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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. Be internally and publicly transparent about the processes for data collection. It can support funder and cross-sector collaborations and the processes of decision-making.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

You’ve likely encountered it when you call a customer service number and are prompted with instructions to press numbers for different issues or service departments.) . One question Farm Radio International is currently looking into is what made these repeat users call again and again and really use the IVR.

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What Happens When a Viral Participatory Project is Too Successful? Diagnosing the Power of the Love Locks

Museum 2.0

Last week, the international press lit up with a story from Paris : the city is removing the "love locks" from the Pont des Arts bridge. And so, one of the most successful, accidental, and fraught participatory projects of the past decade comes to an end. Your love is memorialized forever. Payoff here is fast and powerful.

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How can nonprofit organizations measure community engagement?

ASU Lodestar Center

Understanding the benefits of building social capital may be effective in creating a participatory culture. In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009). Harvard University Press. 2009, May 1).

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Year One as a Museum Director. Survived!

Museum 2.0

We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches. From day 1, I believed that we needed to focus in our first year on creating new participatory events to engage the community. Again, the jury is out.

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The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Digital Transformation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The job of a leader is to motivate others to action on behalf of the organization and social and digital tools make that job easier – leaders don’t need to be the ones to press send – that they can delegate some of the leg work. Participatory engagement invites people to answer a particular question or comment on a post.

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” There was also a focus on clear and consistent internal communications, providing daily talking points to chapters, scanning social media for potential crisis issues that came up and needed a fast response. This “Dr.