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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Google Research AI blog

JULY 20, 2023

Critical socio-structural factors, including lack of access to healthcare, lack of trust in the health care system, and underdiagnosis due to human bias, were left out while spending on healthcare was highlighted as a predictor of complex health need. SCOUTS has published innovative research in both areas.

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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. We had debated the prompt structure a bit before the event (I thought "learned" was too leading), but giving visitors the choice of prompts let them share what they wanted without too much guidance.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Yesterday, I had the delightful opportunity to participate in the 3six5 project , a yearlong participatory project in which 365 people write 365 journal entries for every day of 2010. The reward for participants of having your contribution displayed is fairly and clearly structured.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. As part of my WFH routine, I do a regular “fake commute.”

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Nonprofit Journal Facilitation Reflection 148

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. Why aren’t talking about to build more resilient civil society networks that can scale?

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Tunisia Reflection Social Media NGO 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building. Mental Models: These visuals describe how people (individuals, groups) think the world works, such as theories of change, power structures, and cause-effect models in general.

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Map Profit System Guatemala 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Gladwell’s assertion that social movements are based on tight ties and online efforts on, say, Facebook, are participatory efforts based on loose ties is simply not true. Gladwell argues that real social change occurs when strong, rather than weak-tie networks, organize hierarchically, rather than in a de-centralized network structure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Creating open communities with old siloed corporate structures. And yes nonprofits mimic their corporate brethren with siloed structures. Tags: movement building. Ironically, if we have time, the last matter is the least difficult. And that is the crossroads. Movements versus campaigning. How can you tell the difference?

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 16, 2023

We study and develop scalable, rigorous, and evidence-based solutions using data analysis, human rights, and participatory frameworks. Through semi-structured workshops and discussions, EARR has provided critical perspectives and feedback on how to conceptualize equity and vulnerability as they relate to AI technology.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

took over the world, people were part of smaller online participatory communities called listservs. Yet even after all these years, many organizations still haven’t mastered how to use listservs in building successful and engaging online communities. The biggest barriers groups face is how to structure listservs.

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Google Research AI blog

APRIL 19, 2023

This transformative potential requires us to be responsible not only in how we advance our technology, but also in how we envision which technologies to build, and how we assess the social impact AI and ML-enabled technologies have on the world.

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Culture Research Technology Google 120

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean. Some of the techniques include analyzing narrative data in a structured way to test and refine a theory of change.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Our museum in Santa Cruz has been slammed by those who believe participatory experiences have gone too far. We always knew that the inclusion of participatory and community-centered practices in arts institutions was controversial. To me, the backlash against participatory and community-centered experiences is not surprising.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. The Structure Lab is set up as a "game" in which you explore cards in various categories (values, assets, financing, etc.) to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

This assessment will give you a good sense of where you stand now and offers a structured approach to practicing based on your assessment. In this article, 10 Steps to Effective Listening , by educator Dianne Schilling provides the basic building blocks to effective listening. ” This builds trust and establishes your objectivity.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 18, 2023

Posted by Lucas Dixon and Michael Terry, co-leads, PAIR, Google Research PAIR (People + AI Research) first launched in 2017 with the belief that “AI can go much further — and be more useful to all of us — if we build systems with people in mind at the start of the process.” Why does this happen and what can be done about it?

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Research Google Method Model 65

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Scribe: The role of the scribe is to capture ideas and build group memory. I wish I had done a structured creative thinking exercise to get people comfortable. Then we opened up for discussion.

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Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 127

Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

If you are building something new and want people's ideas, go for bridging. When you are doing creative work together (making, building, brainstorming), it's catalytic to work with people who see things in a whole different way. Create a structure that values peoples' participation. SETTING UP THE MEETING 5.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Build Trust Through Relationships “There have to be conversations about who philanthropy, as a sector, trusts and who we don’t trust,” said Natanja. Now comes the hard work of building meaningful and authentic relationships.

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Voice Strategy Mississippi Philanthropy 92

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

As far as I can ascertain, this series was the first in which grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients came together in equal numbers and met as peers for reflective structured dialogue. Sharing responsibility for building the relationship. Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. I also facilitated a number of nonprofit staff workshops building on the curriculum. My Three Themes: . Reflection helps energize me and helps me focus.

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Professional Nonprofit Journal Reflection 0

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. Participation in science research is a good basis on which to develop a framework for participatory models because it is based on a consistent scientific process with many steps.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

It can empower people across locations to share their individual ideas and build on others’ ideas. It can be inclusive and participatory. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible. The whole can be greater than the sum of the parts. Except when it isn’t! It wasn’t a big deal.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

Specifically, we analyze the relative social behavior of people on buses versus those on trains, and look for clues as to what design elements contribute to different kinds of participatory behavior. Buses don't employ drivers or operate on city streets to improve the comfort and participatory experience of riding.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Courageous speakers from dozens of countries described bold, participatory projects. Parque Explora's staff are deeply committed to co-creative, ambitious, community building work (read a bit about their community work here ). I first sensed the difference at the front door. There wasn't one. Birds flew through the proceedings.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

It can be incredibly difficult to design a participatory project that involves online and onsite visitor engagement. We've also structured this project so we can maintain an ongoing dialog with participants even after the Oh Snap! Visitor-contributed photos surround a collection piece in Carnegie Museum of Art's Oh Snap!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

My question, what is the first step you can take towards building this continuous improvement process in your organization? I think the best approach is to use something like Box or Drop Box and a folder structure organized like your editorial calendar. Format Templates and Cheat Sheets.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

This section has great tips on peer-to-peer applications and discusses its benefits such as the ability to grow your database, build community and constituent loyalty and expand fundraising. Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand."

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Difference Convio Nonprofit Participatory 28

Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

Most of my work contracts involve a conversation that goes something like this: "We want to find ways to make our institution more participatory and lively." You can't just start with who you already have in the middle and build infinitely outward. Fabulous!" "But Audience development is not an exercise in concentric circles.

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Audience Museum Oakland Participatory 40

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2014

I first learned about this technique from Sam Kaner''s excellent book, Facilitator''s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. To me, this is analogous to the benefits of having multiple staff members engaged with community partners on participatory projects. Build structures to support meeting each other.

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Facilitation Professional Learning Unconference 36

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video. Projects participatory museum storytelling usercontent'

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Museum Story Project People 43

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

This year was a year of building, challenging, and strengthening. Building an amazing team. We work hard to name and build our culture in many ways. Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. We have prioritized opening up to as many partners as possible through collaborative structures that scale.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

This section has great tips on peer-to-peer applications and discusses its benefits such as the ability to grow your database, build community and constituent loyalty and expand fundraising. Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand."

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Social Media Advocacy Difference Media 28

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I wish I could see you all because so much of what we do in this work is building community. So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. So as leaders, our job is to help build upon that momentum but also create that infrastructure. . Here we go. Julie: All right. How do we do this well?

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