sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. And, the focus of MEL is generally on evaluating grantee projects or organizations, rather than on the grantmaker and its practices. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

Participatory 112

Participatory Evaluation Grant Philanthropy 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

The report opens with a look at current practices of using networks for citizen-centered social action that are promising for the future. The report doesn’t just leave with current practice, it also covers some scenarios for the future. Seeds of the Future: Connected Citizens Today.

Network 106

Network Report Empowerment Philanthropy 106

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Empowering Communities: Participatory Grantmakers Say We Must Go beyond Feedback. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. From Promise to Practice — Embedding Equity and Inclusion. Bay Area Equity Atlas.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Open Participatory Foundation 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The Forgotten Roots of Capacity Development in the Movement for Ownership and Empowerment. Our practice emerged (and it truly emerged – our parent organization Counterpart International developed its theory of change after over 50 years of working in communities around the world) and was grounded in community led development.

Results 96

Results Program Build Help 96

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. And while anything you do the first time will not be perfect and in many cases stressful, in the end it was a good experience.

Reflection 127

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 127

Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Empowerment? A black box with people crowded around, talking and sharing and making and doing.

Participatory 20

Participatory Museum Empowerment Facilitation 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language.

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Facilitation Training Train International 50