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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

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I just got home from the Museums and the Web conference in Indianapolis. I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Instead, I found a standard art museum. Lovely grounds.

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Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

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Last week, I was in Minneapolis for the American Association of Museums annual meeting. As always, the conference was a party mix of inspiring and dull, familiar and new. Kathleen McLean led a terrific session called "Dangerous Ridiculous" about risk-taking in museums. Merilee Mostov and the Columbus Museum of Art.

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Quick Hit: Nina on the Road

Museum 2.0

I've been enjoying a few blissful weeks at home but am now hitting the road for a series of conferences and work trips, and I wanted to let you know where I'll be if you want to meet up or come to an event. Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays.

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Spring Internship Opportunities - and Thoughts about Internships

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We're seeking great folks for public programs, participatory exhibit design, online marketing, 3D design, and whatever else you might have to offer. I had a bit of a wakeup call about internships last month at an "emerging leaders" lunch event at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums conference.

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Unassuming Superheroes Wanted: Join The Art of Relevance Advocacy Team

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It's packed with practical theories, rags-to-relevance case studies, and inspiring stories from museums and libraries, theaters and parks, dance companies and orchestras, afterschool programs and activists, churches and synagogues. My last book, The Participatory Museum , did well. But this post today isn't a book announcement.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." hour at the Museum. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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Quick Hit: Upcoming Workshops and Webcast Talks

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I've experienced all kinds of fabulous museums and participatory experiences from Stockholm to Columbus, Ohio, many of which I will be sharing soon on this blog. I'm reaching the end of another heavy travel jag.

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