sgEngage
OCTOBER 17, 2022
You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Not sure if participatory grantmaking is for you or maybe you need a refresher on what it is? Is this you?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 7, 2014
That is a typical problem-solving approach, taking on a given problem, working using your own opinions and experience to guide you, and with a solution in mind to be designed. The session lead us through the design thinking process which includes: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. That is not design thinking.
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Forum One
DECEMBER 15, 2021
With the Virginia Department of Education’s I’m Determined initiative, we brought in key audiences at a discovery and design phase, much earlier than traditional audience testing would take place. The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process.
Media Cause
AUGUST 9, 2021
The people who are part of a specific community are the experts in that field, and they should be part of the creative process, not just used to “run ideas by,” or as focus groups when we conduct user-testing. The idea of including stakeholders in the process is often referred to as co-designing, or participatory design.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
It’s a pilot supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. Mindful Listening: Master the Basics of Focused Conversation. 2: Be present, practice mindful listening to the other person. 3: Don’t judge the other person. 4: Visualize the other person is saying.
Museum 2.0
MAY 9, 2012
Testing, refining, experimenting, and doing it all with style. In particular, we had a great group of 15 talking about participatory history experiences on Sunday. Participatory art and co-creation on the rise. Handing out paper hearts on Valentine's Day so visitors could put them in front of favorite paintings.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 30, 2013
We often invite visitors to collaborate on activities comparable to making a music video--but we could be more mindful and strategic about the themes and content of these activities. Implicit Associations test. There are many forms of the test and it can be modified to target specific questions of interest.
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