Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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JULY 1, 2011

I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. Up until she accepted the position to remake the MAH, she was a consultant for museums all over the world, and one of the industry's most prominent outside-the-gallery thinkers. Let me know what you think and what this brings up for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

A Brief History of Hash Tags Chris Messina ( @chrismessina) is credited with starting hashtags and has written about how to make them most useful. Tagging communities or unbounded networks that might come to life around a tag are not new. They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. I think it takes more a unique tag.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On October 20, a young woman named Kate will move into Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and live there for a month. Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. Not so for the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). That will come later.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Over time the movement and arrangement of things trails a layered aesthetic that convey histories and narratives of changing communities passing through this unfolding three-story artwork. At Elsewhere, however, the intervention of things into daily life has a profound effect on creative practice of both artists and publics.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. It is our turn to make history. General / #AASP16 / @advserv.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2015

It was faster and greater than any such social fundraising campaign in the number of donors, from all walks of life—from President Bush, Bill Gates, media personalities and CEOs to teachers, students and more. More than any other event in the history, this campaign gave food for thought to many who were critics of slacktivism and clicktivism.

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