sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2023

Getting Closer to Your Community with Participatory Grantmaking Nonprofit organizations such as Maine Initiatives have been using Participatory Grantmaking for years to distribute the decision-making power to people closest to the problem. There are several benefits to adding participatory grantmaking to your funding programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. Is your measurement approach a way to manage your grants and portfolio? Is the evaluation of your program something management needs to assess the performance of your organization as a whole?

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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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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

Individually and through our organizations, we have surveyed, tested, and evaluated these new platforms. We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms. It’s time for nonprofits and foundations to upgrade our digital decision-making tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

We will be influenced by what our connections think and information production and distribution will become more participatory. The report also calls out some good tips and tools for network-centric grant making, including an assessment tool. Don’t use conventional evaluation criteria to assessing network impact.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

and all over the world, that focus on essential topics like: Fundraising & Grants. Fundraising & Grants / #IFC2016 / @TheResAlliance. Fundraising & Grants. Impact Convergence 2016 brings together leaders, practitioners, and professionals from around the globe who are interested in impact and evaluation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

According to the Center for Evaluation Innovation’s “Lab for Learning” initiative , “make thinking visible” to cultivate a learning culture. Grants and gifts that commit multiple years of funding up front best enable learning to unfold. Use participatory processes to define metrics and methods of data collection.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Granted, I live in an increasingly narrow world of people who are exploring these topics and want me to work with them, but I still learn a lot from the questions and struggles I hear from colleagues and people who comment on the blog. Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

The practice of funding has traditionally been lopsided in favor of those doing the granting. When funding is awarded it comes at the cost of time, energy, and resources that could otherwise be spent concentrating on impact; and if the grant proposal is rejected, all that time and energy was for naught.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The topics include: Control and Transparency: How comfortable is the foundation with the participatory nature of Web 2.0 How will ideas and feedback generated from online communications influence grant decision-making? communications? Generational Digital Divide: Is the generation divide real when it comes to emerging technology?

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

To make the process transparent and participatory, we also asked other values-aligned organizations for feedback on our initial framework before putting it into action. A recent evaluation of our funding to date found that our approach to grantmaking is meeting the real needs of our partners and leading to lasting impact.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. This is particularly true when it comes to project evaluation. No, this is not a reality TV show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. All together, participants came up with over 500 ideas. (Of

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Museum 2.0

JULY 8, 2015

On platforms with many participatory options, more people are more active. I think this diversification is key to inviting broad audiences to feel meaningfully involved in participatory projects. But another way to look at participation inequality is via the diversity of types of participation available.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2008

It will be interesting to see how people react to the conference and whether they feel valued or put upon in the participatory sessions. It seems like a particularly useful format for people new to the field who may not have the social networks that grant access to the informal hallway conversations.

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Candid

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Flexible grant dollars can be paired with tailored technical assistance. Disability Inclusion Fund is another powerful example of participatory grantmaking. Resource participatory funds and engage disabled people at every level of decision making. Be flexible with grant disbursement timelines.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the first of a four-part series on the behind-the-scenes experience of writing The Participatory Museum. Overview: Stages of Development and Participation Types The Participatory Museum was written over a 15 month period that began in December of 2008. Improve the section on evaluation. Conxa Roda was a queen of cutting.

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