sgEngage
OCTOBER 9, 2023
A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way. Like many other activities in participatory philanthropy, this approach considers the process to be as important as the outcomes. It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 4, 2015
This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Since 2010 I have seen, again and again and again, how valuable human facilitation is to the participatory process.
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ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 3, 2020
To truly move the needle towards ameliorating social challenges throughout the world, we must revisit the efficacy of what has been measured and how. Use participatory processes to define metrics and methods of data collection. Directly involve stakeholders in developing PM.
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes. Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Community-based participatory research.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 25, 2016
Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. Critical friends are positive, constructive, and able to tease out real challenges.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 18, 2017
In all our research, we found 3 challenges to making sense of the evidence: Capacity Building Divorced from Results. The Forgotten Roots of Capacity Development in the Movement for Ownership and Empowerment. Few were accompanied by a strong statement about commitment to process that prioritizes ownership and empowerment.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language.
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