Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness. Nonprofits Struggle to Implement Diversity Measures, Survey Finds.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

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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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. The financial austerity measures applied external pressure to the Our Museum institutions. Bernadette Peters' provocative 2011 report, Whose Cake is it Anyway? didn't mince words.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

We have some strategies for tackling this: convening diverse content advisors, incorporating anti-bias educational approaches in our design, developing participatory opportunities for visitors to connect past to present. You can measure the change in that comfort before and after the research activity. Direct questioning.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process. I’m Determined provides tools that help young people, especially those with disabilities, to undertake a measure of control in their lives. The more inclusive the process, the more accessible the outcome will be.

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Accessibility Goal Virginia Audience 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

We believe that any measurement of the impact of investment in strong organizations should ultimately come back to demonstrating the additional impact organizations are able to achieve after receiving this kind of support. Most had weak measures of accountability especially towards clients, beneficiaries and community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning. Only measure impact, not process. When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning from Karcsig. There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning.

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Story Data Analysis Measure 121

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. Why Self-Publish?

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Participatory Museum Process Adobe 33

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

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

This could be something as simple as a memo to the staff of the organization or as big as a strategic plan, such as a Balanced Scorecard, suggested in Strategic Performance Measurement and Management , or a theory of change approach, such as the one in The Center for Theory of Change. Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests.

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Program New York City Strategy Case Study 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

As you can see from the schedule overview , this is more of a participatory event versus the traditional conference with powerpoints and panelists. I’m excited to be co-facilitating the Impact Leadership track with colleagues John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. Measure, Test, Refine. One thing you will also notice when you review the Upworthy deck is that they also use measurement to improve their content and engagement. Include a strong call to action (CTA). Do you want people to click? To share on Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Measurement springs from many different motivations. Are you measuring to test a hypothesis? Is your measurement approach a way to manage your grants and portfolio? Are you required to measure?

Evaluation 95

Evaluation Measure Seattle Lesson 95

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

Asking nonprofits to define their goals, their desired outcomes, and their quantitative measures of success – rather than telling them what these should be. Measuring what you really value, rather than simply valuing what you can easily measure. Working toward useful standards of measurement.

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Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Designers of these civic tech platforms and apps are already measuring results, such as the number of users, and are very familiar with tools like Google Analytics.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

Get a crash course in social capital theory and ways of measuring community participation. Develop compelling, powerful participatory offers and promises for your prospective partners. Tour MAH participatory exhibitions and shadow MAH community events. And it's not just for museum people.

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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.

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Game Fundraising Campaign Generation 59

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. I’ve been using these participatory categories to talk about how we’d like users to participate in different projects.

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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 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."

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This project wove together many different participatory threads. It taught me that exhibitions can make a real and measurable difference in how a community tackles its biggest issues. Short story: we learned a lot. We wrote a toolkit about our process. You can download it for free right now. What did we learn?

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Issue Childhood Community Create 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

Having 300 people and doing a participatory style of teaching gave me an opportunity to use some of my facilitation techniques for large groups that are in my tool set – and because colleagues have asked me to share tips about it, expect that in another blog post next week.). It starts with ideas and brainstorming.

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Social Media San Antonio Content Strategy 50

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning: The only valid data is quantitative data. Only measure impact, not process. When the issue of interest moves from measurement for accountability/compliance to #evaluation for learning – from Karcsig. Do only numbers matter? And so it goes …….

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Story Data Analysis Structure 74

Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2011

For me, Downward Draw provided an unusual opportunity to examine the more casual end of the participatory spectrum. For years, I've used Forrester Research's five social media user categories --creators, critics, collectors, joiners, and spectators--as a guide when thinking about how to design participatory experiences in physical space.

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Participatory Museum Measure Activities 41

sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Structure some of the measures of success so it can give you the space to explore in partnership with different groups, build trust with different groups, and to distribute knowledge and resources throughout.

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Voice Strategy Mississippi Boston 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

I now look forward to further refining curriculum and workshops over the coming months.

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Learning Pakistan Haiti Facilitation 92

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

I can't say that any one experience--working on a collage with other visitors, swinging on a hammock, discovering a participatory display for pocket artifacts in the bathroom--directly contributed to increased attendance and giving. They all have in concert, and they build on each other.

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Audience Museum Participatory History 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012.

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2017

Groups and associations across the social sector have proposed this measure to increase charitable giving across all taxpayers and potentially minimize any negative impact of tax reform on charitable giving. The doubling of standard deductions. The repeal of the estate tax. Take a look at the universal charitable deduction.

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Proposal United States Participatory National 30

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.”

Social Media 114

Social Media Digital Mobile Trend 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

I'm here in Chicago for a very brief trip on a panel about metrics and measurement for museums called "New Spaces, New Measures." Be sure to check out Kami's links on measurement. " My slides and resources are here. Via RSA Networks blog. " Geoff Livingston has started a conversation meme here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We were lucky enough to have Nedra stop by the Zoetica Salon and share some thoughts about how to measure social media outcomes. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. I love the checklists, her thoughts about the impact of social media and behavior change, and the DIY market research techniques. You can pick up a copy here.

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Amazon Nonprofit Social Media Oregon 116

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Interesting WorldChanging post, Just Launched: Journal of Participatory Medicine. 7 Tips for Measuring the Success of Your Blog on Beth's Blog Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization on NetSquared. Early registration deadline is Nov. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

The best way I can really push my own participatory practice and thinking is to operate an institution and work with a community I care about over time. There's even a historic cemetery for good measure. I have been looking for a way to transition to working in Santa Cruz instead of traveling constantly.

History 55

History Museum Arts Consultant 55

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 29, 2008

And indeed, we find VRM being discussed on sites like "The Social Customer" blog by Christopher Carfi, which is trying to evolve models of customer service and marketing that assume a more empowered and participatory customer base. We are all both customers and vendors. But what does a VRM/CRM collaboration look like?

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Captivate Participatory Wiki Relationship 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The topics include: Control and Transparency: How comfortable is the foundation with the participatory nature of Web 2.0 Evaluation and Measurement: How will foundation asses and evaluate the impact of sucess of their online communications efforts? world any different from the measurement obstacles of traditional communication?

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Social Media Foundation Report Media 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

Several Community Science Workshops also get Measure S grants - gang prevention grants - through their cities. For example, the Exploratorium is an extraordinarily participatory museum, but it''s not nearly as participatory as a Community Science Workshop. or free access to the dump to get materials.

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