Care2

MARCH 6, 2011

They are viewed as techies and quite fickle when it comes to activism. Youth Activism Key Findings: Being a part of online communities promotes engagement. The Internet can serve as a gateway to online and offline civic and political engagement, including volunteerism, community problem-solving, and protest activity.&#.

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Activism Activities Active Internet 77

Candid

AUGUST 20, 2024

The general operating support set a base of stability from which the organization could launch new activities and initiatives. While an investment manager helps fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities, the foundation’s management team ensures the resources are activated to achieve its mission.

Build 112

Build Philanthropy Illinois Nonprofit 112

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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Model Activism Activities Active 98

Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2018

The activity is clear and well-scaffolded. This is the participatory museum, played out loud. It's rare that someone sits down to bang out noise. 95% of our piano users play music, beautifully. The piano is a simple invitation to meaningful visitor participation. The outcome is open-ended and visitor-driven. A special skill.

Participatory 37

Participatory Museum Sound Homeless 37

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. With one exception, no single activity cost more than $30 to produce/maintain.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With a better understanding of who holds power and why that dynamic needs to change, these funders have supported organizations, coalitions, and activities that help make those shifts happen. Long-term power building has a clear ROI Long-term investments in power-building campaigns have paid off.

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Build Community Organization California 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

When I facilitate meetings or workshops for nonprofits, not matter the topic, I incorporate many participatory approaches and design thinking methods. You use this to follow a brainstorming activity which may yield an abundance of new ideas. ” This is a simple process for getting participants to prioritize ideas or decisions.

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Online Participatory Technique Method 115

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. Here's what I think is really strong about the report: Coordinated, succinct research findings supporting the rise of active arts engagement.

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Participatory Arts Report Case Study 50

Museum 2.0

JUNE 19, 2013

He casts the whole idea of a great jazz jam in the context of the tragedy of the commons--like a poetry open mic, the jazz club is a community whose experience is fabulous or awful depending on the extent to the culture cultivates and enforces a healthy participatory process. This is an issue we are actively grappling with at our museum.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

It also explains how the McKnight Foundation is connecting its participatory democracy work with climate justice efforts in historically marginalized communities. . Invest in, support, and learn from intermediary organizations, many of which can help you adopt participatory approaches to grantmaking. . Not reinventing the wheel.

Guidelines 106

Guidelines Participatory Case Study Philanthropy 106

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

This person is writing about a participatory element (the "pastport") that we included in the exhibition Crossing Cultures. Each of these activities invited contribution on a different level. design exhibition Museum of Art and History participatory museum usercontent' Some with a colored pencil. Some with a paella pan.

Participatory 45

Participatory Museum History Arts 45

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. When activities were not facilitated, people were often too timid to interact.

Participatory 51

Participatory Arts Audience Museum 51

Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

Beck''s project is unusual because he deliberately resurrected a mostly-defunct participatory platform: sheet music for popular songs. In his thoughtful preface to this project, I reconnected with five lessons I''ve learned from participatory projects in museums and cultural sites. Constrain the input, free the output.

Participatory 52

Participatory Arts Music Learning 52

Forum One

JUNE 6, 2024

Think like a musician Those who have played music in a band or orchestra or sang in a choir understand the profound impact of an engaged and participatory audience. New information, stories, and updates about your mission and activities will encourage repeat visits and ongoing engagement from your audience.

Design 51

Design Create Music Storytelling 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses by Gautam John. It was at this point that we had a moment of realization – that reading is an extremely social activity and that there are communities and organizations who were more than ready to help us achieve our goals. Creative Commons to the rescue.

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License Participatory Culture India 93

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Datamaking, as an aspect of knowledge building , can even contribute to civic engagement and participatory democracy. Visualizing Where Meaning Making Can Happen “Mapping” activities are often the starting point of identifying data collection opportunities.

Data 105

Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 105

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory.

Participatory 44

Participatory Museum History International 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The facilitation methods are participatory. Teampedia -This collection includes many useful team building activities, icebreakers, teamwork resources, and tools for teams that want to improve their collaborative processes, including meetings. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

Facilitation 86

Facilitation Skills System Change 86

Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. Two years later, this project is still one of the most fondly remembered participatory experiences at the museum--by visitors and staff. He creates a visual representation of his story.

