Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

One person had brought up the idea of open source as a model for egalitarian participatory economics, and I made a brief comment that it wasn’t all that egalitarian, really. My experience, and the experiences of many women who are involved in open source, make this clear.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Software Music 100

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Part 2: It's How Aggressive You Are My first year in museums, I tried to get as much broad experience as possible. Six months in, the Museum committed to creating a highly interactive, separate ticket "you be the spy" experience (now open and named Operation Spy). The blog started with a conference experience.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I’m particularly enamored of this simple diagnostic used at the Museum of Life and Science in North Carolina to articulate the types of institutional goals they are trying to achieve with forays into participation. They use these explicit goals as measuring sticks for the projects and experiments they pursue.

Project 22

Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept. This relationship bit helped me think about how different kinds of folks will be involved with a highly participatory, community-co-created project in the long-term. readers, who I see as potential co-conspirators).

Structure 31

Structure Model Social Profit 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. The response to Boyd's "On Being Virtual": Again, we have someone who has either not spent time in SL, or has had a bad experience and now wants to convince the world that SL has no value and no future.

Environment 50

Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Now that the dust has cleared and the kids are banging on the exhibits (and showing us what we have to change next), I have the time to step back and share some of the lessons learned from this experience. On many levels, The Tech Virtual experiment was a success. It also focused the experience.

Virtual 21

Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. Frequently, we get stuck on developing participatory projects or events that serve as many people as possible.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2008

They articulate the basic questions and knee-jerk reactions in our own minds, carrying us deep into the content from a common starting place. By humbling themselves in this way, they create a powerful learning experience. Tags: participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences. Why does anyone care about this dead stuff?

Conversation 20

Conversation Arts Museum Voice 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? Who controls the experience? How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? Who controls the experience? I came out of this experience feeling like we spent too little time talking about change. Who owns the stuff?

Library 20

Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20