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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

But how do you ensure your events not only honor this rich heritage but also captivate and mobilize your community towards meaningful action? Displaying AAPI visual arts is another engaging activity. Their grassroots activism brings important perspectives. Be sure to recruit knowledgeable facilitators.

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Case Study: A Participatory Road Trip takes the SJMA on a Wild Ride

Museum 2.0

I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). It reflects the overall mission of the institution in its creative implementation, raises awareness of the institution, and brings visitors' experiences into the galleries.

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Mixing Digital and Physical: The Holocaust Museum's Handwritten Pledge Wall

Museum 2.0

People were captivated by the slow animation of their pledges being added to the wall, and that slowness sealed a deliberate interaction. I recently visited the Power of Children exhibition at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, which also features a pledge activity at a large installation called the Tree of Promise.

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Talking Through Objects: The Dog Analogy

Museum 2.0

Doing so has brought me to shelters, dog parks, and generally a heightened awareness of dogs and their owners. You are the only active agent with an interactive. With a dog, you are both active agents, and the “interactivity” is social. Ideas design participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences inclusion.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

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.