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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

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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?

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Open Source Strategic Planning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2009, the foundation began by harvesting almost a thousand proposals for future directions from community members through online crowd-sourcing. They then formed task forces to consider various options and make decisions, using a consensus-based model.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Inside the Design of an Amazing Museum Project to Capture People's Stories

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They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. The proposal to Metlife was all video. Projects participatory museum storytelling usercontent' Lots of inspiring and practical tips below - enjoy!

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

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Being another layer over existing technologies, those who are comfortable with the current models can stay behind while the rest of us move up to the next level. SL is not some new revolutionary model that has never been seen before. more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution).

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Adventures in Artist-Driven Public Engagement: Machine Project at the Hammer Museum

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What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. Frequently, we get stuck on developing participatory projects or events that serve as many people as possible.

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Reflections on MuseumNext and Facilitating Brainstorming

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Unconference sessions , featuring topics as diverse as "playing an ARG" (with real labyrinth adventures ), "engaging visitors who were dragged to the museum," and "measuring and defining success in participatory projects." Facilitator bits. That said, the phrase "structured opportunity" is where MuseumNext suffered most.

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How I Got Here

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I also learned that the best money in museums for someone who's starting out is in art modeling. I survived the first half of 2003 financially on art modeling and poetry gigs. Anna accepted my proposal. It was like getting paid to process the day in a lovely setting.

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