Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The book is a guide about how to navigate and thrive in a connected world that has been increasingly been influenced and increasingly defined by two different forces, old and new power. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It is a sector must read. It is closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven. It downloads and it captures.

Participatory 116

Participatory Leadership Model Skills 116

Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

The guide, Vi Mar, was an incredible facilitator. She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. Because the Wing is a community-driven museum, Vi (and all the tour guides) are from the community and have strong ties to it. What made it so special?

Museum 51

Museum Participatory Model Seattle 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide. It refers to the part of a participatory process where you know the problem or consensus won’t come easily. That is not design thinking.

Design 105

Design Course Leadership Network 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act , a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit. My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. Last week I facilitated a workshop in Detroit hosed by Co-Act, a nonprofit collaboration space in Detroit.

Detroit 77

Detroit Instruction Instructional PPT 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. I know that might seem old fashioned, but being a trainer and facilitator and in the room with social change leaders is what inspires and energizes me.

Professional 0

Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

In 2010, I launched the Networked Nonprofit with a flurry of speaking and training gigs literally around the world, while also designing and facilitating many workshops, peer learning groups, and coaching grantees as Visiting Scholar.

Learning 92

Learning Pakistan Haiti Facilitation 92

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

He describes social capital as “those features of social organization, such as trust, norms and networks that can improve the efficiency of society by facilitating coordinated actions.” Understanding the benefits of building social capital may be effective in creating a participatory culture. Retrieved September 11, 2016, from [link].

Measure 40

Measure Community Organization Arizona 40

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Participants will walk away with a set of guiding principles and tactics to develop media, events and activities that encourage connections and local leadership among your stakeholders to increase your organizational reach and impact. This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios.

Proposal 134

Proposal Louisiana Map NTEN 134

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This project wove together many different participatory threads. The facilitation was as chaotic and fragile as a spiderweb. You can now download the Community Issue Exhibition Toolkit , a guide to this co-creation process. Short story: we learned a lot. We wrote a toolkit about our process. What did we learn?

Issue 45

Issue Childhood Community Create 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. These techniques are described in more detail in “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. Flickr Photo by qwrrty. It is basically a pause.

Skills 50

Skills Build Technique Language 50

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

The Art of Participation provides a retrospective on participatory art as well as presenting opportunities for visitors to engage in contemporary (“now”) works. If the participatory instructions were integrated into the standard black labels, visitors would not be as aware of the commonalities across the interactive art pieces.

Participatory 20

Participatory Arts Design Museum 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Crisis communication strategy. Disaster work.

Social Media 100

Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Hands-On Social Marketing: A Step-by-Step Guide to Designing Change for Good by Nedra Kline Weinreich. The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising by Mazarine Treyz. I met Mazarine Treyz 3 years ago in Portland, Oregon when I facilitated a one-day social media and nonprofit workshop for the Meyer Memorial Trust.

Amazon 116

Amazon Nonprofit Social Media Oregon 116

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

Specifically, we analyze the relative social behavior of people on buses versus those on trains, and look for clues as to what design elements contribute to different kinds of participatory behavior. The driver provides live facilitation. Bus drivers are welcomers, info-desks, guides, gates, and protectors all rolled into one.

Participatory 20

Participatory Design Museum Childhood 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

blogchat which is facilitated by @mackcollier and uses wthashtag to aggregate the conversation. This takes some facilitation. EDF has put together a Twitter Guide to the Climate Bill Discussion. The guide points out the hashtags used by people who are supporting the bill or against.

Twitter 95

Twitter Foundation Effective San Diego 95

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I think of us guides as “museum personal trainers”. It also helps that we generally sell out at 8 people, and the guide always has a co-host if the group gets that big. Having two guides means we can do split stops at some places, giving some people one experience and some another.

Museum 55

Museum Interview New York Interaction 55

Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. But you should use their input to guide and shape where you take it. Create a structure that values peoples' participation. You don't need to involve them in every step forward of the project.

Build 35

Build Community Museum Participatory 35

Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

While the talk may encompass serious topics, the attitude is light and the conversation is not structured or overly guided. Third places facilitate engagement among patrons, whereas museums and libraries deliver services to patrons. The talk is “more spirited, less inhibited, and more eagerly pursued” than in other settings.

Place 41

Place Discussion Culture Museum 41

Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2009

Two weeks ago, I conducted a participatory exhibit design workshop with staff at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Tags: participatory museum professional development. Side note: three times as many educators filled out surveys than any of the other groups.)

Slides 20

Slides Process Video Open 20

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In our years of talking to staff, boards, and communities about participatory philanthropy, people often talk about their worst participatory decision-making experiences. New to Participatory Grantmaking? Facilitators have many superpowers, and like superheroes, many of those powers may be invisible to others.

Participatory 82

Participatory Facilitation Philanthropy Skills 82

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2014

I first learned about this technique from Sam Kaner''s excellent book, Facilitator''s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. Tag Team the Facilitation. To me, this is analogous to the benefits of having multiple staff members engaged with community partners on participatory projects. Yes, it can be inefficient.

Facilitation 36

Facilitation Professional Learning Participatory 36

sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

With a system to help you facilitate application reviews , you can use your grants management software to schedule reminders for when reviews are ready to move to the next stage. Are you looking at incorporating more participatory grantmaking principles? Do you want to increase the number of grant programs you offer?

Grant 71

Grant Software Management Application 71

Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

My firm guides leaders and organizations in strategic plans and governance processes that deepens social change, racial justice, stakeholder engagement and community strength. But there are some benefits, some real clear benefits of inclusive participatory strategic planning. Ross: Okay. And let me just skip this. Okay, great.

Video 120

Video Nonprofit San Francisco Question 120

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In a straightforward way, Marilyn explains how her team developed a participatory project to improve engagement in a gallery with an awkward entry. The activity was facilitated by the activity station set up in the lobby just outside the gallery. We provided a guide to these locations for visitors at the activity table.

Museum 45

Museum Arts Problem Design 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Tagging helps found things stay found as well as facilitate the wisdom of the group. Explore and discover other bookmarks using this guide. adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). Step 1: Find People. Outreach for your program or to connect with potential supporters.

Remix 50

Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Deconstructing the Social Experience As a designer of participatory experiences, my biggest question about Artprize is what made all these conversations and experiences happen in the first place. There was no guided tour of the whole thing. Was it the gritty urban setting? The prizes? This bore out at Artprize. Some were provocative.

Arts 52

Arts Experiment Artist Social 52

Museum 2.0

JUNE 11, 2014

While the kit offers a step-by-step guide for organizing pop ups, I want to share some of the more unexpected takeaways I’ve learned through this process. guestpost Museum of Art and History participatory museum' We have created a free and downloadable pop up museum organizer’s kit.

Museum 49

Museum Grant Lesson History 49

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2010

no tour guides or game masters), you need to start by designing personal services for users, then linking up users through shared interests or objects to promote interpersonal connections. The me-to-we design stages become even more important when facilitation is not possible. Ideas participatory museum.

Design 34

Design Museum Social Participatory 34