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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Aesthetics of Experience: Photo-taking is distracting for other visitors. Looking at artwork through a lens means you are having a less rich experience.

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

Museum 2.0

It's a place for Scratch users to upload, share, and remix their Scratch projects. Here is the user profile by age circa July 2008 (per this report ). You can also remix other projects. It was a serious improvement on tools like Logo Turtle and Hypercard that I grew up with. but still, a programming environment.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Social Change for Zero Dollars a Day Using Social Networks: Join SM4SC's co-founders, Gradon Tripp, Meg Fowler and Matthew Knell as they talk through their experiences raising money for needy charities with no fixed budget. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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How I'm Celebrating My 53rd Birthday: Cambodia, Chocolate, and Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It also helps students learn the process of a rapid prototype experiment that has viral effects, can be measured, and improved with reflection. User-Generated Flickr Birthday Card Contest: For my 50th birthday, held a contest where friends got to remix embarrassing photos of me into a 50th Birthday Card on Flickr.

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Creating Your Organization's Social Media Strategy Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3. What can learn from the experience of other organizations? Experiment. How will you learn from the pilot for your next experiment? Your initial experiments will be designed around trying out the tools and techniques. What small piece can you implement first as a pilot?

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These principles will no doubt be copied, refined, remixed, and extended as nonprofits experiment with social media-powered fundraising techniques: Weaving Together Online/Offline Into Real Time Web Fundraising Events. As we march into 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events?

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Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

Museum 2.0

Their questions made me think about a blog post I wrote in 2008, The Future of Authority. Our collective understanding and savviness about the power online platforms wield--for good and ill--has greatly increased since 2008. It's based on creation and delivery of experiences. With no further ado, enjoy this post. Me: "Sort of."