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Rethinking Community Advisory Boards: the Story of C3

Museum 2.0

As one African-American artist on a prominent museum board told me, "I felt even more tokenized than if I had been part of some kind of Artists'' Council or African-American Council." Our work would become more relevant, our collaborations more timely, our network more diverse.

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

government, members of the diplomatic corps, successful business and civil society leaders, philanthropists, media professionals, academics, artists etc. Online tools can greatly assist with collaboration, cultural education and developing business ideas. Tags: Influence Events Collaboration Communication Events Government.

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Our Museum: Extraordinary Resources on How Museums and Galleries Become Participatory Places

Museum 2.0

And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. Critical friends are trusted outside observers who may raise tough questions and uncomfortable truths that a collaborating community group cannot or will not share.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. We have partnered with the county-wide community assessment project to learn more about the demographics, interests, and needs of local residents. Let’s start with empowerment. Showing that their voice matters.

Build 20
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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

Our museum is highly participatory: plenty of opportunities for visitors to contribute, for artists to collaborate, for community members to co-create. But I''ve learned that humans can be agents of scale too. Over the past few years, I''ve learned that participation can be highly political. Empowerment?

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

Find representatives of this community--staff, volunteers, visitors, trusted partners--and learn more about their experiences. Develop collaborations and programs, keeping in mind what you have learned. Once we've identified assets and needs, we seek out collaborators and project ideas. It implies we have all the answers.

Teen 20
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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Have Fun - Do Good

It is not someone who just came out of business school who learned everything from the academic perspective, from the theory. I learned a lot, but I wanted to be connected to, "What's my impact as a person, what's the impact that I'm creating?" They're artists so they think big. He has advised other companies on how to grow.

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