Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

I’m sure we each have stories like this. It can be inclusive and participatory. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible. Not surprisingly, their perception was that the conversation had been poorly facilitated and had no structure! Except when it isn’t!

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

We had debated the prompt structure a bit before the event (I thought "learned" was too leading), but giving visitors the choice of prompts let them share what they wanted without too much guidance. It created an appealing body of stories about the event. Loved" and "Made" were the most popular. you tell me.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 7, 2009

Which of these descriptions exemplifies participatory museum practice? Museum staff create an exhibit by a traditional internal design process, but the exhibit, once open, invites visitors to contribute their own stories and participation. In the first case, you are making the design process participatory. The exhibit opens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to create greater impact. Annie Leonard , the director of The Story of Stuff Project , shared a rich story about they have built a global network of activists around the film.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

The idea of including stakeholders in the process is often referred to as co-designing, or participatory design. What would the structure be like? Ethical storytelling: It is not just about telling the right stories, but also telling the stories the right way. . What about content?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

The opening chapters include many stories about networks and collective action and pull out key themes and strategies. In addition to the stories, you’ll find additional resources related to each theme. These themes include: 1. The report asks a number of impact questions related to networked citizens and the future.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Courageous speakers from dozens of countries described bold, participatory projects. I heard fresh ideas, stories, and challenges in each room. I first sensed the difference at the front door. There wasn't one. Instead, I walked into a lush garden in the middle of the city. Birds flew through the proceedings.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2012

To that end, our exhibitions are full of participatory elements. They can contribute their own stories, objects, and creative work to exhibitions. We actively seek participation and develop structured opportunities for visitors to collaborate with us. Visitors can comment on how we can improve or what they would like to see.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The National Vending Machine is a travelling exposition that tells the historical and personal story behind everyday objects. All these objects and stories together we call our ‘community of objects’. I thought it was a perfect chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test.

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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 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

There are many participatory kiosks that are functional black holes--visitors make videos or draw pictures or write stories, drop them in a slot, and. Such participatory activities would be seen as a waste of time. This sounds ridiculous, but it’s the way many museums approach participatory projects. nothing happens.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Creating open communities with old siloed corporate structures. And yes nonprofits mimic their corporate brethren with siloed structures. People are writing their own stories and ideas about our cause rather than us publishing content. Movements versus campaigning. How can you tell the difference?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

It can be incredibly difficult to design a participatory project that involves online and onsite visitor engagement. In this guest post, Jeffrey shares the story behind their big hit with a visitor co-created exhibition. We've also structured this project so we can maintain an ongoing dialog with participants even after the Oh Snap!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Patient advocates play a critical role in setting research priorities, designing clinical trials and structuring appropriate clinical engagement with industry. Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” This “Dr. Carrie Martin Munk, The ALS Association.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds." Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand." Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand."

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

Create a structure that values peoples' participation. The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. Participants' stories are often more valuable than their opinions. You also can't thank them/follow up quickly enough. SETTING UP THE MEETING 5.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2018

I had lots of creative formats for drawing people out, sharing stories, and working collaboratively. This is one of those rare non-fiction books with the killer trifecta: strong stories, specific takeaways, powerful vision. I'd spent years leading workshops around the world as a consultant. Sounds like great participation to me.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Resolution One: "I resolve to empower our supporters to tell our story, reach new people and raise funds." Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand." Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand."

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. We have prioritized opening up to as many partners as possible through collaborative structures that scale. How do we share our bifurcated story as both a place to engage with art and history AND a place that builds community? Making co-creation sustainable and powerful.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

In the case of Slavery in New York , the end of the exhibition featured a story-capture station at which visitors could record video responses to a series of four questions about their reactions to the exhibition. Tags: Talking to Strangers design participatory museum usercontent interactives.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

Structure the space with a clear story (and commensurate rules). Structure means context, and context means norms that people can easily grasp and deal with. Social networks are unsafe when they are launched without oversight, facilitation, structure, or community development plans.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Our museum in Santa Cruz has been slammed by those who believe participatory experiences have gone too far. We always knew that the inclusion of participatory and community-centered practices in arts institutions was controversial. To me, the backlash against participatory and community-centered experiences is not surprising.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Yesterday, I had the delightful opportunity to participate in the 3six5 project , a yearlong participatory project in which 365 people write 365 journal entries for every day of 2010. The reward for participants of having your contribution displayed is fairly and clearly structured.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We think about this redefinition of affinity not just in terms of our programming but our internal structures as well. We work with people on programs in their neighborhoods, relevant to their stories, so that people get personally connected. Bridging is another story. We're a place you can work off your traffic ticket.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Gladwell’s assertion that social movements are based on tight ties and online efforts on, say, Facebook, are participatory efforts based on loose ties is simply not true. The Tools Don’t Create Strong or Weak Ties, Stories and People Do. There are stories that people want to share and stories that people want to hear.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the first of a four-part series on the behind-the-scenes experience of writing The Participatory Museum. Overview: Stages of Development and Participation Types The Participatory Museum was written over a 15 month period that began in December of 2008. But this doesn't tell the whole story.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Fundraising & Grants.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

It is made by many; it is open, participatory and peer-driven.” The magic combination was the traditional nonprofit that provided a centralized campaign structure and unified message to diverse stakeholders. It’s featuring their hero’s journey and letting them tell their story with authenticity. “Old power works like a currency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Many organizations are keeping tabs of what is being said about their organization or programs on blogs and responding directly, telling their side of the story. In most cases simple syntax structure is used. Networking Insight Blog. Here's an example from the Red Cross. Discovery Exercise. the work of copyright holders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

I’ve been following it for a while now and it is very inspiring on many different levels. The laboratory gives Greenpeace and its partners a space to design, test, iterative, and roll out new strategies and techniques for participatory campaigns or what has been called “People Powered.” This one is for social media.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 11, 2014

Our primary goal for pop up museums is to bring people together in conversation through stories, art, history, and objects. Imagine a potluck in which instead of a dish, everyone brings an object and/or story to share with others. guestpost Museum of Art and History participatory museum' What does this look like?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

I was struck by how this is partly interactive, but within a structured, linear narrative. How did you make decisions about how to structure the story? Jim is the author and he is so brilliant and addresses the subject with such clarity and authority that we had a lot of trust in his sense of the structure of the book.

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