Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Supporting these grassroots efforts is an investment in power building. What is power building? Power building aims to address systemic challenges by shifting power from historically oppressive systems toward authentic, community-led democracy, redistribution, and reparation.

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2024

They maintained an explicit mode of growing the work and building out the organization—and the endowment had a catalytic effect on what they could accomplish. There have been innovations with respect to the grantmaking process and decision making, like participatory grantmaking and trust-based philanthropy.

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Candid

JUNE 9, 2021

Participatory grantmaking [i] is no longer new. To be clear, participatory grantmaking has never been new. One of the first projects I was assigned to after joining Candid (then Foundation Center) was the guide on participatory grantmaking, now a seminal work in the growing body of literature on participatory grantmaking.

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Community Problem Participatory Philanthropy 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

Last week, I participated in three very intense days of project, curriculum, and online community planning for a new project, E-Mediat , a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. Build the capacity of these NGOs and CSOs to use new media effectively through mentoring and coaching.

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Network Build Social Media Participatory 95

The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 28, 2025

This powerful approach not only amplifies your reach but also builds a stronger connection between your nonprofit and its supporters. Generational Trends Younger donors, especially Millennials and Gen Z, prefer participatory and social ways to give back. Offer guidance on crafting compelling appeals that resonate with their networks.

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Fundraising Social Media Campaign Template 81

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. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. Her answer to the question about capacity building programs leading to better impact will surprise you.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Community Fund: A Participatory Grantmaking Case Study , by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative   This case study offers a first-hand look at fostering community collaboration in philanthropy. It outlines best practices and specific activities that funders can employ to safeguard and support their participatory grantmaking decision makers.

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Candid

JUNE 21, 2022

New funding models: spotlight on participatory grantmaking. Flexible funding, power shifting, and participatory grantmaking were also key themes, with a focus on how these new funding models can build movements and drive positive social change. Moving forward.

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Philanthropy Trend Participatory Foundation 116

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.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

The new building was designed to meet neighborhood needs--not just in the content covered, but in the inclusion of spaces made for particular kinds of activities sought by locals (i.e. It was the tour of the historic part of the building. But participatory facilitation can be taught. What if it isn't what I expected?

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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. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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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. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Visitors are not building exhibits from scratch or designing their own science experiments. This is a problem for two reasons.

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Candid

JANUARY 22, 2025

We examined data from hundreds of nonprofits that have participated in Listen4Goods feedback capacity-building program and, working with a third-party research firm, identified key practices that helped nonprofits gain new insights and bring about programmatic and organizational changes based on client feedback.

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Impact Reflection Practice Participatory 59

Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Visitors are not building exhibits from scratch or designing their own science experiments. This is a problem for two reasons.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2023

For more ideas on how to build trust with your grantees, check out our blog post, “ Achieving Lasting Impact Through Trust-Based Philanthropy.” Free Resource Tips for Stewarding Responsively 3 Ways to Redefine Risk and Build Stronger Relationships with Your Grantees Download Now 3.

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Trend Participatory Philanthropy Grant 97

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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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In our quest to make the public areas of the museum more reflective of Santa Cruz culture, we moved these boards from a comprehensive display in the history gallery into a main stairwell, prominently visible from the lobby and throughout the building. We decided to approach the label-writing for these boards in a participatory way.

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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. Build consensus. What participatory techniques have you translated from in-person meetings to online meetings successfully? Listen to all participant perspectives.

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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.

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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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Care2

JANUARY 12, 2011

If your organization is focused on building community among your activists and donors you’ve probably had to choose an online group tool. If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too. Can building a Facebook Group impact advocacy?

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Here are some ways your non-profit can steward its donors by building greater connections with them: Communicate with Them – You’ve got to communicate with your donors in a way that isn’t simply asking them for money. Get them moving on behalf of your charity with participatory fundraising. Get them involved.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

By streamlining workflows and addressing burnout, tools like these can support staff well-being and build capacity for the sector. This includes not just purchasing tools but also covering costs for training, maintenance, and capacity building. Build AI literacy. Yet significant barriers to AI adoption remain.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Intrigued because as president and CEO of Women’s Funding Network (WFN), the largest global alliance of gender equity funders, I am well aware of persistent gender data gaps that hinder efforts to identify disparities, change systems, and build power. It also provides a quantitative baseline to evaluate and build upon equity strategies.

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Data Demographics Participatory Aggregator 98

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

This morning I had the great pleasure and honor to present at Amplified Leicester about Community-Driven Social Impact, and run a short strategy-building workshop. You can communicate with, build programs or content together, and operate in collaboration with a community that you don’t know. That you know your community.

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Community Impact Social Phoenix 123

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 ). ” This builds trust and establishes your objectivity. It lets the speaker hear what they just said and can build trust.

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Facilitation Technique Nonprofit Chart 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

Today, after several years of researching and writing, Timms and Heimans have finally published their book called “ New Power: How Movements Build, Businesses Thrive, and Ideas Catch Fire in Our Hyperconnected World.” It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It is a sector must read. It is closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Building a Community Across Platforms. In this session, we will explore the meaning of community across channels and how to choose and manage the strategic direction of multi-channel community building. Consult the voting FAQ ! My sessions. If you want to leave feedback or comments about the sessions I am a part of, please do!

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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. The photo was from a session to discuss strategies for avoiding “networked silos&# and building networks of networks.

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Global Network Participatory Netsquared 97

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

Every new hire is an opportunity to build the organization of your dreams. Once the employee is hired, we need to set the stage for building connections and psychological safety. This is where participatory practice comes in to play. Make sure you and your stakeholders agree on your nonprofit’s reason for being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook Toolkit -The toolkit includes highly practical meeting facilitation “recipes” to help build skills in managing self, teams, and organizational culture.The facilitator agendas are designed for beginner or novice facilitators. The facilitation methods are participatory. Here’s my curated list.

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Facilitation Design Product Template 112

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

The event involved over fifty artists throughout the building helping visitors make their own paper, write poems, stitch books, etc. Instead, Stacey thought, why not make the feedback experience an activity unto itself? This past Friday, we experimented with a new feedback format at an evening event focused on poetry and book arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques. Documentation of the Visioning Process. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Rwanda Social Media Leadership Train 116

Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms. The platform that FundAction uses has made it easier for activists to share their work with people outside their thematic or geographic community, which has helped build solidarity and buttressed political education.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships. Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Foundation 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emerging Leaders Playbook Toolkit -The toolkit includes highly practical meeting facilitation “recipes” to help build skills in managing self, teams, and organizational culture.The facilitator agendas are designed for beginner or novice facilitators. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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