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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums.

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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

Museum 2.0

Imagine you've just been tasked with developing an innovative, future-thinking national museum for your country's history. Blueprint is the story of a group of people who tried to create a Dutch Museum of National History (INNL). The Museum directors released Blueprint as a showcase for these plans. Where would you start?

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How To: Put Technology to Use (October 2008)

NTEN

Or the Women's Museum. That sounds about right. It may be easy for big groups, with photogenic interests -- like the National Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Habitat program or The Nature Conservancy's nature picture contest -- to use something like Flickr, but you're too small? Balderdash! Flickr makes it easy to get started!

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. The Museum 2.0 In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post.

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Curate Your Own Membership: An Interview with the Whitney's Director of Membership

Museum 2.0

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. I sat down with Kristen Denner, Director of Membership and Annual Fund, to learn more about the program's development and the museum's goals for its future.

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5 Podcasts That Keep Me Company

Have Fun - Do Good

I recommend you listen to his December 22, 2008 show where he created a montage of his favorite quotes from guests. He starts most shows with a few minutes of news from the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, and then transitions into an interview. Listen/subscribe on iTunes. Listen/subscribe on iTunes.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Whose Room is This?

Museum 2.0

The only public pool in the city of Santa Cruz was closed in the 2008 recession for four years. When you are on the inside, this doesn’t sound like inclusive language. It sounds threatening. It sounds like the thing that you hold dear being adulterated for public consumption. We need to be more inclusive.”

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