Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2009

Video Guides for Nonprofits. 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. It's one of the better guides out there for nonprofits. How To Make Internet TV : From the participatory culture foundation, an step-by-step guide.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

There's a tag applied to many Museum 2.0 Posts under that tag tend to examine non-museum things, from malls to games to ad campaigns , and draw some design lessons for museums from their foreignness. Bus drivers are welcomers, info-desks, guides, gates, and protectors all rolled into one. People talk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2010

So, what better metaphor for this is to deconstruct the scare house by riding it with an expert in participatory exhibit design as my colleague, Nina Simon, who writes the Museum2.0 Tags: Networked Nonprofit Organizational Culture. I’m often asked for practical advice on how to move past the fear. Opening up [.].

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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. Tags: participatory museum. Dear Museum 2.0

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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 ). They also tag and analyze responses. Crisis communication strategy. Disaster work.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 9, 2006

Just a few days ago I pointed you to the EFF Legal Guide for Bloggers. It's called Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules for the Revolution and you can find it at the Creative Commons wiki. I've also been on about participatory video on the net lately, in particular the much-in-the-news You Tube , as well as CurrentTV.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I thought it was a perfect chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test. For me the beauty of the Signtific Game lies in the way people are guided by a select number of possible responses to a wild idea. Projects guestpost Book: The Participatory Museum.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

In other words, a new kind of talkback board or participatory educational program. The most important aspect of designing a successful participatory platform is to intentionally, deliberately, and clearly DESIGN the platform. Signtific is not an open mushy conversation about the future. machines) for informal learning environments?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2009

Two weeks ago, I conducted a participatory exhibit design workshop with staff at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Tags: participatory museum professional development. But the Smithsonian, as Elaine Gurian once wrote , is an ocean liner.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

While the talk may encompass serious topics, the attitude is light and the conversation is not structured or overly guided. Third places are more participatory and offer fewer basic amenities than most cultural institutions provide. Tags: Book Discussion: The Great Good Place. People make fun of each other and laugh loudly.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. The experiment continues, and participants do stranger and stranger things—following people, playing freeze tag, taking pictures of each other, forming a giant dartboard. It feels too "guided"--even when it opens doors to new kinds of experiences.

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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.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

related questions , starting points , and guides to the blog--for this to truly be a living resource it has to keep growing. Now, onto the links: If you have a great idea for a participatory learning project that uses digital tools, the MacArthur Foundation wants to give you money. Tags: Quick Hits.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

I'm not talking about guiding content; I'm talking about guiding form. Tags: Talking to Strangers design participatory museum usercontent interactives. If someone asks you a question on Twitter, you can only respond with 140 characters. What design techniques do you use to create successful visitor dialogue experiences?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

Of course, the objects were chosen for their pecularities, and in some cases, such as a giant licorice tricycle shaped like a shoe , the imagined usage (guide dog training distraction device) is almost as reasonable as the real thing (2000 Olympics closing ceremony vehicle). The participatory element is modeled well by the "official" content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Guide your students to conversations and resources. Explore popular blog, searches and tags. It's messy.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2009

You may buy a ticket to a special exhibition or show, or actively elect to take up an audio guide or exhibition brochure. Tags: personalization participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences. In the physical space of a museum, visitors make very few explicit data contributions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! I created it for the screencast to illustrate the definition of tagging. If you have questions about tagging or want to share your organization???s

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2009

A female attendee, Courtney Remes, wrote about the experience and the managers of the Geek Girls Guide blog posted her comments along with a comprehensive call to action to encourage people to write to the event organizers and generally raise awareness about the issue. Tags: web2.0 marketing Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I want to share a few fabulous evaluation and research studies that have greatly informed my work (and specifically, the development of The Participatory Museum , which is going to the printer this weekend). Dialogue in the Dark visitor and guide impact studies. Tags: evaluation Quick Hits.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

As she puts it: Taxonomies exist to classify and to clarify, but they also serve to guide and to goad. … Ideas design participatory museum interactives. Tags: web2.0 A taxonomy’s rapid progression from analytic description to normative system—literally becoming a pedagogical conscience—warrants caution.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

Listeners don’t tell you what to do, but they can help guide the choices you make in greater confidence. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing participatory museum. Maybe you have partners who would pay for corporate training programs under your brand. Maybe you need to consider changing your hours.

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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. Tag Team the Facilitation. To me, this is analogous to the benefits of having multiple staff members engaged with community partners on participatory projects. Yes, it can be inefficient.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Deconstructing the Social Experience As a designer of participatory experiences, my biggest question about Artprize is what made all these conversations and experiences happen in the first place. There was no guided tour of the whole thing. Tags: exhibition Unusual Projects and Influences. Was it the gritty urban setting?

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Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms. People Powered is a global hub for participatory democracy that aims “to expand people’s power to make government decisions.” It’s time for nonprofits and foundations to upgrade our digital decision-making tools.

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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. The book is intended to be a practical guide to participatory museum experiences focused on design strategies, case studies, and activities. The WHY of participatory design is really important. And there’s a third reason.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2007

Almost every part of each weekend, from the ceremonies (open guided discussion) to the meals (homemade) was participatory. Instead, I think we uncovered one of the secrets to creating successful participatory experiences: people like to feel useful. The same dynamic plays out when it comes to participatory museum experiences.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The most upsetting moment of the meeting for me was when some participants expressed a willful disregard and derision for participatory scholarship on sites like Wikipedia. Tags: professional development. Of course, there’s a less legal question here, one about authority and control. But that requires acknowledging their existence.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2010

no tour guides or game masters), you need to start by designing personal services for users, then linking up users through shared interests or objects to promote interpersonal connections. Ideas participatory museum. Tags: Core Museum 2.0

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