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Live Blogging from Museums and the Web

Museum 2.0

For some truly great coverage of the Museums and the Web conference currently taking place in Montreal, check out the New Media Initiatives blog from the Walker. You can also follow the Twitter tweets here (and find some good folks to follow). I'm loving my armchair tour from home.

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Visitors in Focus

Museum 2.0

Visitor (though, really my child) at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK As I said, last week, I’ve been to a travelin’ girl for the last couple of years. So, instead, I am offering 3 posts this month about what I learned from visiting more than 300 museums. Last week, I talked about what I learned about museum workers.

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Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Museum 2.0

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. The back-channel was an especially active and important part of the conference this year.

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Your Cause Camp 2018 Lineup is Here

NonProfit Hub

To stay in the loop with all things Cause Camp, check out our newly launched Twitter page, or subscribe to the newsletter on Cause Camp’s homepage. She also teaches in the philanthropy graduate program at Saint Mary’s University, Minnesota, USA. Joyaux has founded two organizations, and serves regularly on boards.

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How Much Time Does Web 2.0 Take?

Museum 2.0

On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums. framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated. run a Twitter feed. I provided the Web 2.0 and sniff around.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, you can use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, to support engaging crowds to participate in the activity. The Royal Opera used Twitter to crowdsource a new opera. They encouraged Twitter users to send suggestions for the plot. 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom. A Crowd-Curated Exhibition.”

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Foot in the Door: A Powerful Participatory Exhibit

Museum 2.0

I spent last week working with staff at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) on ways to make this encyclopedic art museum more open to visitor participation across programs, exhibitions, and events. The rules are clear: anyone who lives in Minnesota and considers her/himself an artist can contribute one piece.