Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

The key question is, every step of the way: how can you invite people beyond yourself to help make this step better? This is the question I ask myself anytime I'm working on something with a participatory intent. How can people--staff, volunteers, community members--help make this project better? Developing new staff policies.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. What's the "use" of visitors' comments? When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. The project is designed to scale.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Forrester created the “social technographics” profile tool to help businesses understand the way different audiences engage with social media (and you can read more of my thoughts on it here ).

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

It's my "artistic rendering" of one of the most inspirational participatory projects I know of--the Bibliotheek Haarlem Oost book drops. Too often, cultural institutions design participatory projects that require visitors to learn new tools or make sacrifices to contribute. Tags: design participatory museum. Or, so I thought.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Forrester created the “social technographics” profile tool to help businesses understand the way different audiences engage with social media (and you can read more of my thoughts on it here ).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Here’s what the NTEN team said about voting: We received more than 400 ideas this year — a 75% increase over last year — and we need your help to narrow those down to the 100 or so that will make the 2011 NTC the best one yet. Click the session title if you’d like to leave a comment. Fundraising. Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Participatory Gatherings. There is no better resource than “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. (They also offer workshops ). It helps people process complex thoughts. For example, if you invite a participant to scribe, they cannot fully participate in the activity.

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MARCH 27, 2023

That’s where participatory grantmaking comes in. By giving your community an active role in your grantmaking process, you get a better understanding of their needs, build stronger relationships, and have a more direct impact. What is Participatory Grantmaking? And several ways not to do it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 7, 2009

Which of these descriptions exemplifies participatory museum practice? But the difference between the two examples teases out a problem in differentiating "participatory design" from "design for participation." In the first case, you are making the design process participatory. In the second, you make the product participatory.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

In this post, Jasper shares some lessons learned from a recent experiment to design a more social comment station. He will respond to comments here and can also be reached on his blog (where this post first appeared). I thought it was a perfect chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

This simple participatory project invites visitors to contribute their own small objects in little alcoves in our bathrooms. We have seven participatory elements in our current exhibitions on three floors, ranging from voting to talkback walls to an in-depth "make a memory jar" craft activity.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Assess and Respond to Community Assets and Needs If you want to activate community engagement in your programs, you first need to work together with your communities to determine their diverse needs, assets and interests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Digital Activism was one of several books I gave to my friends at iHub in Nairobi. Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change , Mary Joyce, Editor. Digital activism is defined by the Meta-Activism Project as “the practice of using digital technology for political and social change.&# 6. ShareThis!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2011

We've been offering a host of participatory and interactive experiences at the Museum of Art & History this season. I loved Jasper Visser's list of 30 "do's" for designing participatory projects earlier this month. Please share yours in the comments. I keep visitor comments in my office.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! 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. The Museum 2.0 Yes and no.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

We just started to try to live up to that vision, partnership by partnership, activity by activity. It also feels amazing to see some of my theories validated in this way--that giving people the opportunity to actively participate does really transform the way they see the institution and themselves. It feels pretty amazing.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2011

Visitor contributions help participants feel connected to institutions. It helps institutions leverage the skills and creativity of their communities. Every day when I walk by our visitor comment board, I feel like I'm getting little gifts from visitors. It's funny. The AT&T guy doesn't write poems for me.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

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. The activities had a really low barrier to entry. Our volunteers and staff--and the participants!--rocked.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! 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. The Museum 2.0 Yes and no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2010

The format, the physical space, and network weaving activities were extraordinary. Also great to see old friends like Mark Horvath, who helped run the mic. Each of the speakers had their photo on black and white silk screen in the area outside the main room and participants could leave you notes and comments.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. With this in mind, when we produce participatory experiences, while our impetus is to serve our power users with extra content or “check for understanding” interactives, there are so many other ways to use interactives.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

Please add your own ideas in the comments too. Better to establish a relationship with a leader in their community--someone with whom you are building reciprocal value--and ask them to help be your ambassador. The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 23, 2014

We interacted with the art and with each other through dynamic photo challenges, kinesthetic activities, and conversations. I want to help people find interactive and accessible points of entry and give them the tools to curate their own experience during every museum visit. I think of us guides as “museum personal trainers”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Clay’s book talks about the implications of a society shifting from passive consumption of media to creators of media or being participatory. They will help when they are invited to. Like all good stories, they story of Ushahidi holds several different lessons: People want to do somethiung to make the world a better place.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

Thank you to everyone who recommended a favorite post from the past or who helped out with a guest post. You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more. As the readership for Museum 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Which profiles are you most active on? ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our country’s cultural and educational infrastructure. How can the museum help volunteers and partners address their own questions about race, violence, and community? Things must change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Global Voices is the leading participatory media room for voices from developing countries around the globe. I was thrilled to discover it because I had just started my " Cambodia For Kids " blog and thought it might help me connect with bloggers from Cambodia. He was the first person to leave a comment on my Cambodia4Kids Blog.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. In the collaborative model, visitors are invited to serve as active partners in the creation of an institutional project which is originated and ultimately controlled by the institution.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

We see our visitors as partners in actively interpreting and exploring exhibition content. If you are working with us as an artist or contributor to an exhibition, you should expect that museum staff will create multi-modal, interdisciplinary, participatory, immersive, and social experiences around your work.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2013

The Denver Art Museum is no stranger to community collaborations, but we’ve been dipping in our toe a little more deeply when it comes to developing permanent participatory installations. Part of our approach to community involvement in planning Spun had to do with necessity; we needed help to pull this off.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches. I'm open to any questions you want to raise in the comments. It is incredibly rewarding work. I feel lucky. In the meantime, here are some of the.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. With one exception, no single activity cost more than $30 to produce/maintain.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Unlike many museums that just ask for comments or set a fun little “activity corner,” the DCM gave over complete control and that’s part of the reason it worked. set up any participatory elements and organize the opening, which occurred the following Friday or Saturday. I needed a lot more of it. I was shocked.and very happy.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

I''m open to any questions you want to share in the comments. I helped them find funding and partners and time to make amazing work happen. I''ve never worked in such a supportive, energized, active environment. Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. In the meantime, here are some. We wrote engagement goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I have a strong interest in the future of my work and participatory culture. As an activist and evangelist for Creative Commons' values and tools, I want to do my part in helping to ensure that our culture remains as free and accessible as possible. That's why I also remixed the fundraising widget.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 15, 2015

Put the most disruptive, loud, or provocative experience in the right of way, and people can''t help but notice. I was disappointed and surprised by how few of the Market Street projects were actively manned by their creators. All of this dialogue helps build better projects, and ultimately, a better Market Street.

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