Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica for this project where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as a sort of meta network weaver. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, The Second C: Collaboration. Taken together, these four themes constitute the value system of social media.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The NTC brings together the best and brightest nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness with technology. Less a conference than a facilitated retreat, the 2016 gathering will encourage the active and full engagement of all participants. Technology / #16NTC / @NTENorg.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Yes, community involvement is at the heart of our shifted, successful business model. But that business model requires experienced staff who know how to empower people, facilitate meaningful participation, respond to community issues and interests, and ignite learning. What is the metaphor for participatory arts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They then formed task forces to consider various options and make decisions, using a consensus-based model. Next, consultants helped facilitate an asynchronous process involving a wide set of stakeholders using an online wiki to write and edit sections of the plan. ” Paul Connolly.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

People who work with non-professionals on participatory projects often talk about finding "neutral" sites for meetings or meeting on their (the non-professionals') territory. However, the contest also prevented us from legitimately fostering collaboration. Level the playing field or tip it in their favor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

A Networked organization is more than just the electronic infrastructure and tools that facilitate communication. It is a collaborative way of working. Annie talked about how networks focus on collaboration and action, rather than institution building. 2) Networks are participatory. It is about sharing.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

While there are some criticisms of its consensus-based model for information-vetting, there's no doubt of its success as a collaborative knowledge-creation project. After all, if Wikipedia could succeed as a collaborative documentation of well, everything, isn't your specific wiki bound to thrive as well? So when do wikis work?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

Values such as power-sharing, equity, and collaboration are at the heart of these ideas, and they provide a framework for enhancing agility, reducing burden, and simplifying the funding process. Simplify and streamline paperwork. Be transparent and responsive. Solicit and act on feedback. Offer support beyond the check.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 11, 2014

There are many different models, including The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History , The New York Met , SF Mobile Museum , and even a Pop Up Prison Museum. We choose themes and venues in collaboration with a community partner. How can you take something as substantial and precious as a museum and add a pop up twist?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

It is crucial that LAMs be considered public civic spaces, but Oldenburg's model leaves a lot to be desired. The ideal of third places, that attracts we cultural heritage types, is a democratic space where civic life is built collaboratively and at a personal level. And John Cotton Dana's department store model is an interesting one.

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