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Guest Post: The Denver Community Museum

Museum 2.0

This post was written by Jaime Kopke , the founder/director of the Denver Community Museum , a pop-up community-generated institution that ran from Oct 2008-April 2009. The Denver Community Museum (DCM) was a grassroots operation in almost every sense. This post shares her reflections on the project, its design, and its impact.

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A Radical, Simple Formula for Pop-Up Museums

Museum 2.0

There was Jaime Kopke's Denver Community Museum , which existed for nine months in a Denver storefront in 2008-9 to celebrate visitors' creations. Over the past few years, there have been several fabulous examples of pop-up museums focusing on visitor-generated content.

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PCs for People Brings More Great Refurbished Computers to Nonprofits through TechSoup

Tech Soup

In 2008, volunteer Casey Sorensen became PCs for People's first executive director. That initiative is implemented in partnership with several community-based organizations, including the Denver Housing Authority and the federal HUD ConnectHome project. Going National. He introduced significant innovations.

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Six Museum-Related Blogs You Might Not Know About That Are Really Good

Museum 2.0

If you need a good reason to read her blog, sit down for an afternoon with this incredible talk she gave in 2008 at an arts marketing summit and prepare to be blown away. One last new blog, this time from Jaime Kopke, the smart cookie behind the Denver Community Museum. Want something a little geekier? Poesy-Praxis.

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Social Impact Investments

ASU Lodestar Center

Though the practice is decades old, the term was only coined in 2008, making it a relatively new field of study. These organizations were VisionSpring, Code.org, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, and the Mental Health Center of Denver. The study of their combined narratives revealed several common themes.

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A New Habitat: Transforming Communities with Remote Work Tools

Tech Soup

Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008. Normally I have it at home, but I am currently working from Denver for the week and brought the phone with me. This amazing success would not have been possible without TechSoup.

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Help Bring Museum 2.0 to AAM!: Looking for Cranks, Skeptics, and Leaders

Museum 2.0

Dear Museum 2.0ers, I started writing individuals with whom I have prior relationships to put together panels for AAM 2008, and then realized that is SO pre-blog. I'm looking for people who fit the following: a crank or skeptic to help host a debate about the potential of Web 2.0 in museums experience with projects that are "2.0

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