Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

With all these options, we wanted to look back and highlight some of the Issue Lab community’s most popular publications in 2022, featuring a wide array of topics ranging from education to participatory grantmaking and beyond. Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

This is where participatory practice comes in to play. Participatory practice is a concept which means giving voice to those in the community who know the issues best, and then planning and organizing solutions to these issues using the resources of the nonprofit to implement solutions. This data is how we measure our impact.

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Participatory Culture Leadership Washington 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? The only valid data is quantitative data. Make data-driven decisions only, don’t trust your gut ever. (And, Perhaps we are confusing qualitative data with gut decisions ? Do numbers only matter?

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Story Data Analysis Measure 121

Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

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. He creates a visual representation of his story.

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Participatory Evaluation Project Museum 52

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. I've often been asked about examples of participatory practice in theater, dance, and classical music, and this report is a great starting point.

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Participatory Arts Report Case Study 50

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 8, 2022

Cloud for Good is proud to be a part of 22NTC through providing a unique session tied to the theme of nonprofit programs. “ Your Guide to Program Data Discovery ” will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 from 11:15 am – 11:45 am PST and focuses on how technology can help visualize impact in an easy-to-digest fashion.

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Conference Technology NTC NTEN 87

Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

The guide cites ClimateWorks’ data that less than 2% of giving flows to climate mitigation efforts. It also explains how the McKnight Foundation is connecting its participatory democracy work with climate justice efforts in historically marginalized communities. . In essence it’s a tiny slice of a tiny slice.

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Guidelines Participatory Case Study Philanthropy 106

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Community-based participatory research. Philanthropy is at a turning point.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. Factoring in the nonprofit organization’s size, capacity, and budget – making sure that the demand for data and evaluation is commensurate.

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Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Not Data Driven.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning: The only valid data is quantitative data. Make data-driven decisions only, don't trust your gut ever. (I By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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Story Data Analysis Structure 74

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Stakeholder involvement will drastically improve the final plan and create a culture of participatory decision-making. Allow the goals to develop out of the data. The data will be more valuable. There is no benefit to discounting any individual or group from participating in the planning process. Expect to be surprised.

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Process Effective Wyoming Arizona 98

sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

When they can see everything you are asking for, they can create a better story that encompasses all the data points you want. Even if your organization isn’t ready for a full participatory approach to your grantmaking, for example, understand the core tenets so you can address questions and get feedback from grantees.

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Application Grant Help Blackbaud 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

She noted that you want your data to be representative of real people. The guidebook focuses on “participatory machine learning,” which actively involves a diversity of stakeholders – technologists, UXers, policymakers, end users, and citizens.” Nancy comments are always right on.

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Google Design Impact Participatory 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Why aren’t more museums designing highly constrained participatory platforms in which visitors contribute to collaborative projects?

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Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 50

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions. At the same time, remain aware that data will fluctuate before trends and causal relationships can truly emerge over time. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. Are you making that shift in your thinking about participatory project design?

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Participatory Music Project Video 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. This way of working requires a different, more participatory leadership model and mindset that Allison Fine and I first wrote about in The Networked Nonprofit and others have written about called “networked leadership.” It is closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven.

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Participatory Leadership Model Skills 116

Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Why aren’t more museums designing highly constrained participatory platforms in which visitors contribute to collaborative projects?

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Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 44

Candid

JULY 5, 2022

The data gathered shows that funders are continuing to pay attention to current events, including the pandemic. . Overall giving dollars increased from FYE 2020 to 2021 by 12% among 519 survey respondents who provided funding data for both years. Top takeaways on FYE 2021 giving and payout .

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Foundation Giving Change Survey 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

This post summarizes some of the insights related to the effective use of networks and data in healthcare information and patient advocacy. Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” Stefani Klaskow, Head of Industry, Health Care at Google. This “Dr.

Social Media 50

Social Media Network Data Media 50

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Data.gov In brainstorming ideas to create Datamasher , the team spent a lot of time perusing data.gov and thinking about making government data more accessible by the average informed citizen. Applications like Datamasher would be far more numerous and effective if government made its data accessible over APIs. Open Standards.

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Government Open Data Ideas 52

AFP Blog

APRIL 30, 2007

Expo: Data on Participatory Web: "Tagging has become a mainstream acitivity in blogging, according to Sifry - 230 Million tags over two years, with 37% of blog posts using author tags."

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Participatory Web Data Tag 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

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? You join the Brooklyn Museum’s posse.

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Participatory Museum Web Indianapolis 35

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Since the announcement, there has been a lot of discussion focused on the expected component of the directive that pushes federal agencies to make data available in machine readable formats. However, some are concerned about how far agencies will have to go to transform legacy data, especially when it is in inaccessible formats such as PDF.

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Government Open Data API 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

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. In contributory projects, participants collect data in a scientist-controlled process.

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Model Activities Active Activism 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in a convening on “Data Informed Philanthropy” hosted by the Packard Foundation – not only was the content compelling (stay tuned for a post on that), but it was also a fantastic opportunity to observe one of the best facilitators I know, Allen Gunn from Aspiration.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Building Meaningful Engagement: Crowdfunding can assist nonprofits in not just raising funds but also in constructing significant participatory relationships with donors, potentially expanding their current supporter base. Recognizing which strategies work best helps your nonprofit replicate successful campaigns in the future.

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Game Fundraising Campaign Generation 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Then I build out the content and discussion questions. In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved?

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Social Media Headline Media Social 101

NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

Participatory. Participatory. In San Francisco, datasf.org aggregates raw data from over 140 city departments, making it available to any member of the public, for any reason. Dmitry responded: "Don't wait for all the data, or for the data to be perfect. Flickr Photo: h.koppdelaney Transparent. Collaborative.

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San Francisco Public Open Source New York 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

As a result of our research, discussions, experimentation and after spending two years with our own programs and their data and the programs and data of colleagues in the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations community we’ve come full circle on the discussion of organizational strengthening. “

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Results Program Build Help 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Participatory Facilitation Techniques. Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training. Facilitation Methods and Techniques. Design Thinking As Instructional Technique. Innovation Facilitation Techniques. Facilitating With Sticky Notes. Evaluation. 6 Tips for Evaluating Your Training. International Training.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2009

It lays out some ambitious steps for executive departments and agencies to take over the relatively near-term to be more transparent, participatory, and accountable, such as: Tags: Influence Data & Visualizations. The Obama Administration released the long anticipated Open Government Directive on Tuesday.

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Government Open Participatory Help 40

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. Participation in science research is a good basis on which to develop a framework for participatory models because it is based on a consistent scientific process with many steps.

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Public Research Participatory Report 36

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Publishing plust interactivity, participatory. World Data Center for Climate: shared computational cycles. Examples: National Phrenology Network: asking people to report blooming data in their area. The Great Sunflower Project: sign up, they send you seeds and you send in data about those feeding off the flowers.

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Social Media Media Social Green 100

sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Know Your Stories, Quantitatively and Qualitatively “When we are thinking about how we collect this data and how we quantify this impact, it’s important to qualify it and be able to tell these stories,” said Marsha. million to date.

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Voice Strategy Mississippi Boston 66

Care2

MARCH 6, 2011

. “We found that being part of online participatory communities tied to youth interests, political or not, exposes youth to a greater degree of diverse viewpoints and issues and is related to higher levels of civic engagement,&# said Joseph Kahne, one of the contributors to the study.

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Activities Active Activism Internet 77