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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

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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. Why should institutions engage with people in this way? The Museum 2.0 Yes and no.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

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. Why should institutions engage with people in this way? The Museum 2.0 Yes and no.

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Curate Your Own Membership: An Interview with the Whitney's Director of Membership

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Second, in 2008 and 2009, when the economy dipped and membership renewal rates started to soften, we started to think more seriously about the emotional factor of supporting the arts in the community. Some experiences completely cut across demographics - some people like parties, some people want a solitary experience with art.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 1: Overview and Statistics

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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. I invited people to sign up to copy edit sections of the final draft.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo.

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Pointing at Exhibits, Part 2: No-Tech Social Networks

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I've spent the last two weeks working on the third chapter of my book about network effects of social participation. In many cases people were pointing at things that were simple in design and form--quotes, statistics, facts and figures.

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Wikis: What, When, Why

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People went to check it out, but no one added their own demos. This spring, I was a member of the advisory board for the New Media Consortium's 2008 Horizon Report on emerging technologies in museums. The participatory "ask" is high--to create original content. Otherwise, people won't contribute. So when do wikis work?

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