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Balancing Engagement: Adventures in Participatory Exhibit Labels

Museum 2.0

They’re no longer “an exhibit” per se—more of an evocative design element that hints at an important story told elsewhere in the museum. We decided to approach the label-writing for these boards in a participatory way.

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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

Museum 2.0

The majority of the book is a tour of the conceptualized physical institution, with smaller sections devoted to the political history of the project and the activities (mostly participatory, distributed, and digital) that the team undertook from 2009-2011 to start building their constituency. The early participatory projects are terrific.

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Navigation by Recommendation: Lessons Learned from a Little Experiment

Museum 2.0

As we flipped through the photos of the people we'd talked to, we saw hints of the curious stories that connected face to painting. Tags: design participatory museum usercontent. A recommendation is a gift, and it is best packaged in some positive or intriguing sentiment. That packaging was in the photos, not the cards.

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

Connection Cafe

And for all you people using Four Square , it's also one of the official Check-in for Charity locations (hint: new badge anyone?). Across the country, geeks inside and outside of government are developing a new model for a participatory and transparent Federal, State and Municipal governments. The Beacon: Lounge with a Conscience!

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 2: Participants' Experiences

Museum 2.0

This is the second in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. Several hundred people contributed their opinions, stories, suggestions, and edits to The Participatory Museum as it was written. Several said things like, "I was curious to see how this kind of participatory, collaborative approach would work in practice."