Megan Meyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3805248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Meyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Meyer |
| SIGNATURE | MEYER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Looking for impact in all the wrong places
This paper examines the process and outcomes from a five-year, community-based participatory research (CBPR) study of a community building initiative to strengthen two neighborhoods in a mid-size, Mid-Atlantic city. In addition to supporting over 50 resident-led projects during the five-year initiative, outcomes included positive changes in resident perceptions about some aspects of neighborhood safety, cleanliness, greening, and vibrancy, and in…
Diversifying the Pipeline of Social Work Students Prepared to Implement Performance Measurement
Equitable opportunities for performance measurement learning among social work graduate students can create a diverse professional pipeline toward higher performing organizations. A Foundation-University partnership was developed to “expand the bench” of students, primarily of color, trained in performance measurement with the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework. Through an RBA designed course, 140 (50% of color, and 80% women) students …
Russia and the Islamic World
This article offers a historical retrospective of the interactions between Russia and the Islamic world in all their diversity, beginning from the first trade contacts of Medieval Rus with the Arabs and Persians of the Abbasid era, as well as with the Turkic-speaking residents of Volga Bulgaria. The author concludes that except for the initial sporadic period, the connections between Russian and Muslim worlds have been stable and close throughout…
Walking the Talk in Participatory Philanthropy
The philanthropic sector has been called on to increase community engagement and beneficiary voice in funding decisions — in other words, to democratize philanthropy — and foundations have responded with a variety of innovative grantmaking models. One of those, participatory grantmaking, comprises practices that range from soliciting feedback from constituents to encouraging their active participation in or control over grantmaking decisions, pro…
Clean and green organizing in urban neighborhoods
One way in which urban community organizations attempt to improve neighborhood health is through cleaning and greening efforts. Few studies have evaluated how such efforts are related to changes in both residents’ perceptions of neighborhoods and objective community-wide cleaning and greening indicators over time. Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative data collected during an evaluation of a community-building initiative in two communities, r…
Implementation and Impact of Results-Based Accountability Learning
A foundation-university partnership was developed to expand the bench of human service professionals (HSPs) of color trained in performance management with the results-based accountability (RBA) framework. Interviews and survey data reflect the RBA learning, application, and implementation experiences among three cohorts of HSPs of color ( n = 39) representing a variety of urban nonprofit and public agencies ( n = 35) in a metropolitan area. The …
Increasing Both Organizational and Client Capacities During Tough Economic Times
Various economic and societal conditions are making it more difficult for community-based agencies to sustain volunteer programs. Therefore, concerned managers have to become creative in designing their volunteer programs. This article examines an innovative consumer and incentive Ambassador Volunteer Program designed to meet the dual goals of building the employment capacities of consumers and the volunteer capacity of the agency in a disadvanta…
Civil Society Theory
Community, Types of
Does Attitudinal Consensus Lead to Neighborhood Collaboration? An Exploratory Analysis of an Urban Community
This article examines whether high levels of attitudinal consensus on community needs and civic responsibilities among a community's residents are associated with effective collaborative efforts among that community's neighborhood associations. Drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of an umbrella organization in an urban community, the authors found only a weak connection between attitudinal consensus, which was s…
Civil society and violence
This article suggests that the relationship between violence and civil society has been under-studied, and that the capacity of civil society for violence has been especially neglected. This results in part from a conception of civil society that tends to blind scholars to the potential for violence of civil society actors. We suggest a less restricted and prescriptive understanding of civil society that will allow scholars to address this relati…
Organizational identity, political contexts, and SMO action
Students of social movements have long been interested in the question of why social movement organizations (SMOs) employ the tactics that they do. This paper explores this question by examining twenty-seven SMOs engaged in peace and conflict resolution in Israel, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. While the investigation reveals that SMOs across the sample employed an eclectic mix of tactics to pursue their goals, both cross-region and within-r…
A Collaborative Approach to Service, Learning, and Scholarship
This article describes a research course that was a collaborative endeavor between a school of social work and a community organization. This project was guided by learning, service and scholarship goals. Specifically, the participants in this course provided a pro-bono evaluation for a community benefits district. The benefits district solicited assistance from the authors, with the caveat that district members not be involved in the data collec…
Exploring Collaboration Among Urban Neighborhood Associations
This paper examines collaboration among geographically close neighborhood associations to determine whether they share similar priorities, if they have collaborated on specific projects, and to what extent they desire collaboration to help achieve their goals. Structured interviews/questionnaires were used to gather information about ten neighborhood associations clustered within an urban community. Results show that all ten associations are stru…
A new twist in nonprofit, for‐profit, and public sector relationships
Explores a new model for civic engagement which may have potential for a cooperative relationship. Examines a form of multi‐sector collaboration named as community benefits district and goes on to explain this in depth. Uses tables for explanation and concludes that there is indeed potential for a bridge between social capital and that this is promising for the future
Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in Three Protracted Conflicts
Guided by organizational and social movement theories, this study compares the structures, resource bases, ideologies, and strategies of nongovernmental organizations engaged in peace and conflict resolution (P/CROs) in three regions with extended violent conflicts: Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. Qualitative content analysis techniques are used to analyze 27 detailed case reports. We analyze the funding patterns and structu…
A Collaborative Approach to Service, Learning, and Scholarship
This article describes a research course that was a collaborative endeavor between a school of social work and a community organization. This project was guided by learning, service and scholarship goals. Specifically, the participants in this course provided a pro-bono evaluation for a community benefits district. The benefits district solicited assistance from the authors, with the caveat that district members not be involved in the data collec…
A new twist in nonprofit, for‐profit, and public sector relationships
Explores a new model for civic engagement which may have potential for a cooperative relationship. Examines a form of multi‐sector collaboration named as community benefits district and goes on to explain this in depth. Uses tables for explanation and concludes that there is indeed potential for a bridge between social capital and that this is promising for the future
Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in Three Protracted Conflicts
Guided by organizational and social movement theories, this study compares the structures, resource bases, ideologies, and strategies of nongovernmental organizations engaged in peace and conflict resolution (P/CROs) in three regions with extended violent conflicts: Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. Qualitative content analysis techniques are used to analyze 27 detailed case reports. We analyze the funding patterns and structu…
Organizational identity, political contexts, and SMO action
Students of social movements have long been interested in the question of why social movement organizations (SMOs) employ the tactics that they do. This paper explores this question by examining twenty-seven SMOs engaged in peace and conflict resolution in Israel, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. While the investigation reveals that SMOs across the sample employed an eclectic mix of tactics to pursue their goals, both cross-region and within-r…
Exploring Collaboration Among Urban Neighborhood Associations
This paper examines collaboration among geographically close neighborhood associations to determine whether they share similar priorities, if they have collaborated on specific projects, and to what extent they desire collaboration to help achieve their goals. Structured interviews/questionnaires were used to gather information about ten neighborhood associations clustered within an urban community. Results show that all ten associations are stru…
Looking for impact in all the wrong places
This paper examines the process and outcomes from a five-year, community-based participatory research (CBPR) study of a community building initiative to strengthen two neighborhoods in a mid-size, Mid-Atlantic city. In addition to supporting over 50 resident-led projects during the five-year initiative, outcomes included positive changes in resident perceptions about some aspects of neighborhood safety, cleanliness, greening, and vibrancy, and in…
Clean and green organizing in urban neighborhoods
One way in which urban community organizations attempt to improve neighborhood health is through cleaning and greening efforts. Few studies have evaluated how such efforts are related to changes in both residents’ perceptions of neighborhoods and objective community-wide cleaning and greening indicators over time. Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative data collected during an evaluation of a community-building initiative in two communities, r…
Civil society and violence
This article suggests that the relationship between violence and civil society has been under-studied, and that the capacity of civil society for violence has been especially neglected. This results in part from a conception of civil society that tends to blind scholars to the potential for violence of civil society actors. We suggest a less restricted and prescriptive understanding of civil society that will allow scholars to address this relati…
Walking the Talk in Participatory Philanthropy
The philanthropic sector has been called on to increase community engagement and beneficiary voice in funding decisions — in other words, to democratize philanthropy — and foundations have responded with a variety of innovative grantmaking models. One of those, participatory grantmaking, comprises practices that range from soliciting feedback from constituents to encouraging their active participation in or control over grantmaking decisions, pro…
Increasing Both Organizational and Client Capacities During Tough Economic Times
Various economic and societal conditions are making it more difficult for community-based agencies to sustain volunteer programs. Therefore, concerned managers have to become creative in designing their volunteer programs. This article examines an innovative consumer and incentive Ambassador Volunteer Program designed to meet the dual goals of building the employment capacities of consumers and the volunteer capacity of the agency in a disadvanta…
Does Attitudinal Consensus Lead to Neighborhood Collaboration? An Exploratory Analysis of an Urban Community
This article examines whether high levels of attitudinal consensus on community needs and civic responsibilities among a community's residents are associated with effective collaborative efforts among that community's neighborhood associations. Drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of an umbrella organization in an urban community, the authors found only a weak connection between attitudinal consensus, which was s…
Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in Three Protracted Conflicts
Guided by organizational and social movement theories, this study compares the structures, resource bases, ideologies, and strategies of nongovernmental organizations engaged in peace and conflict resolution (P/CROs) in three regions with extended violent conflicts: Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. Qualitative content analysis techniques are used to analyze 27 detailed case reports. We analyze the funding patterns and structu…
