sgEngage
OCTOBER 9, 2023
A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way. Like many other activities in participatory philanthropy, this approach considers the process to be as important as the outcomes. It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 4, 2015
This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Since 2010 I have seen, again and again and again, how valuable human facilitation is to the participatory process.
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Museum 2.0
AUGUST 25, 2016
Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. It upped the stakes on change--something a funder could not provide alone.
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 3, 2020
Use participatory processes to define metrics and methods of data collection. Participatory processes engage diverse stakeholders in collective thought, action, and decision-making, while increasing the capacity of individuals and communities through skill building and empowerment.
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. Community-based participatory research. Philanthropy is at a turning point. Here are 6 ways it could go. And as a bonus, he’s very funny as well.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 18, 2017
The Forgotten Roots of Capacity Development in the Movement for Ownership and Empowerment. Few were accompanied by a strong statement about commitment to process that prioritizes ownership and empowerment. Most had weak measures of accountability especially towards clients, beneficiaries and community.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language.
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