Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 25, 2017
Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. I typically draw a vertical line down my notebook page, and label each column “Content” and “Instructional Process” to capture both types of notes. Here’s what I learned.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 28, 2018
There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. It could be 100% in that participants provide the content by connecting with others and sharing experience and knowledge. A more participatory approach, and one that Allen Gunn uses, is to crowdsource provocative questions from participants. We chose the latter.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 19, 2017
As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.
Candid
JUNE 16, 2022
The experience has also shown us that, when pressed, philanthropy can flex its guidelines and meet the moment to address urgent need. . Our new guide provides helpful and instructive case studies to illustrate how other funders have taken such steps. . The climate crisis is analogous to the pandemic. Not reinventing the wheel.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 1, 2009
When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. This is a problem for two reasons.
Museum 2.0
JUNE 25, 2014
How do you measure the value of that experience? Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. There were no written instructions, just a mural that suggested what to do and labels that prompted people for their name and memory.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 2, 2014
There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). One of the things I always focus on in participatory exhibit design is ensuring that everyone has the same tools to work with.
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