Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. Weekly, I hear from someone who is putting ideas from the book into action. That said, there are a couple big things I got wrong in the book - or at least, that I''ve changed my perspective on since writing it. and "why?" to "how?".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggl es with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. And second, what techniques can help us find more? I love this question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Fine writes about in her book Momentum. The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools. " This point really resonates with what Allison H.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

This is a session where you’ll be an active participant in your learning and will leave ready to apply lots of practical tips and techniques that will give your trainings more impact. Group Polling Techniques and Tools. Facilitation Methods and Techniques. Design Thinking As Instructional Technique. Learning Styles.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 28, 2009

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggles with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. And second, what techniques can help us find more? I love this question.

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Technique Question Design Develop 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

We had an incredible team of women tech advisers from Silicon Valley, all experts, and who taught classes on how to use various tools such as Google, Canva, and Indiegogo, complete with detailed work books with exercises. You have to think of your interpreters as extensions of your facilitation techniques. ” 4) Avoid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. In early 2017, we completed a two week book tour.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

readers, I'm almost done with the first draft of The Participatory Museum: A Practical Guide , a book that explores the theory, practice, and design techniques for involving visitors and community members in the creation and sharing of cultural content. Want to help substantively with the content of the book?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Unlike fellow nonprofit book nerd, Rosetta Thurman , I am way behind on my nonprofit book summer reading list. My blog is the July 15th stop on Clay Shirky’s virtual book tour for his recently published book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in A Connected Age. Tags: Books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. In the book, Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness, and (World Peace) , author Chade-Meng Tan offers 3 simple techniques to practice mindful conversations. Reflective Listening Techniques.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

I also wanted to experiment with translating some facilitation techniques I use for face-to-face meetings (like sticky note facilitation ) to virtual meetings. Designing A Participatory Hook for a Virtual Meeting. So many times we book an hour meeting when we don’t need the whole hour and then we fill the time.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation about participatory learning agendas. This approach is not about counting dollar signs, but about feedback loops which is discussed in Michael Quinn Patton’s new book on Developmental Evaluation.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation , about participatory learning agendas. Some of the techniques include analyzing narrative data in a structured way to test and refine a theory of change.

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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 ). ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you enjoy and are great at doing? Are there facilitation skills/techniques that you want to improve or work on? Do you have a preferred method?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2009

See 3 Video Guide: This step-by-by video guide goes from the picture to the techniques of story telling and into editing and marketing. Steve's book is due out in December, 2009, and while it doesn't focus exclusively on nonprofits (or one camera), judging from the sneak peek at the draft - it's a must read. Editing Software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

“It depends on whether this is the beginning of a trend or an extremely exceptional response to an extremely exceptional situation,” said Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices, a network of bloggers worldwide, and author of “Consent of the Networked,” a book that addresses free speech in the digital age.”

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Tunisia Reflection NGO Libya 104

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I talked with Tiffany, and also with Hazel Markus and Alanna Connor, Stanford social psychologists who recently co-authored a pretty fascinating pop-science book about understanding cultural difference. The book of the same title that he edited is rocking my world, both as a museum professional who cares about inclusion and as a new mother.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Books are a distant second at 61%, and a majority of Americans find print and broadcast media and the Internet to be not trustworthy." Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age. Be personal.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 8, 2010

Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. I'm giving a workshop on design techniques for encouraging user participation (sorry, it's full). Cultural Connections members will get a $5 discount if you buy the book at the event. May 17 - NYC.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This week, we're covering the first objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : listening (chapter 5). This is a long post focused on strategic uses of listening rather than specific techniques. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing participatory museum.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

Many institutions do this unintentionally--by providing post-its or comment books, pens or crayons. This technique was used in the Slavery in New York exhibition at the New-York Historical Society and continues in the popular StoryCorps project. What design techniques do you use to create successful visitor dialogue experiences?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

It's not the extent to which they are participatory. Funders like the NSF have encouraged science centers in particular to share their techniques and evaluations, which is fabulous but also leads to rampant and sometimes unthinking imitation. But when I really think about it, all my favorites (so far) have one thing in common.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We offer these tools in the spirit of sharing and look forward to learning about the techniques you use in your own community. Radical Craft Night and Poetry & Book Arts ) Allow time to pass for further individual reflection, for them to share their ideas with other members of their organization and for you to give it further thought.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

However, as several new books elaborate upon the concept from different perspectives, and a growing number of organizations have recently launched ambitious initiatives to expand the paradigm to other areas of business, I thought it might be a good time to reframe “Open&# from a design point of view." You get on. And you fall.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2014

I first learned about this technique from Sam Kaner''s excellent book, Facilitator''s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. To me, this is analogous to the benefits of having multiple staff members engaged with community partners on participatory projects. Tag Team the Facilitation. Yes, it can be inefficient.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2008

I've written before about techniques for talking to strangers, looking at how buttons , buses , and dogs and can all be tools for participatory design. I used that instruction recently to kick off a meeting at a museum planning a participatory education space. These activities are not always grounds for participatory encounters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. Lessig presents this as a desirable ideal and argues, among other things, that the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process. Email: Gmail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The ideas and techniques in Lean Start Up movement also work for nonprofits and what some are calling “ Lean Impact.” Code for America helps governments become more connected, participatory, and more Lean through new opportunities for public service. Ashley Meyers, Code For America (Development and Engagement Manager).

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

As many of you know, I’m writing a book about participatory design for museums. Over the last week, there’s been a lively discussion on the wiki about the key audiences and goal of the book, and I wanted to open that up to you (and you are, of course, welcome to join the wiki and help).

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

There are many parallels between free-choice learning and participatory design. Why are we training future leaders of alternative learning using traditional academic techniques and facilities? No teacher is going to book a field trip to a place that is not tightly tied to school curriculum.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2010

Many people engage directly with strangers on stage five to discuss images, the stories behind photos, and photographic technique. It's a big part of my forthcoming book , and I'd love your thoughts about its use, what it communicates visually, and how it helps you think about designing for social participation. What do you think?

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