Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Here’s just a few: Instructional. Participatory Gatherings. There is no better resource than “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. (They also offer workshops ). Some formats are playful and incorporate informality, movement, and fun. Any many more.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. The MP3 experiment is an exercise in following instructions. He explains that you will have to follow his instructions to have “the most pleasant afternoon together.” It feels too "guided"--even when it opens doors to new kinds of experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018! I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

These techniques are described in more detail in “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. Paraphrasing: Repeating back in your own words what someone has said, often using phrasing such as “Let me see if I’m understanding you.”

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. Ensure that you as convenor are talking for a very small amount of the time--ideally just to frame, contextualize, provide clear instructions, and keep people moving. Create a structure that values peoples' participation.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. How do you create good instructional media in a reasonable amount of time and do a good enough job that helps people learn something by viewing it? and follow the instructions.

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