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Participatory Evaluation Project Museum 52

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 8, 2022

Attendees are welcomed and encouraged to bring their whole self to the NTC, and NTEN promises to weave a sense of community into session and activity throughout the three-day event. Where to Find Cloud for Good.

Conference 87

Conference Technology NTC NTEN 87

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 18, 2011

We decided to approach the label-writing for these boards in a participatory way. We can certainly write a decent label based on this activity. It was the activity that drew this person (and probably others) to the surfboards—not the objects themselves. But one post-it threw me for a loop.

Participatory 48

Participatory San Diego Museum History 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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. I learned about the People + AI Guidebook.

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Google Design Impact Participatory 95

The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Displaying AAPI visual arts is another engaging activity. Their grassroots activism brings important perspectives. Suggest Donations for Activities – Accept donations of supplies for offering engaging workshops, like arts and crafts, or encourage participants to make a suggested donation.

Celebrate 59

Celebrate Education Fundraising Culture 59

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

As a designer, I'm always trying to ensure that participatory activities, however casual, impact both the participant and the organization. If fundraisers are so keen on relationships, why weren't they the first into social media and participatory projects on behalf of their organizations?

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Participatory Practice Fundraising Relationship 39

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. It's not just a personal activity; it's an opportunity to be part of something.

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Participatory Music Project Video 48

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Rituals are routine and intentional activities that carry meaning. I’ve taken up many new self-care activities during 2020 to cope with the pandemic stress. In 2020, it was about adapting participatory processes to the virtual, remote environment. I use my self-care plan to formalize my intention to avoid work burnout.

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Journal Reflection Technique Facilitation 148

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2014

I saw how participatory techniques were working in diverse museums around the world. While they may not be as comfortable as Americans with "me" experiences, they are much more up for "we" activities. In this frame, any kind of participatory activity could work, anywhere. Is that activity an opportunity or a threat?

Culture 49

Culture Participatory New Zealand Museum 49

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

For the past two years, I''ve been working on a project to activate the concrete space adjacent to our museum as a vibrant, community plaza. We are hiring a temporary contract curator to activate the plaza this summer with 25+ cultural events. It''s an exciting, intense, educational time. multiple times per week.

Public 20

Public Activism Activities Active 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Lecture Classroom Experiment Utah 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. These are all active social endeavors that contribute positive value to the social Web. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Tags: guest blogging participatory.

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Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 50

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

This is the question I ask myself anytime I'm working on something with a participatory intent. But even developing that open call was a participatory process: Wes worked with other staff to think through how the residencies could work. This open call project may sound like one that is uniquely suited for participatory input.

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Participatory Question Work Artist 20

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 13, 2011

The best participatory projects are useful. Rather than just doing an activity, visitors should be able to contribute in a way that provides a valuable outcome for the institution and the wider museum audience. Yes, this activity is political. From a design perspective, this activity is scaffolded for success.

Participatory 44

Participatory Museum Action Experiment 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. In any of my instructions for any interactive activities, I always tell people that it isn’t required to move around or stand – do what they comfortable doing and modify. I make it okay to modify so no one feels excluded.

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Detroit Instructional Instruction PPT 78

Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

Whether your donors are transactional or high value (including mid-level and recurring donors) or participatory (like event participants and volunteers), building healthy relationships with them today—and retaining them—recognizes the responsibility we all have to our constituents, our communities, and, ultimately, to ourselves.

Storytelling 75

Storytelling Donor Cancer Guidelines 75

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

Foundations also demonstrated their willingness to support experimentation and learning by actively listening to grantees and communities; giving them more visibility; amplifying grantees’ voices; connecting more with the lived experiences of their grantees and community members; and making their grantmaking more participatory. .

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Europe Case Study Fund Practice 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The facilitation methods are participatory. Teampedia -This collection includes many useful team building activities, icebreakers, teamwork resources, and tools for teams that want to improve their collaborative processes, including meetings. This section includes templates for meeting processes.

Facilitation 112

Facilitation Product Design Sweden 112

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

As noted in " Unpacking ‘Participation’ ," allowing beneficiaries to assist with program implementation activities such as projects and events saves paid staff members time. Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests. In the written commitment, be intentional about asking beneficiaries to help with program activities.

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Program New York City Strategy Case Study 52