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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

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There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. We designed a highly interactive workshop based on Jo Wolfe’s “ NGO Digital Maturity Matrix ,” an assessment tool that enables nonprofits to codify mindsets and skill sets required for moving along the path of digital transformation. Learning More.

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Participatory Moment of Zen: Diverse Visitor Contributions Add Up to Empathy

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This person is writing about a participatory element (the "pastport") that we included in the exhibition Crossing Cultures. In my experience, offering many different forms of participation garners more quality interactions. design exhibition Museum of Art and History participatory museum usercontent' Some with a colored pencil.

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Designing Interactives for Adults: Put Down the Dayglow

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Many exhibit developers create thoughtful interactives intended for all ages and then discover that old familiar pattern--kids engaging while parents stand back and watch. It's possible--likely even--that today's adults are more motivated by interactive experiences than generations past. And herein lies the self-fulfilling prophecy.

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12 Ways We Made our Santa Cruz Collects Exhibition Participatory

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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.

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Why Cloud for Good Is Excited About Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC22)

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22NTC will feature over 180 live, interactive, and thought-provoking sessions covering a wide swath of nonprofit subjects, as well as three inspiring keynote speakers: activist and writer Alice Wong, actor and human rights advocate Angelica Ross, and author Saeed Jones. Opportunities for Professional Development.

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Participatory Internships in Santa Cruz this School Year

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I'm particularly excited about two internships that relate to participatory exhibition design. First, there is the Participatory Exhibit Design Internship. These interns work with our curatorial team to develop interactive and participatory components for upcoming exhibitions. Exciting, right?

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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I design and facilitate meeting for clients, board meetings, or as part of a workshop, webinar or other training, I’m always looking for new ideas for facilitation and interactive processes. The facilitation methods are participatory.