Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The lab was facilitated by Heather Mcleod-Grant and Justin Ferrell , Director of Fellowships at the Stanford d-School. As a participant, it was fantastic to chat with other people about these questions. The big themes that emerged included: How do we get people to value both the journey as well as the goal?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators. Not only does this provide powerful role models for attendees, but it can boost interest and attendance at your event. This galvanizes the community around your fundraising goals. It’s a wonderful way to include everyone and still work towards your fundraising goals.

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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. Multi-stakeholder projects with many organizations, people, and roles are complex.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

To that end, our exhibitions are full of participatory elements. the most powerful evidence of it happening is when our active role as designers/facilitators becomes invisible. Community members, artists, and organizations increasingly see our museum as a place where they can advance their own goals, and so they approach us.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. Here's a synopsis: Participation 1.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

I didn't feel like I had the pre-knowledge needed to make useful decisions about how to line up various kinds of legal structures or financing strategies to my goals. This relationship bit helped me think about how different kinds of folks will be involved with a highly participatory, community-co-created project in the long-term.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And things go wrong: roles aren’t clear, timelines extend, or people disagree. It often takes clarity of roles and purview and even some structure to do that. In our years of talking to staff, boards, and communities about participatory philanthropy, people often talk about their worst participatory decision-making experiences.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

my goal is that you have some tools that you did not have an hour before. But there are some benefits, some real clear benefits of inclusive participatory strategic planning. It may be that, for some organizations, a really large strategic planning process would include hiring an outside facilitator, doing a.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

This year, the Yale Philanthropy Conference will explore the evolving role of philanthropy within this ecosystem of change. Less a conference than a facilitated retreat, the 2016 gathering will encourage the active and full engagement of all participants. Yale Philanthropy Conference 2016. Yale Philanthropy Conference 2016. Marketing.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2007

By giving people roles. Roles are a natural extension of the mission concept. When you pursue an unusual goal, you may need to take on an atypical persona. Things like fear, lethargy and the police don't deter your character from achieving his or her goals. Tags: programs participatory museum comfort.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

If ever there was a mandate to reexamine the role and process of funding, now is that time. Both software and data will play a critical role in operationalizing these streamlined, agile processes. The practice of funding has traditionally been lopsided in favor of those doing the granting.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2016

Set Roles and Expectations. However, its staffers also valued a participatory approach and wanted to be sure include their field partners, staff, board, and more. Make sure folks know what the goal of the design piece is so that they can tailor their feedback to that common objective. Facilitate.

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