Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2018

We partnered with foster youth, former foster youth, artists, and community advocates to create an exhibition that used art to spark action on issues facing foster youth. This project wove together many different participatory threads. There were trust issues. Short story: we learned a lot. We wrote a toolkit about our process.

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Issue Childhood Community Create 45

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. This is an issue we are actively grappling with at our museum.

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Participatory Process Open Proposal 51

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

This is where participatory practice comes in to play. Participatory practice is a concept which means giving voice to those in the community who know the issues best, and then planning and organizing solutions to these issues using the resources of the nonprofit to implement solutions.

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Participatory Culture Leadership Washington 98

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

This person is writing about a participatory element (the "pastport") that we included in the exhibition Crossing Cultures. We did three things to supplement Belle''s paintings (installation shots here , peopled shots here ): We issued a call to locals who are immigrants, or whose family immigrated, to share an artifact and story with us.

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Participatory Museum History Arts 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

When I facilitate meetings or workshops for nonprofits, not matter the topic, I incorporate many participatory approaches and design thinking methods. The beauty in this method is the ability to unlock a discussion that can uncover hidden issues and divided opinion when you still have time to do something about it.

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Online Participatory Technique Method 113

Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

It also explains how the McKnight Foundation is connecting its participatory democracy work with climate justice efforts in historically marginalized communities. . Invest in, support, and learn from intermediary organizations, many of which can help you adopt participatory approaches to grantmaking. . Not reinventing the wheel.

Guidelines 105

Guidelines Participatory Case Study Philanthropy 105

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.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

As a designer, I'm always trying to ensure that participatory activities, however casual, impact both the participant and the organization. If fundraisers are so keen on relationships, why weren't they the first into social media and participatory projects on behalf of their organizations? What's going on here?

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Participatory Practice Fundraising Relationship 39

Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Since 2010 I have seen, again and again and again, how valuable human facilitation is to the participatory process.

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Participatory Museum Empowerment Facilitation 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

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

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Facilitation Skills System Change 86

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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Participatory Arts Audience Museum 51

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. While that was painful for the organizations involved, it also helped force the issue of whether participatory engagement could be core to a strong future business model for each organization or not. didn't mince words.

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Museum Participatory Resource Place 20

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. We are taught to create an organizational chart or a program activity graphic or a network diagram of organizations needed to address an issue like homelessness or educational equity.

Data 99

Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 99

sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

Not only are the issues multifaceted and overlapping, but they can also change based on location. That’s where participatory grantmaking comes in. What is Participatory Grantmaking? Participatory grantmaking efforts also respect the time and experience of the community members. And several ways not to do it.

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Participatory Trend Community Grant 71

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. Where did the interest specifically in GLBT history come from?

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History Museum Minnesota Participatory 51

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 13, 2011

The best participatory projects are useful. The participatory activity in question is part of the new Unfinished Business gallery, a room in which the museum engages with a contemporary issue related to the passion and work of Jane Addams and the historic Hull-House activist residents.

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Participatory Museum Action Experiment 44

Candid

JULY 5, 2022

We are paying attention to issues of equity and social justice; participatory grantmaking; and streamlining applications and reporting.” . “We “We are hoping there is a continuation for philanthropic organizations to simplify their processes and applications, be nimble, and to put less of a burden on the grantee.

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Foundation Giving Change Survey 105

Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

It can be inclusive and participatory. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible. By maintaining composure, we were able to quickly resolve the issue. It can empower people across locations to share their individual ideas and build on others’ ideas. Except when it isn’t!

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Virtual Track Student Virtual Classroom 52

Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

Whether your donors are transactional or high value (including mid-level and recurring donors) or participatory (like event participants and volunteers), building healthy relationships with them today—and retaining them—recognizes the responsibility we all have to our constituents, our communities, and, ultimately, to ourselves.

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Storytelling Donor Cancer Guidelines 75

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

MuseumCamp is amazing, but there are two issues that come up every January when we announce the new session: The application process is very competitive, and hundreds of people end up being rejected or waitlisted. Develop compelling, powerful participatory offers and promises for your prospective partners.

