking, absorbing, questioning, adapting, and experimenting, oftentimes bringing diverse influences together to create something that’s unique for our clients’ needs, but with connections to other relevant spaces. As we look to make an impact, how can we invite community members to create with us from the start?

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Guest Post: Restoration Artwork

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Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection. This demands that awareness and responsiveness be deeply embedded in the artist’s practice and thought. risk participatory museum guestpost Unusual Projects and Influences'

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

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Digital Marketing for Non-Profits panel Saturday, March 13 at 03:30 PM – “How to work with limited marketing budgets and a failing economy to build an online brand, raise awareness of a cause and fundraise effectively. For brands and publishers, tapping into Influence is critical to social media's future.

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Talking Through Objects: The Dog Analogy

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Doing so has brought me to shelters, dog parks, and generally a heightened awareness of dogs and their owners. Ideas design participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences inclusion. But I recently stumbled back upon one of the most powerful tools for stranger-stranger socializing in the real world: dogs.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

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When it comes to museums, which don’t generate the same volume of online discussion as many large companies, anything the institution can do to increase online discussion will increase brand awareness, which can translate to web and in-person visitation. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing participatory museum.

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