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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way. Like many other activities in participatory philanthropy, this approach considers the process to be as important as the outcomes. It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

Museum 2.0

It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). I hope you'll share your thoughts in the comments.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

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?

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

The schools have open wireless internet, so each student has continual access to the Web. They were ahead of the museum curve, using language like "participatory learning environment" (Brooklyn Children's Museum, 1977) that is still thick in the mouths of contemporary museum directors in other fields.

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Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century in 714 Words (or less)

Museum 2.0

have established viability in two ways—via designed experiences (exhibits, programs, courses) and access to assets (artifacts, books). While museums and libraries may be trusted sources of information, people increasingly prefer sources that are immediately and widely accessible for use and reuse. They make church convenient.

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Open Source Strategic Planning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Wikimedia Foundation ambitiously envisions a “world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” Gardner admitted that at certain points the non-linear and emergent collaborative planning process was ambiguous and frustrating.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can think of it as having 24/7 access to another users filing cabinet, but each user's collection of bookmarks helps to build an rich knowledge network. Think of it as the track changes feature in word, but on the web so that anyone who has access can contribute. The power of Del.icio.us the work of copyright holders. Enterprise 2.0

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