Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

How many times have you heard this phrase in the context of cultural institutions? It''s presumptuous to suggest that we know what people "need" in a cultural context. I don''t know if they need grounding in core content or exposure to new practices. It''s depressing to imply that culture is not what people "want."

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres. Second, teens today are incredibly aware of "stranger danger." More so than teens in the past, teens today have grown up in a culture of fear around engagement with strangers. This is true for two reasons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

So, why another social network, especially one where the focus is to create content, not consume and the culture of it is rather secretive? Snapchat users share “snaps” or micro moments of their lives privately with a their friends, or as “stories” with their followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

.” I had opportunity to write up a case study about how VolunteerMatch’s calculates social return on investment as a prelude for a facilitated session at Media Impact Funders , so it was a delight to hear more examples from Robert about VolunteerMatch’s measurement culture. million views and asking was that success?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Don't assume that content/form that is relevant to you or your existing audiences will be relevant to people from other backgrounds. Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. It's rooted in the assets and needs of creative teens in our County.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

I spend a lot of my professional time trying to develop compelling opportunities for visitors to share their thoughts and connect with content that is deeply relevant to their immediate needs and interests. It is apropos that the EMPSFM workshop was focused on how the museum can deepen relationships with teen audiences. Probably not.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Video: Content that focuses on the individual, not the organization. On a mission to decrease the number of teens smoking, the Truth Campaign chose not to talk down to teens or feature an adult telling teens not to smoke. Messaging: Speaks to how the individual is specifically affected.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. Foster a data culture, and a testing culture . Know your audience .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

"There's a mentality shift required to fully engage with social networking and community content sites: sometimes, you have to let go." Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I just received my copy of Henry Jenkin's Convergence Culture which has been on my list ever since I heard him speak at the launch of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Learning and Media Initiative. ve created something that has some impact in the culture. I'm hoping to get a chance to finish during some much needed down time.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Everything about the event--from the time slot to the tone of the content to the music played--was designed for that audience. And from my perspective, it was this diversity that made the event unique--and made me rethink the way that cultural professionals typically approach audience development. Performances just for teens.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So I do not let my daughter on Instagram, but that’s my own personal choice and do something that org, they are an organization dedicated to combating suicide and self-harm and addiction and all of these things in, in teens. So they actually came out with a statement to say, you know what. Amy DeVita, TopNonprofits : Yes, please do.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

It’s a great project that allows us to keep researching and creating content around our collection, and we need about $10,000 per year to produce it. In the 1990s, we decided we wanted to engage a teen audience. We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Third, you need to align your idea with institutional culture. I used the example of two very different exhibitions that solicited visitor-contributed content: Playing with Science at the London Science Museum, and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. There are some ideas that will never fly where you work.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

Memejacking is simply a type of newsjacking that connects your communications to a meme — that is, a pop culture trend. And, if you're thinking that only teens like memes, look at the range of people who drenched themselves for the Ice Bucket Challenge. A rapid response will also give your content more time to get noticed.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Looking closer, I saw that each seat had its own handwritten label, telling the story of the Philadelphia cultural institution from which it originated. Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2015

This how you create a “ culture of impact.” million teen activists who had opted in to giving the organization their cell phone numbers and emails. The mistake: they sent a text message intended for a small sub-group of 4,000 members to its entire list of 2.1-million Failure Organizational Culture'

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change. ” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. JURY FEEDBACK.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. One thing you''ll notice when you walk in is a ton of user-generated content. Do you think there is also a cultural/ethnic aspect to the kind of access and design you use?

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Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web. The Walker Art Center is turning its teen website over to the teens.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

As cultural anthropology has swung away from a vision of authoritative history and toward the embrace of multiple perspectives, there is potential for those stories to come from all over the place, including visitors themselves. Balancing multi-vocal content with a comprehensive narrative can be tricky. Children of the Lodz Ghetto ).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. It’s got style, a strong brand, and growing content. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. Jen and I sat down to talk about building for teens, working the web, and the role of innovation in museums.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

While there is much talk about supporting participation and making museum content relevant, the word "community" hangs like a poorly-defined carrot on a shtick. We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. Nothing says community like free bbq on the patio.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

The recent flurry of restrictions that has sent teens fleeing? I want to see more multi-person exhibits, more prompts for discussion about content, more tools to facilitate connecting wtih other visitors whose interests are similar or in some way useful to your own. When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Through his superb ability to convey big ideas into a shared vision, Jim forged a cultural identity for SFGMC, and their social media efforts would not be where it is today if not for Jim leading the way. He is a teacher and steps up to be of service in bringing his special brand of brilliance and enthusiasm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2015

A Culture of Iteration. For example, they ran a campaign for teens to collect food for a Food Banks around the country. They interviewed them and found out that homeless teens want one thing – jeans. So they started a partnership with Arrow and campaign called “ Teens for Jeans.”. It is ongoing.”. Text Crisis Line.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

In Ireland, a children’s museum dealt with what to do about colonialism in a multi-cultural place using a theater-based exhibit format. One person commented about how he loved growing up in DC as a teen and generally using the Smithsonian as a playground. And not think that we need to control the content but also your attention.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 6, 2011

Let's say you spend a year working with a group of teens to co-create an exhibition, or you invite members and local artists to help redesign the lobby. Last week I saw a powerful example of this at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg in their exhibition for children under five.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It made me think in ways that I haven't before about the relation of art--as expressive culture--to democracy. We decided that instead of fighting this use, we should embrace it and reposition the gallery as an informal, welcoming space for active engagement with content. The content truly is amazing. Some are conceptual (i.e.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2014

Reach Gen-Z by getting content into smaller form factors. . Mobile devices are the primary way tweens access the Internet, so your content needs to be adapted to fit the smaller screens. That 19 page annual report PDF isn’t going to stand out amongst the extreme amount of content accessible to them at their finger tips.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Or is it worth more because the museum content is reaching people in distant lands who would otherwise never have engaged with the institution? How much do we value bringing global cultures and opinions into our institution? How much do we value bringing global cultures and opinions into our institution?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

There's a lot of great content in them. The science of capital punishment from DNA to execution Religion Teen suicide, teen cutting – I wanted to include these in my museum’s “Hall of Human Life” teen area. Here are the words that came up on the comfort zone map: And here is the complete transcription of the post-its.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. Donor-focused content. For a site with so much content, the Center has maintained strong organization made possible by their comprehensive (yet clear) top navbar.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Julia Campbell will provide a framework for evaluating the best platforms for your unique organization, as well as ideas for creating great social media content your audience will love. Now, type in the chat if you know this reference, if you know this pop culture reference. Okay, ephemeral disappearing content. Julia: Yes.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. The sensibility is the content and the style with which the engagement happens.

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