A new twist in nonprofit, for‐profit, and public sector relationships
Explores a new model for civic engagement which may have potential for a cooperative relationship. Examines a form of multi‐sector collaboration named as community benefits district and goes on to explain this in depth. Uses tables for explanation and concludes that there is indeed potential for a bridge between social capital and that this is promising for the future
Exploring Collaboration Among Urban Neighborhood Associations
This paper examines collaboration among geographically close neighborhood associations to determine whether they share similar priorities, if they have collaborated on specific projects, and to what extent they desire collaboration to help achieve their goals. Structured interviews/questionnaires were used to gather information about ten neighborhood associations clustered within an urban community. Results show that all ten associations are stru…
Organizational identity, political contexts, and SMO action
Students of social movements have long been interested in the question of why social movement organizations (SMOs) employ the tactics that they do. This paper explores this question by examining twenty-seven SMOs engaged in peace and conflict resolution in Israel, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. While the investigation reveals that SMOs across the sample employed an eclectic mix of tactics to pursue their goals, both cross-region and within-r…
A Collaborative Approach to Service, Learning, and Scholarship
This article describes a research course that was a collaborative endeavor between a school of social work and a community organization. This project was guided by learning, service and scholarship goals. Specifically, the participants in this course provided a pro-bono evaluation for a community benefits district. The benefits district solicited assistance from the authors, with the caveat that district members not be involved in the data collec…
Civil society and violence
This article suggests that the relationship between violence and civil society has been under-studied, and that the capacity of civil society for violence has been especially neglected. This results in part from a conception of civil society that tends to blind scholars to the potential for violence of civil society actors. We suggest a less restricted and prescriptive understanding of civil society that will allow scholars to address this relati…
Civil Society Theory
Community, Types of
Does Attitudinal Consensus Lead to Neighborhood Collaboration? An Exploratory Analysis of an Urban Community
This article examines whether high levels of attitudinal consensus on community needs and civic responsibilities among a community's residents are associated with effective collaborative efforts among that community's neighborhood associations. Drawing upon both quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of an umbrella organization in an urban community, the authors found only a weak connection between attitudinal consensus, which was s…
Increasing Both Organizational and Client Capacities During Tough Economic Times
Various economic and societal conditions are making it more difficult for community-based agencies to sustain volunteer programs. Therefore, concerned managers have to become creative in designing their volunteer programs. This article examines an innovative consumer and incentive Ambassador Volunteer Program designed to meet the dual goals of building the employment capacities of consumers and the volunteer capacity of the agency in a disadvanta…
Clean and green organizing in urban neighborhoods
One way in which urban community organizations attempt to improve neighborhood health is through cleaning and greening efforts. Few studies have evaluated how such efforts are related to changes in both residents’ perceptions of neighborhoods and objective community-wide cleaning and greening indicators over time. Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative data collected during an evaluation of a community-building initiative in two communities, r…
Implementation and Impact of Results-Based Accountability Learning
A foundation-university partnership was developed to expand the bench of human service professionals (HSPs) of color trained in performance management with the results-based accountability (RBA) framework. Interviews and survey data reflect the RBA learning, application, and implementation experiences among three cohorts of HSPs of color ( n = 39) representing a variety of urban nonprofit and public agencies ( n = 35) in a metropolitan area. The …
Russia and the Islamic World
This article offers a historical retrospective of the interactions between Russia and the Islamic world in all their diversity, beginning from the first trade contacts of Medieval Rus with the Arabs and Persians of the Abbasid era, as well as with the Turkic-speaking residents of Volga Bulgaria. The author concludes that except for the initial sporadic period, the connections between Russian and Muslim worlds have been stable and close throughout…
Walking the Talk in Participatory Philanthropy
The philanthropic sector has been called on to increase community engagement and beneficiary voice in funding decisions — in other words, to democratize philanthropy — and foundations have responded with a variety of innovative grantmaking models. One of those, participatory grantmaking, comprises practices that range from soliciting feedback from constituents to encouraging their active participation in or control over grantmaking decisions, pro…
Diversifying the Pipeline of Social Work Students Prepared to Implement Performance Measurement
Equitable opportunities for performance measurement learning among social work graduate students can create a diverse professional pipeline toward higher performing organizations. A Foundation-University partnership was developed to “expand the bench” of students, primarily of color, trained in performance measurement with the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework. Through an RBA designed course, 140 (50% of color, and 80% women) students …
Looking for impact in all the wrong places
This paper examines the process and outcomes from a five-year, community-based participatory research (CBPR) study of a community building initiative to strengthen two neighborhoods in a mid-size, Mid-Atlantic city. In addition to supporting over 50 resident-led projects during the five-year initiative, outcomes included positive changes in resident perceptions about some aspects of neighborhood safety, cleanliness, greening, and vibrancy, and in…
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works)