Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s not a binary question of whether your guidelines state you are or are not a climate or justice funder. For example, the guide shares how savvy education funders are considering the impact of learning loss on students who every year miss more and more days of instruction due to the climate crisis. Not reinventing the wheel.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

We make information into data when we explicitly attach it to a question and explicitly or implicitly connect it to an approach for making sense of it. To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 96

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

I said to him: I can't really answer that question. The key question is, every step of the way: how can you invite people beyond yourself to help make this step better? This is the question I ask myself anytime I'm working on something with a participatory intent. It's a question of how they can make it BETTER.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

With all these options, we wanted to look back and highlight some of the Issue Lab community’s most popular publications in 2022, featuring a wide array of topics ranging from education to participatory grantmaking and beyond. Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Before going on, let’s answer the question, “What does it mean to ‘steward’ a donor?” Get them moving on behalf of your charity with participatory fundraising. Want to learn more about how to steward your donors? What is Stewarding? Ask your donors to volunteer, to serve on committees, to join your board. Get them involved.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. Two years later, this project is still one of the most fondly remembered participatory experiences at the museum--by visitors and staff. He creates a visual representation of his story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Google Impact AI Summit that shared the learning and case studies from Google AI Challenge winners. The Summit included presentations, panel discussions, and a “science fair” where we could see demos from and talk with the winners. I learned about the People + AI Guidebook.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 8, 2022

In just thirty minutes, we will identify the “how” and the “why” questions your data is asking, find out how your program data can help you showcase your impact, and teach you how technology can help you visualize that impact.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 18, 2011

We decided to approach the label-writing for these boards in a participatory way. We blatantly borrowed the brilliant technique the San Diego Museum of Natural History used to write labels based on visitors’ questions. Visitors have gone to town, writing both basic questions (“who made them?” “who how did they ride the plank?”

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Participatory San Diego Museum History 48

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 22, 2012

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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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. Across the museum field, the questions about visitor participation have gone from "what?" I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. and "why?" to "how?".

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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 post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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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. Throughout the session, we’d divide into smaller groups or pairs to learn from each other more collaboratively. Ask a lot of questions beforehand to understand technology comfort. Of course.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools. Expressions (media creation, mashups, etc). Circulations - shaping the flow of media (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. Here’s a few things I learned. Good participatory design and instructional design for that matter needs a closure exercise. There are usually two aspects of this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Keeping Resilient in 2021.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

I’ve always benefited from learning from colleagues who do nonprofit technology training and capacity but often we come from the same perspective. We heard near consensus around the lack of support for entry- and mid-level staff/volunteers, in particular, to admit key mistakes and crucial lessons learned.

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Global Network Change Create 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggl es with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. I love this question. First, what do the right questions look like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Last month, I participated in a Design Thinking Lab with network leadership practitioners convened by the Leadership Learning Community. The questions: What do you hope to learn today? For the rest of the morning, we learned about design thinking by doing it through “ A Crash Course in Design Thinking.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Even asking direct questions doesn’t result in replies. Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 7, 2009

Which of these descriptions exemplifies participatory museum practice? But the difference between the two examples teases out a problem in differentiating "participatory design" from "design for participation." In the first case, you are making the design process participatory. In the second, you make the product participatory.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 24, 2011

In this post, Ken shares some surprising lessons learned so far. What are the lessons learned? Lessons Learned 1: Build it, and they will come We thought GISKIN was cool and different, but was it cool and different enough to actually attract people to the Park? Lessons Learned 3: This is not a museum talking (what a relief!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

If you want to a chance to win, leave a comment on this post sharing something that you’d like to learn about Impact Leadership or some wisdom from your experience about practicing impact leadership! I’m giving away a free registration to NTEN’s Leading Social Change Summit. I’ll pick a winner by July 3oth.

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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. That letter didn’t come until after we’d talked about it in our local paper.

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History Museum Minnesota Participatory 51

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. Needless to say, I learned a lot! Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Documentation of the Visioning Process. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Peer Learning / Coaching.

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Facilitation Technique Chart Method 121

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Any questions? The question that comes up every time, the question so big it deserves the impropriety of all caps: BUT WHAT ABOUT QUALITY? EDUCATIONAL: can people learn from it? PARTICIPATORY: can people get involved or contribute to it? High participatory quality, low technical quality. Engaging new people.

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Participatory Museum Arts Culture 55

Museum 2.0

APRIL 28, 2009

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggles with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. I love this question. First, what do the right questions look like?

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Technique Design Question Develop 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

The program is called Tech2Empower and you can learn more about it here. It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. We allowed people to move from group to group once they go their questions answered.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. But I left uneasy, grappling with questions that plagued me throughout the conference. How does their work relate to their physical institutions?

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Participatory Museum Web Indianapolis 35

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

You will learn the theory and practice of how to open your organization to robust community participation. Learn more and register here. This retreat is all about learning from each other. This retreat is all about learning from each other. Learn more here. Registration is first come, first served.

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Community Participatory Museum Registration 31

Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2014

Yesterday, I learned about the Silk Mill, a British historic site that is going through a dramatic community-driven reinvention. A strong participatory process is not a loosey-goosey, open the doors and do whatever strategy. And it leaves me with just one question. design inclusion institutional change participatory museum'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place. Scientists design the test questions, steer the data collection, and analyze the results. Science has an answer.

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Model Activities Active Activism 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

This is a session where you’ll be an active participant in your learning and will leave ready to apply lots of practical tips and techniques that will give your trainings more impact. How To Design To Get Participants To Apply What They Learned. Why Extreme Content Delivery Does Not Equal Learning. Peer Learning Design.

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