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Community Participatory Museum Registration 31

The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Educators and academics with expertise related to AAPI issues. Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. Aim to create an inclusive, welcoming atmosphere that brings together diverse AAPI communities and builds bonds. They can speak about their career journeys and professional accomplishments. Community organizers and non-profit leaders.

Celebrate 59

Celebrate Education Fundraising Culture 59

Forum One

APRIL 21, 2022

Using audience research and even participatory design, where we engage end-users in early-stage design, we help organizations break out of their own internal ways of communicating. We can’t design without this understanding—missions fuel our work—so we need to get up to speed on the issues that matter quickly.

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Design Team Beginner Audience 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. Instructional elements are one area I modify, but my content discusses some activities such as “ Walking Meetings ,” which can be a challenge for wheelchair users or people with mobility issues.

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Detroit Instruction Instructional PPT 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques. Documentation of the Visioning Process. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Fish Bowl Exericse.

Rwanda 113

Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Building Meaningful Engagement: Crowdfunding can assist nonprofits in not just raising funds but also in constructing significant participatory relationships with donors, potentially expanding their current supporter base. Best Practices for Crowdfunding Success Successful crowdfunding campaigns zero in on a precise project or cause.

Game 59

Game Fundraising Campaign Generation 59

Care2

MARCH 6, 2011

They can be excited about one issue, and then quickly move on. Youth engagement in interest-driven online communities was associated with increased volunteer and charity work and in increased work with others on community issues. They are viewed as techies and quite fickle when it comes to activism.

Activities 77

Activities Active Activism Internet 77

Achieve

JULY 27, 2017

The people generate the movement, spread the rallying cry of the message, and depend on one another to meet the collective’s goals in addressing the social issue at hand. The people, though, are bound by a common vision and a common narrative — to change the course of an issue that has affected so many people. But how is this possible?

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Question Develop Help Language 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to create greater impact. The rest of the day was spent in small group discussions framed around different issues. The started with some big picture frames.

Global 96

Global Network Participatory Netsquared 96

Achieve

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Your supporters want to believe your plan will get more people like them to support your cause or issue. One out of three residents of our state believes the issue needs to be addressed now, before it’s too late. care about what lies ahead for the organization, and what they can do to help make change happen. Won’t you join us?…".

Challenge 52

Challenge Strategy Participatory Roles 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

I dug into the link between the wider theories of capacity development and building strong, resilient nonprofit organizations capable of achieving impact in their communities and on the issues they tackle every day. When social change issues are complex, we can sometimes default to creating a set of tools to make sense of them.

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Results Program Build Help 94

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Deeper community relationships through focus groups or community advising committees can further help museums connect with issues relevant to their communities while also hold the museum accountable for their responses. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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Museum Program Participatory Community 49

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

Reading this article made me wonder: what are the greatest diversification issues in museums today? I'd argue that age and income diversity are important, but that racial and ethnic diversity is a bigger issue in museums today. This is both an issue of practice and of media coverage. Conference sessions on reaching young people.

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Audience Washington Museum Intergenerational 49

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

Question 49

Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

teams of kids have attended seminars (in Second Life) from UNICEF on world issues, and the kids are building exhibits with their ideas for solutions. More here on the event.

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Second Life Life Participatory Discussion 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 4, 2012

Too often, we jump immediately to offering visitors a way to act without first helping them care passionately about the issue at hand. I was reminded of this "care, then act" framework when I saw a recent story about a student's experience at a powerful issue-driven exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center, Half the Sky.

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Story Participatory Museum History 47

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

While some in the art world are heralding Carminero''s act as expanding the role of art to disrupt and make political statements, I feel that this is a pretty straightforward issue of a criminal act. But does the fact that Ai Wei Wei smashes work himself complicate the issue? Definitely. The rules of museum-going are already opaque.

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Museum Arts Artist Participatory 50