Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? Is this a problem? Impersonal guards. I think so.

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Participatory Museum Web Indianapolis 35

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Understanding the benefits of building social capital may be effective in creating a participatory culture. In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009). Retrieved from [link].

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Measure Community Organization Arizona 40

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Unconference sessions , featuring topics as diverse as "playing an ARG" (with real labyrinth adventures ), "engaging visitors who were dragged to the museum," and "measuring and defining success in participatory projects." This both breaks up the time and supports participants who feel most comfortable expressing themselves in different ways.

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Facilitation Reflection Museum Participatory 32

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. Several participants reflected on how it is easy to fall into that trap and looked at beginning to schedule more time with people to build relationships that give them inspiration and energy.

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Causes Change Museum Social 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. The American Red Cross can’t be everywhere at the same time. Larry McGill, “ Data for Good.”

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Social Media Channel Data Media 100

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

It has some of the same feel as the disconnected affection of people wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook, with professional reflection baked in. Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary.

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Museum Director History Teen 49

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

But here's the problem. And here's the bigger problem. Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age. I don't entirely trust these reports. It's great that museums are a trusted source of information.

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Participatory Museum Teen Voice 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. The exhibition is far from perfect, but it's a big step towards reflecting the "thriving, central gathering place" of our strategic vision. The Love Lounge I LOVE.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Sometimes the enemy of innovation is not solving the right problem. Concept 2: Mission: Possible.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I spent some time playing with this question last week at the Milwaukee Art Museum, a large general museum that is moving toward redesign of the permanent galleries. Bambi noted that she felt like she learned a lot more talking to twenty people for just a minute than trying to administer a two-page survey in the same amount of time.

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Experiment Lesson Learning Museum 44

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If you care about how participatory art experiences can shape civic processes, read Bedoya's post. Turns out we're a lot more alike than I thought at the time. Both of us were talking about leadership, but approaching it in different ways.

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Arts Museum Artist Tucson 45

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The mission of the Skid Row School is to train leaders to scale solutions to the world’s biggest problems as rapidly as possible. I've asked myself this a thousand times in the past month. Our participants reflecting local age/income/ethnic diversity? What is the turkey and what is the bread of the MAH? Social bridging?

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Turkey Model Museum Delicious 26

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

As time has gone on, my attention has shifted from the tactic of participation to the outcome of building community. In some ways, we do a good job engaging people who reflect our whole County. If we want to reflect the identities of our community, we’ve got to focus on changing that. Our visitors are about 8% Latino.

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Build Community Museum Artist 20

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. I'd always joked that my dream job was to design pinball machines--a technical problem wrapped in creativity and pleasure. In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. t think at this time that SL wants to be a WOW. been through the cycle a few times, hype and burn. a couple of times and yet fall into the web 3.0,

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Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork.

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Arts Community Online Intergenerational 50

Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A. Steven: I’ve heard that you know, every time I talk to someone in the Bay Area it’s always foggy. But I don’t know how you make time for webinars, Renee, because you’re doing all these other things. We don’t have the time about 16%.

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Video Nonprofit San Francisco Question 122

Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2011

This expresses itself most powerfully in museums when we talk about building relationships with visitors over time. If I go on a date with you and we have fun, I develop some expectations about what will happen the next time I see you. And for most institutions there's no practical solution to the problem.

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Relationship Museum Game Personal 46

Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. When I decided to write a book about visitor participation in cultural institutions, I knew I'd do it in a way that reflected the values behind the book itself--transparency, inclusion, and meaningful community participation. Check out the other parts here.

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Participatory Museum Process Experiment 33

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2008

They demonstrate that the blog is a more participatory vehicle than other kinds of media. But here's the problem: the vast majority of people who read your blog aren't reading it because they want or plan to comment on it. If my dad blogged, I'd comment all the time. They prove that the conversation is two-way. It's awesome.

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Comment Museum Blogger Reflection 20

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

In a straightforward way, Marilyn explains how her team developed a participatory project to improve engagement in a gallery with an awkward entry. We also wanted to: Inspire visitors to engage in active looking: notice, reflect, react, and respond to the works of art and to the interdisciplinary quality of the exhibition.

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Museum Arts Problem Design 45

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. The problem is aestheticized, framed, or reconfigured; it is seldom erased or resolved. Mark: Right.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Finally, the game will be packaged as a scaled-down, repeatable 90-minute programmatic experience that the Luce Center can deliver at any time in the future. Ghosts of a Chance is a great example of the museum leveraging a niche community (ARG-ers) to energize and provide seed content for participants who are new to participatory gaming.

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Game Museum Arts Alternative 20

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Community engagement, though at times unwieldy and time-consuming, is critical to truly propel all variables towards a common goal. We’re going to save some time at the end for Q&A so don’t be shy, don’t sit on those hands. So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods.

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Community Video Slides Survey 78

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. Marketing & Communications / #2016DML / @dmlconference.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

And then staff can spend their time where it's needed most--figuring out how to interpret and add value to those prioritized suggestions and visitor-created elements. As Charlene and Josh put it: Everyone who shops knows that products have problems, but it's the rare retailer or manufacturer that actually fixes them.

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Museum Participatory Evaluation Chapter 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Museums should feel protective of the expertise reflected in their staff, exhibits, programs, and collections. The problem arises when expertise creates a feeling of entitlement to control the entire visitor experience. Every time you post a photo on Flickr, you give its owner, Yahoo!, Ideas participatory museum usercontent.

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Authoring Platform Museum YouTube 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I created this screencast back in September/October of last year, so this release has provided a great opportunity to meta reflect on the whole screencast creation process as well as consider how my views about the use of tagging have evolved. Act 1: The Problem. Maybe it is more like moment capture. That's enough meta for now.

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Screencast Instruction Instructional Tag 50

Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

For a long time, I’ve admired their ambitious work, from exhibitions on complex topics like network science to integration of contemporary art into their galleries to incredible dedication to advancing the careers of diverse youth in Queens. It’s about thinking about science centers and the public understanding of science as a human problem.

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Help Museum eBook Project 45

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I've written before about the difference between participatory processes and products , but this question of frameworks and sensibility is more broadly applicable to community engagement strategies. And other times, when I'm focused on opening up access and opportunities for audience members to partner with staff, I'm talking about framework.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

I introduce these notes with three general observations: Some leaders are more radical than I hoped, and these people have a hard time advocating for change when their accountability is to those who have not changed. This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change.

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

While I originally wrote this post to advocate for more participatory practice (i.e. Museums should feel protective of the expertise reflected in their staff, exhibits, programs, and collections. The problem arises when expertise creates a feeling of entitlement to control the entire visitor experience. Power is attractive.

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