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Prioritizing authentic connections through trust-based philanthropy 

Candid

To make the process transparent and participatory, we also asked other values-aligned organizations for feedback on our initial framework before putting it into action. We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls.

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Great Participatory Processes are Open, Discoverable, and Unequal

Museum 2.0

He casts the whole idea of a great jazz jam in the context of the tragedy of the commons--like a poetry open mic, the jazz club is a community whose experience is fabulous or awful depending on the extent to the culture cultivates and enforces a healthy participatory process. Exhibition proposals. The process is discoverable.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. Answers on grant proposals if nonprofits were brutally honest with funders. Evaluating a Culture. Trust-Based Philanthropy Project.

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Guest Post: Restoration Artwork

Museum 2.0

Every Saturday, the curatorial team at Elsewhere , a living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, reviews the project proposals of its artists-in-residence. Proposals involve sculpture, performance, participatory-projects, videos, and installation that use and respond to the museum’s collection.

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Six Steps to Making Risky Projects Possible

Museum 2.0

For this reason, I spoke specifically about how to make dream projects possible at real institutions. Pick apart your mission statement, and look for the words and phrases you can connect your project to. What new projects might allow you to better reflect those aspirations? Or you can read this condensed version of the talk.

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Participation Starts with Staff: The Ruru Revolution

Museum 2.0

You want to get some projects going, but you're not in any particular position of power. She came back inspired and eager to get moving on some experimental projects at Puke Ariki. So Ruth decided to start with a simple project in which she'd invite staff from across Puke Ariki to write first-person labels about favorite objects.

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Adventures in Artist-Driven Public Engagement: Machine Project at the Hammer Museum

Museum 2.0

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? The Machine Project and the Hammer Museum have just released an incredible ebook documenting Machine's year-long residency at the Hammer in 2010. And the projects themselves are brilliant.

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