Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos.

Social Media 106

Social Media Media Social Aggregator 106

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. This book was not a multiple author project; I was generating 99.9% Check out the other parts here.

Participatory 33

Participatory Museum Process Experiment 33

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? It often takes clarity of roles and purview and even some structure to do that.

Participatory 88

Participatory Facilitation Philanthropy Skills 88

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. I’ve had older generations of members say, “I’m not going to do an online survey, but happy to meet with you for coffee,” right? How do we do this well? We’re ready to do this, Julie. Maybe survey doesn’t work.

Community 79

Community Video Slides Survey 79

Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2010

Oh, and they wanted it to be participatory. I talked with Sarah Rich , one of the project’s instigators and staff members, to learn more about 48 Hour Magazine and its implications for other participatory media projects. What generated all the buzz? You made contribution to the magazine participatory.

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Participatory Journal San Francisco Interview 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. For earlier generations, participation might have meant only the right to vote in elections every few years or maybe to join a union or religious community. Once gained, it is jealously guarded, and the powerful have a substantial store of it to spend. It downloads, and it captures.

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Collaboration Social Model Channel 116