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Centering communities: Leaning into participatory grantmaking to increase equity 

Candid

Two days after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the Boston Foundation set up a special fund to provide rapid-response support to local nonprofits serving communities disproportionately affected by the outbreak. Participatory grantmaking as part of trust-based philanthropy Participatory grantmaking is just the beginning.

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The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

NTEN

2 Participatory Chinatown In this game, you're transported to Boston's Chinatown to view the development of new areas through the perspective of the varied citizens that make up their corner of the city.

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How grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients can do great things together with data and evaluation

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

However, it is a favorite photo from another recent Tech Networks of Boston event. The process was a collaboration in itself, with TSNE MissionWorks , and Essential Partners serving as co-hosts. Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __. Sharing responsibility for building the relationship.

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5 Games Supporting Nonprofits’s Missions, from Low-Tech to High-Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

government and encouraging participatory democracy. The Senate Immersion Module will launch in Boston in March, at the opening of the EMK Institute. Through a partnership with game studio E-Line Media and the nonprofit Cook Inlet Tribal Council, it became the first game developed in collaboration with the Iñupiat community.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized. Bob argues that giving kids laptops enables more participatory, engaged learning.

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An ARG at the Smithsonian: Games, Collections, and Ghosts

Museum 2.0

While today is the official launch, Ghosts of a Chance had its "trailhead" (ARG-speak for a first entry point or teaser) at July's ARGFest in Boston, when a heavily-hennaed clue (see image ) crashed the conference and gave a whole new meaning to the term "marketing exposure" as applied to the Smithsonian. are frigging cool indeed.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

AFP / Boston, MA / Price varies. The NTC brings together the best and brightest nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness with technology. ACCP: The Conference features General Sessions, Learning Labs, Workshops, The Masters’ Series and new in 2016, Connexity Live. Mar 20 - 22.

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