Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The design challenge was: How do we come up with concrete tools, frameworks and methods for helping people better understand and adopt network systems leadership? How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? Once upon a time x happened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

As you can see from the schedule overview , this is more of a participatory event versus the traditional conference with powerpoints and panelists. ” While the specific topics will emerge from the people in the room, impact leadership is focusing within, people, processes and plans to help the org reach it’s mission.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Through this framing, the young people who participate in their grantmaking have started adopting language that has traditionally been reserved for a different community. “We Don’t consider this a stagnant process.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. Why Self-Publish?

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

That’s where participatory grantmaking comes in. What is Participatory Grantmaking? Whether organizations start with a single grant program or incorporate a participatory approach across all their funding, there are a variety of ways to practice participatory grantmaking. And several ways not to do it.

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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. How can you describe user participation in a shared language that helps your team make the right decision for your project?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. I thought I’d share a few quick insights and tips that I learned for others who may be preparing for doing tech training internationally and want to use participatory techniques.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Of course, everyone’s experiences and takeaways are going to be different, depending on context, circumstance, style, and perspective. The idea of including stakeholders in the process is often referred to as co-designing, or participatory design. What would the structure be like? Creative-problem solving on a small budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

If you are interested in social change and the way that networks help realize change, you must stop what you’re doing and read this report now. Here’s a summary of a few of my favorite parts and framing. Designing for serendipity: Creating environments, in person and online, where helpful connections can form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful. These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand." Get the low down on social media platforms and what social and participatory media entails.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Note: the title of this post pays homage to Elaine Heumann Gurian''s excellent and quite different 1981 essay of the same title. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Note: the title of this post pays homage to Elaine Heumann Gurian's excellent and quite different 1981 essay of the same title. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

Answers will differ depending on who's asking, but they are also influenced by the designed environment in which questions are asked. People answer questions differently in harshly lit interrogation rooms than they do in welcoming therapists' offices or in the privacy of their own computer terminals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was drastically different from the Nonprofit Technology Conference, NTEN’s flagship event that has over 2,000 attendees, dozens of tracks and hundreds of panels, big parties, a trade show, and all the things you would expect from a traditional conference. Taking in New Ideas: Facilitated Listening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Amira Achouri, from an NGO in Tunisia, observed, “As the communications landscape gets denser, more complex, and more participatory, the networked population is gaining greater access to information, more opportunities to engage in public speech, and an enhanced ability to undertake collective action. ” Widad E.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 » Sunday Feb 01 2009 Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 08:56PM | by Allyson Kapin What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality?

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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. How do we define and talk about these different kinds of participation? This isn't just a rhetorical question. Fortunately, science has a (partial) answer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. Like any other skill you want to improve, it helps to get a baseline assessment of your listening skills. It helps people process complex thoughts. Ask Good Questions. It is basically a pause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. Nonprofit Use #1: Events and Conferences Since those early days, hashtags have been used in different ways by nonprofits. Photo by Mansikka. What is a #HashTag? A hashtag is this symbol: #.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Creating open communities with old siloed corporate structures. And yes nonprofits mimic their corporate brethren with siloed structures. How can you tell the difference? Ironically, if we have time, the last matter is the least difficult. And that is the crossroads. Movements versus campaigning. Never forget that, either.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

Consider whether you want a bonded group (people who are like each other) or a bridged group (people who are different from each other). Not surprisingly, a different focus group of social service providers and homeless adults had a very different set of concerns about downtown. Please add your own ideas in the comments too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Networked Leadership : Jodie Tonita, Social Transformation Project.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. These really informed the project, and helped get the word out about the gallery. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

It can be incredibly difficult to design a participatory project that involves online and onsite visitor engagement. We took a HUGE risk when we trusted our audience to help us create something cool, not only on the web, but in a museum. We Blur Digital and Real-World Experiences The biggest difference between Oh Snap!

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary. I helped them find funding and partners and time to make amazing work happen. Participatory work can be very labor-intensive.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It was held in Newcastle in the north of England, and about 70 folks from around the world (but mostly Europe) came to play, learn, make stuff, and help each other work out challenges inherent in trying to make risky ideas happen. Thank you to everyone who came and helped co-create an exciting experimental event in a beautiful city.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Audience segmentation and research has become a hot topic in museums, especially when it comes to crafting appealing offerings that are customized to different kinds of visitors. First, we realized that our museum is different from other museums, but our benefits and membership structure were the same as others.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

How do you find out what's important to different communities, and how do you change your plans based on their needs? Each small group spent fifteen minutes brainstorming the needs for that community, and then another fifteen discussing potential projects and collaborators that could help meet those needs.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2008

The VSA has replaced their keynotes with structured group dialogue. But the VSA has taken an intentional approach to these structured conversations with the goal of putting the (arguably) best part of conferences—the side conversations and hallway discussions—front and center. My first reaction was skepticism.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way. These really informed the project, and helped get the word out about the gallery. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. It was a shock that helped me realize three things: Participants would be honest. Check out the other parts here.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

I talked to a museum education director recently about extending the social networking concept into museum spaces and he suggested that museums put a whiteboard in the lobby on which interested visitors could list their cell phone number for live, in-gallery chats about different parts of the museum. Exclusivity helps.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Our museum in Santa Cruz has been slammed by those who believe participatory experiences have gone too far. We always knew that the inclusion of participatory and community-centered practices in arts institutions was controversial. It''s a unique opportunity to learn from people with different perspectives.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

Tourists can’t help us build community in Santa Cruz County if they are only in town for a day. Focusing local helps us define our community by identity. We think about this redefinition of affinity not just in terms of our programming but our internal structures as well. We bridge with people who are different from us.

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