Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

As far as I can ascertain, this series was the first in which grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients came together in equal numbers and met as peers for reflective structured dialogue. Understanding that grant makers are motivated to see nonprofit grant recipients succeed. Speaking with each other on a regular basis.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

He casts the whole idea of a great jazz jam in the context of the tragedy of the commons--like a poetry open mic, the jazz club is a community whose experience is fabulous or awful depending on the extent to the culture cultivates and enforces a healthy participatory process. Grant application feedback. Only the extremists remain.

Participatory 51

Participatory Process Open Proposal 51

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Grant makers and nonprofit professionals are now talking openly about some very painful (and inter-related) issues in philanthropy, such as. Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. Race, Equity and Boston.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 26, 2022

For nonprofit organizations, this means increased program outcomes leading to community awareness, funding from donors or grants, and increased employee morale. Collaborate through field work and participatory practice. Through collaboration with stakeholders, an organization can implement specified programs, leading to higher success.

Collaboration 98

Collaboration North Carolina Effective Participatory 98

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. However, grants to create publicly available data sets or data training for marginalized groups or under resourced organizations do not by themselves lead to equitable outcomes.

Data 97

Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 97

Candid

JULY 5, 2022

Like independent foundations, several commented that although total grant amounts increased, their payout remained the same or decreased due to growth in assets.? . We had a large influx of government funding in 2020 and 2021, which we granted out in those years. The importance of multi-year grants to build nonprofit capacity” .

Foundation 105

Foundation Giving Change Survey 105

Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

There was also a growing understanding that centering equity in these grants was essential to mitigating the inequities of COVID’s impact. It also explains how the McKnight Foundation is connecting its participatory democracy work with climate justice efforts in historically marginalized communities. . Not reinventing the wheel.

Guidelines 105

Guidelines Participatory Case Study Philanthropy 105

The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Get them moving on behalf of your charity with participatory fundraising. One great way to put a spotlight on donors is by using a Google Ad Grant. Get Them Involved – Donors tend to stay connected with organizations that engage their minds, hearts, and bodies in addition to their wallets. Get them involved.

Donor 177

Donor Profit Participatory Relationship 177

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2019

In my last post on getting started with grants , we covered the basics of grants and how to determine if your organization was ready to apply for grants. Today, we’ll talk about how to find grants, and how to determine whether the grants you do find are a good fit for your organization. billion in grants annually.

Grant 26

Grant Fund Application Phase 26

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory.

Participatory 44

Participatory Museum History International 44

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

A few ways funders have modelled this is by loosening deadlines, converting grant funds from restricted to unrestricted funding, and simplifying processes. . Some realized that many of their previous constraints and rules were quite arbitrary, and they have become much more flexible.

Europe 98

Europe Case Study Fund Practice 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “ Leading Systems Change.” The facilitation methods are participatory. Liberating Structures: My colleagues Nancy White and Kyla Shawyer introduced me to this participatory approach to facilitation.

Facilitation 86

Facilitation Skills System Change 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Google’s challenge was not about cold hard cash, although they did award sizable grants and funding. The guidebook focuses on “participatory machine learning,” which actively involves a diversity of stakeholders – technologists, UXers, policymakers, end users, and citizens.” ” .

Google 95

Google Design Impact Participatory 95

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.

Participatory 70

Participatory Trend Community Grant 70

Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom. It can be inclusive and participatory. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible.

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Virtual Track Student Virtual Classroom 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Grants and gifts that commit multiple years of funding up front best enable learning to unfold. Use participatory processes to define metrics and methods of data collection. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative.

Measure 52

Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

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.

Design 105

Design Course Leadership Network 105

sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager. Whether your grantmaking organization is managing one funding program or a dozen, the right grants management software can save you time and improve compliance through streamlined processes, intuitive reporting, and built-in due diligence.

Grant 72

Grant Software Management Application 72

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

Museum 45

Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

Question 49

Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

I signed up to help in whatever way I could to promote and support this idea and Henry Timms. In yesterday’s New York Times, David Bornstein wrote an excellent piece that described the results and how this participatory, community-owned campaign has exploded into an global day of giving in just four years.

