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Reflections on a Weekend with Ze Frank and His Online Community

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This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. Ze was really hands-on with everyone, giving hugs, taking photos, jumping in to do activities with participants.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. One of the reflections. (Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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

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I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Yes and no.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Yes and no.

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Guest Post: The Denver Community Museum

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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. This post shares her reflections on the project, its design, and its impact. I often had to introduce the participatory elements to get visitors to join in.

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How I Got Here

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Anna had been the founding Curator of Education at the National Building Museum, led the Rolling Rainforest project, and was a real innovator in developing in-depth participatory design experiences with community members (though I wouldn't have used those words at the time). You get paid to go give people ideas." It is lucky.

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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. So we wanted a membership segmentation that reflected their individual needs. People want to experience art in quite individual ways.