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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. MEL, as it turns out, is not neutral, but yet another place where power differentials show up. Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

In an environment fraught with fear mongering and skeptical potential allies, Candid persisted in enhancing Demographics via Candid. Grounded in a participatory approach, the tool will be designed by WFN members and built by WFN’s data and insights team. That’s why Candid’s invitation to share data in one place is compelling.

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Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Comes to London!

Amy Sample Ward

It is barcamp style, so come with your questions and topics you want to talk about; come meet lots of others interested in leveraging mobile technology for change and collaborate! Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcamps are local events for people passionate about using mobile technology for social impact and to make the world a better place.

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place. I’ve been using these participatory categories to talk about how we’d like users to participate in different projects.

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Guest Post: Restoration Artwork

Museum 2.0

Elsewhere is at the top of my list of places I would most like to visit. Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection. risk participatory museum guestpost Unusual Projects and Influences' We welcome that.

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Connect with TechSoup at NCVS!

Tech Soup

Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. Watchitoo — The new tool behind the TechSoup NPlive web series offers video from many sources integrated with images, YouTube and social chat, Q&A, and webinar tools including a collaborative whiteboard. We think Watchitoo.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her post places an emphasis in looking at SL as simply virtuality (read this too) not social networking - as did Clay Shirky. SL will take longer to gel into a cohesive environment that has a purpose and a following than the explosive growth experienced by WOW. principles that has turned the web from pushed to participatory.