Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. Why Self-Publish?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. The Structure Lab is set up as a "game" in which you explore cards in various categories (values, assets, financing, etc.) to better articulate what you are really trying to do with your project concept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place. Despite its long history, few researchers studied the use and impact of citizen science until the 1980s.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. Participation in science research is a good basis on which to develop a framework for participatory models because it is based on a consistent scientific process with many steps.

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Public Research Participatory Report 36

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

As far as I can ascertain, this series was the first in which grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients came together in equal numbers and met as peers for reflective structured dialogue. Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __. Sharing responsibility for building the relationship.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

To that end, our exhibitions are full of participatory elements. We actively seek participation and develop structured opportunities for visitors to collaborate with us. To me, this is an example of how the aggregation of participatory practices fundamentally changes the role that an organization has in its community.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

These are unpaid part-time and full-time opportunities to help design public programs, develop new uses for the museum, perform visitor research, and pursue unusual projects. Our internships have generally gotten more structured. Special Projects interns, who will do, well, whatever you want.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). Yes and no. I frankly think this is ridiculous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Last week, I had the honor of participating on a keynote panel at Celgene Corporation’s Patient Partners annual meeting ahead of the ASCO Conference (ASCO is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, prevention and delivery of high-quality patient care). This “Dr.

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Social Media Network Data Media 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). Yes and no. I frankly think this is ridiculous.

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

Specifically, we analyze the relative social behavior of people on buses versus those on trains, and look for clues as to what design elements contribute to different kinds of participatory behavior. In my highly anecdotal research, the bus is a more social space than the train or subway. Buses travel familiar landscape.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Note from Beth: This week I'm researching and thinking about the topic of creating movements. Creating open communities with old siloed corporate structures. And yes nonprofits mimic their corporate brethren with siloed structures. Ironically, if we have time, the last matter is the least difficult. And that is the crossroads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

This week at the Packard Foundation, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks. Mental Models: These visuals describe how people (individuals, groups) think the world works, such as theories of change, power structures, and cause-effect models in general.

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Map System Profit Guatemala 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

This assessment will give you a good sense of where you stand now and offers a structured approach to practicing based on your assessment. According to research, 55% of the message you convey comes from your body language. Like any other skill you want to improve, it helps to get a baseline assessment of your listening skills.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Audience segmentation and research has become a hot topic in museums, especially when it comes to crafting appealing offerings that are customized to different kinds of visitors. First, we realized that our museum is different from other museums, but our benefits and membership structure were the same as others. Several, but not all.

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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." That said, the phrase "structured opportunity" is where MuseumNext suffered most. Facilitator bits.

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Facilitation Reflection Museum Participatory 32

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. I’ve been facilitating design labs for nonprofits and foundations, and continue to be excited about them because it is a way to generate feedback and ideas that can improve a strategy or program in service of the participants being served.

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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. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Resolution Two: "I resolve to use social and participatory media to expand my reach and brand." Get the low down on social media platforms and what social and participatory media entails. Convio says knowing your audience is key because the online tools you choose to use must align with the technical capabilities of your audience.

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Social Media Difference Advocacy Case Study 28

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. We have prioritized opening up to as many partners as possible through collaborative structures that scale. We''re going to start doing a lot more rigorous research and experimentation in this area in the months to come. Making co-creation sustainable and powerful.

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Museum Director History Teen 49

Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. My strategy is: make it work really well, research what works and doesn't, and share the design lessons with the world. Do you need research? Maybe not. My model is the shining star. His is the virus.

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Action Ideas St. Louis Museum 31

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. In contrast, the Wikimedians were focused on making cultural content digitally available online using as open a licensing structure as possible. The project's implementation keeps changing, and I can't decide whether it is getting better or just different.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. All of this real-world experience is grounded in rigorous research and is taught by successful marketers who face your same challenges.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We think about this redefinition of affinity not just in terms of our programming but our internal structures as well. These terms come from Robert Putnam, Harvard researcher and author of Bowling Alone. Decades of research have shown that one of the primary reasons people go to museums is to bond with friends and family.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Our museum in Santa Cruz has been slammed by those who believe participatory experiences have gone too far. We always knew that the inclusion of participatory and community-centered practices in arts institutions was controversial. To me, the backlash against participatory and community-centered experiences is not surprising.

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Participatory Museum Arts History 53

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. Research / @ARNOVA. Research / #DoGoodData2017 / @DA4SG.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the first of a four-part series on the behind-the-scenes experience of writing The Participatory Museum. Overview: Stages of Development and Participation Types The Participatory Museum was written over a 15 month period that began in December of 2008. Image and content research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

There have also been some good critiques of the article that I’d like to highlight here: Article Isn’t Well Researched: There Are Good Examples Out There of Folks Using Social Media for Activism. Current structures of suburbia, distant homes, moving for jobs, smaller families, etc. Many of us in the weeds disagree.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. We tell our colleagues, other folks have mentors, or we do some research about it. So go and do some of that research and then come back again, reconvene, and make some decisions. How do we do this well? We start to take action. .

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Community Video Slides Survey 77

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. To me, this is analogous to the benefits of having multiple staff members engaged with community partners on participatory projects. In 2014, it was a rapid-fire research project, documented on a website.

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Facilitation Professional Learning Participatory 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Research to incorporate in instructional materials. tools can provide quick and dirty market research tools or the ability to do an environmental scans for strategic planning. In most cases simple syntax structure is used. Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Hiring people. The power of Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I personally want to move away from the metaphor of making movies of the computer screen to more shoulder-to-shoulder instructional media and perhaps something that is more participatory or for lack of a better word, social. Browse by tag and other users when beginning to research a topic. Maybe it is more like moment capture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

I’ve been following it for a while now and it is very inspiring on many different levels. The laboratory gives Greenpeace and its partners a space to design, test, iterative, and roll out new strategies and techniques for participatory campaigns or what has been called “People Powered.”

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Journal Change Learning Technology 101

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

They celebrated structures that disappeared after ten minutes but were "worth it." In her research on happiness and gaming, Jane McGonigal has stated that people need four things to be happy: satisfying work to do, the experience of being good at something, time spent with people we like, and the chance to be part of something bigger.

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Project Museum Artist Map 38

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The NAS publishes one such report every business day, and apparently these reports are seen as a gold standard of objective, well-researched content on a range of industries and issues. One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning.

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2010

When an institution becomes wholly participatory, those distinctions often erode. In all cases, the artists put a stake in the ground and said, "We think we can improve our artistic practice and our public-facing performances through participatory techniques." That's not to say these structures came easy.

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