Philanthropy 50

Philanthropy Global Participatory New York 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Is your measurement approach a way to manage your grants and portfolio? The goals need to be front and center through the entire process, particularly when the measurement approach is more new or participatory and is designed to evolve over time. Are you measuring to test a hypothesis?

Evaluation 95

Evaluation Measure Seattle Lesson 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

We will be influenced by what our connections think and information production and distribution will become more participatory. The report also calls out some good tips and tools for network-centric grant making, including an assessment tool. The report asks a number of impact questions related to networked citizens and the future.

Network 104

Network Report Empowerment Structure 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

One notable aspect of the success of Gasland, which recently won the Emmy Award for documentary film, is the way director Josh Fox worked with grant makers at the Fledgling Fund to galvanize a movement that greatly amplified the efforts of traditional environmental groups.

Guatemala 93

Guatemala Movie Artist Award 93

sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Recognize who is missing from your grantmaking decisions, see the value their perspective brings to your organization, and welcome them by removing barriers to their participation.

Voice 66

Voice Strategy Mississippi Boston 66

Museum 2.0

JULY 8, 2015

On platforms with many participatory options, more people are more active. I think this diversification is key to inviting broad audiences to feel meaningfully involved in participatory projects. But another way to look at participation inequality is via the diversity of types of participation available.

Game 20

Game Museum Participatory Comment 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

So we tend to have three legs of support: municipal, grants/donations, and fee for service (usually with the school district). Several Community Science Workshops also get Measure S grants - gang prevention grants - through their cities. Grants come from community foundations, small local family foundations, local businesses.

Green 20

Green Interview Share Community 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit.

Design 50

Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Open Community by Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. Her book kept me company on a number of a long plane trips this year, and if you haven’t read yet it, go get a copy at Amazon. I read the manuscript this summer and provided blurb. You can pick up a copy here.

Amazon 116

Amazon Nonprofit Social Media Oregon 116

Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts! was awarded a Knight 2010 News Challenge grant for Stroome , a collaborative video editing and publishing platform designed to. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8. Guests for Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Video.

Storytelling 67

Storytelling Collaboration Video Thailand 67

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Let's look at the statistics from three big participatory projects that wrapped up recently. Each of these invited members of the public to vote on art in a way that had substantive consequences--big cash prizes awarded, prestige granted, exhibitions offered. What happens when you let visitors vote on art?

Arts 47

Arts Artist Museum Award 47

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I LOVE the way the James Irvine Foundation presents their lessons learned from grant-making in the Arts Innovation Fund program. I found the article to be a clear starting point for thinking in a fresh way about how our museum can best intersect with schools and artists (and students, in our participatory setting) to develop strong programs.

Denver 33

Denver Museum Arts Participatory 33

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

He made this point: But, participatory culture is changing the nature and topology of ours. He granted it. Flickr Photo by Geoffrey and used with permission. David Weinberger gave the wrap up at the end of the day. An outline of what he said is here. It's ours in a different way. That prevents strangers building something together.

Broadcast 50

Broadcast Remix Wikipedia Flickr 50

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Interesting WorldChanging post, Just Launched: Journal of Participatory Medicine. We Inspire Grant : One year of creative services to one U.S. Early registration deadline is Nov. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi. nonprofit (valued up to $75,000 ).

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Green Gift San Francisco 40

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. The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. Projects participatory museum storytelling usercontent'

Museum 43

Museum Story Project Design 43

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

which heralded a new, participatory web culture. If the Wikipedia community can build Wikipedia with the smallest handful of grant dollars and paid staff, what could the AIDs community do if it embraced these tools? TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. The buzzword then was Web 2.0, " 20-20 Hindsight.

Netsquared 52

Netsquared Wikipedia San Francisco Iraq 52

Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

Most of my work contracts involve a conversation that goes something like this: "We want to find ways to make our institution more participatory and lively." Most museums that offer interactive exhibits, media elements, or participatory activities offer them alongside traditional labels and interpretative tools. Fabulous!" "But

Audience 40

Audience Museum Oakland Participatory 40