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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. A participatory culture is also one in which members believe their contributions matter, and feel some degree of social connection to one another.

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Developing a Participatory, Provocative History Project at a Small Museum in Minnesota: Interview with Mary Warner

Museum 2.0

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. How do we get the history of the poor? So I put all the forms together first.

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Art Brings People Together: Measuring the Power of Social Bridging

Museum 2.0

I eagerly read about a new social psychology research study in which whites, Asians, and Latinos engaged in a simple collaborative activity--making a music video together. When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. But each of these studies yields another useful nugget. Implicit Associations test.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

So if that is of interest to you, maybe you’re thinking of switching software or you’re just kind of curious about us, check out our website, all kinds of videos and stuff you can watch and, you know, we’d love for you to learn more. So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods.

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Gov 2.0, Shirky & Local Communities

Amy Sample Ward

In the video below fron Gov 2.0 , Clay Shirky discusses some of the attributes that lead to success for Apps for America and un-success (can’t say “failure&# as they certainly learned a lot from the experiment!) It’s a great video, and only around 10 minutes long - watch it. of other projects.

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