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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed.

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Adventures in Evaluating Participatory Exhibits: An In-Depth Look at the Memory Jar Project

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Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. Two years later, this project is still one of the most fondly remembered participatory experiences at the museum--by visitors and staff. For the content of the labels, Anna used three strategies.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals To Begin 2018 with Clarity

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I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions. Year in Review.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

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For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Then students complete exercises, either in small groups or solo.

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Explore Impact Leadership at NTEN’s Leading Change Summit: Free Registration Giveaway

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The summit will be an opportunity for deeper peer learning for nonprofit change makers in three theme areas: digital strategy , impact leadership , and the future of technology. I’m excited to be co-facilitating the Impact Leadership track with colleagues John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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Using Design Thinking for A Foundation’s Investment Strategy

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What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy. Networked Leadership : Jodie Tonita, Social Transformation Project.

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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

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I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? I showed up at the IMA expecting innovation.