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The community approach to problem solving

Candid

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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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: A Fresh Take for 2025

The Modern Nonprofit

Generational Trends Younger donors, especially Millennials and Gen Z, prefer participatory and social ways to give back. Create a community hub where fundraisers can connect, share tips, and celebrate successes. Peer-to-peer fundraising fits naturally into how they support causes they care about.

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

Museum 2.0

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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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

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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Guest Post by Nina Simon -- Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Why aren’t more museums designing highly constrained participatory platforms in which visitors contribute to collaborative projects?

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Making Museum Tours Participatory: A Model from the Wing Luke Asian Museum

Museum 2.0

She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. One man (Gordon from Kirkland) told us that "Vi is kind of a celebrity" in the Seattle Chinatown community, which made the rest of us more excited about taking a tour from her. What made it so special?

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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events As the vibrant tapestry of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month unfolds, the opportunity to celebrate, educate, and inspire through impactful events is immense.