Candid
MAY 15, 2024
To make the process transparent and participatory, we also asked other values-aligned organizations for feedback on our initial framework before putting it into action. We continue to implement this open feedback cycle, as it helps us ensure that HF’s fundamental approach remains rooted in trust and connection.
Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Courageous speakers from dozens of countries described bold, participatory projects. I'm generalizing grossly here, but for the most part, I find European museums to be conservative. The whole experience was exhilarating and deeply human. I first sensed the difference at the front door. There wasn't one.
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Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
It''s a powerful experience for those who participate. Art museums have often been criticized by some for being mausoleums for art, with conservators serving as unctuous morticians. I''ve seen participatory artworks that lay untouched by visitors because the invitation to participate is not explicit enough.
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 ). .” Here’s a blog post by Rachel Dearborn describing the process.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 4, 2012
Museums have been grappling with this question for years ( here's a 2007 roundup of such projects ), most aggressively in zoos and natural history museums where staff hope to inspire conservation and in history/concept museums that focus on civic engagement and activism. The largest was a "wish canopy" that hangs above the entire gallery.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. What investments can the Brainerd Foundation make over the next five years to help build an effective infrastructure of advocacy that builds power for conservation that will endure beyond the foundation’s sunset? Thanks everyone!
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 20, 2009
I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. Aesthetics of Experience: Photo-taking is distracting for other visitors.
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