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The Johnny Cash Project: A Participatory Music Video That Sings

Museum 2.0

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. Are you making that shift in your thinking about participatory project design?

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What a Difference a Prompt Makes. Simple Analysis of a Participatory Exhibit Element

Museum 2.0

We decided to show a selection of Danny's lists in a hallway surrounded by a participatory element where we invite visitors to contribute to new lists on evocative themes ("Things we forget," "The best feelings in the world," etc.) One of the collections on display is a set of "found lists" collected by a local farmer, Danny Lazzarini.

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Unleash Crowdfunding Potential: Transform Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Game

The Modern Nonprofit

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. In fact, you might already be using a form of crowdfunding without realizing it!

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A Crash Course in Design Thinking for Network Leadership Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Which comes from the Participatory Facilitator’s Guide. It refers to the part of a participatory process where you know the problem or consensus won’t come easily. We all love energizing beginnings and happy endings, but it is the middle of a process of change that involves hard work.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Bonding social capital refers to networks that bring people together with common interests to strengthen relationships in preexisting groups. I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you.

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Designing for Nonprofits: Our Commentary + Experience

Media Cause

Every once in a while though, we stumble across a resource or reference from inside our very own wheelhouse. . The idea of including stakeholders in the process is often referred to as co-designing, or participatory design. As we look to make an impact, how can we invite community members to create with us from the start?

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The Art of Facilitating Virtual Meetings with Sticky Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Designing A Participatory Hook for a Virtual Meeting. What was nice about this exercise is that it unpacked many points that Andrea and I would be making in our presentations and we were able to refer back to what people in the group had mentioned. Design must comes first. Finally, you identify next steps and follow up.