sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

Monitor changes in both philanthropy and technology so you can determine what makes the most sense for your organization and grantees. Even if your organization isn’t ready for a full participatory approach to your grantmaking, for example, understand the core tenets so you can address questions and get feedback from grantees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Clearly, the challenge was more than just the technology. The guidebook focuses on “participatory machine learning,” which actively involves a diversity of stakeholders – technologists, UXers, policymakers, end users, and citizens.” The panel was facilitated by Di Dang, Google Developer Design Advocate.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

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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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

What has been your biggest technology disaster this year? Collaborative technology is incredible. It can be inclusive and participatory. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible. What do we do when technology (or the people using the technology) do something unexpected?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? If your activity is compelling because it involves gimmicky new technology, it's not a good activity.

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Teen Participatory Experiment Museum 24

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

They are now adding new subject areas to their portfolios, like public health, mental health, food security, use of technology, and democracy, as just a few examples. As a result, some foundations have started thinking about giving in a crisis before it even begins and developing a strategy to make sure that their funds have the most impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

If you are facilitating the meeting you need figure out logistics like scheduling, materials, and effective use of technology for virtual meetings. The facilitation methods are participatory. Meeting design is more than just agenda planning or identifying topics.

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Facilitation Product Design Sweden 109

Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? You join the Brooklyn Museum’s posse.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Once everyone had to rely on digital products and services in entirely new ways, a collective realization spread that if we rely on technology and that technology fails, we can’t do our jobs. The “I’m Determined” website focused on better addressing its audiences’ needs through a participatory design process. We can’t connect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Reimagination: This theme relates to the work I do on digital transformation or how emerging technologies can transform the way nonprofits do their work. In 2020, it was about adapting participatory processes to the virtual, remote environment. Above all, it is mitigating stress while effectively doing the work with great passion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. My colleague, Dirk Slater , has written about how he applies Gunner’s techniques in his own technology/activist trainings. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it.

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Facilitation Technique Ideas Exercise 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

As you can see from the schedule overview , this is more of a participatory event versus the traditional conference with powerpoints and panelists. (Early bird registration ends on July 31 and scholarship information is here. Our first session will set the stage and context for the practices of “Impact Leadership.”

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

If you are interested in mobile technology and its application for social change projects, this is definitely an event to check out. It is barcamp style, so come with your questions and topics you want to talk about; come meet lots of others interested in leveraging mobile technology for change and collaborate! Each event includes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Participatory Gatherings. There is no better resource than “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. (They also offer workshops ). Making Decisions and Getting Consensus. Strategic Dialogue. Organizational Development. Networked Facilitation. Community Organizing. Any many more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

I’ve always benefited from learning from colleagues who do nonprofit technology training and capacity but often we come from the same perspective. The subject matter, of course, the effective use of digital and networks that is holistic and that incorporates on culture change, innovation, and collaboration skills.

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Global Network Change Create 91

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

Amplified Leicester is managed by the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University in partnership with the DMU Centre for Social Action and Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre. To provide practical examples of how collaborative technologies can be exploited in a city context. Technology cards. Roles cards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My experience so far has been to develop curriculum – mostly focused on technology that is adapted in different countries by local organizations. This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process. Documentation of the Visioning Process. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. Participatory Facilitation Techniques. Small Group – Making Posters.

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Training Train San Jose Instructional Design 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Design to Invite Active Participation Participatory design can be one of the most effective vehicles for developing relationships, building social capital and engaging with community members in museum programs. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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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. His welcome was followed by remarks from Akhtar Badshah who reminded us that technology disruption is our friend.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to help support the NTEN Community Challenge , which helped to enhance NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

technologies don???t s based on the choices we make on the ground, within our own societies, for how we use these technologies. the opportunity to program and build stuff in Second Life is pretty awesome. Again, it???s s what you do with it ??? t have an inevitable consequence ; it???s

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

for the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? Hear Our CEO Speak on Technology and Big Ideas for Change. What does it mean that every organization, large and small, is now expected to have some fluency with technology? IT Office Hours : Get Office 365 and expert technology advice. Are you heading to D.C. – 3 p.m.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

These dollar amounts might be for staff time, technology, training, an external consultant, or even for office supplies. Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __. Not all programs and outcomes are identical, but very few are entirely sui generis. Speaking with each other on a regular basis.

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Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. With this in mind, when we produce participatory experiences, while our impetus is to serve our power users with extra content or “check for understanding” interactives, there are so many other ways to use interactives.

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Museum Participatory Interaction Classroom 35

Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. Ask your technology questions in our TechSoup forums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2006

Christine reports that this chicken and egg question came up: " Do people's social needs drive the emergence of new technology, or does. the emergence of these new technologies drive what people want to do? " This one well worth reading if you're interested in social software and nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I facilitated workshops with volunteers from Bay Area technology companies and we worked with more 50 women’s rights organizations in the region. I’m also continuing to focus on technology wellness, not only for individuals but in the nonprofit workplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Digital technologies are connecting residents in neighborhoods, catalyzing community discussions, changing the way governments and citizens interact, and making government more transparent. This growing field of “civic tech” is aiming to harness technology to spur citizen engagement, improve cities and make government more effective.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! This participatory workshop will help you answer the question: What does old-school community organizing have to teach the wired activist? Vote today! This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios.

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Proposal Louisiana Map NTEN 134

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

John McElhenney - Clear Green Technologies. Publishing plust interactivity, participatory. A heroic ideal: our social and environmental problems are solvable; social entrepreneurship; information technology. Presenters: Emily Gertz - Change.org. Jon Lebkowsky - Social Web Strategies. Rob Reed - Max Gladwell. Jon Lebkowsky.

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Social Media Media Social Green 100

Care2

JANUARY 12, 2011

Which tool is best for your group will depend on your goals, your members level of engagement, and the group’s comfort level with social technologies. If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. Or that we take a group photo together at the end of the day.

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