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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

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One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? Who interprets the interests of the community and decides on the relevant themes and activities for the year? The program works because it is teen-centered, not museum-centered.

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Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook"

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NIH has had some great experience with its " Drug Fact Chat Day " an annual day for teens to chat online with NIH experts. they might indeed need to catalog and respond to comments in a rulemaking, but if they ask for more open-ended input about general policy issues, that should be valuable input which does not trigger response obligations.

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Visitor Voices Book Club: Talking Back

Museum 2.0

Welcome to the first installment of the Visitor Voices book club. This week, we're looking at the first section, Talking Back and Talking Together , which features comment boards, talk-back walls, and discussion forums at a variety of museums. I invite you to do the same in the comments. responded to other visitors' comments.

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Reflections on a Weekend with Ze Frank and His Online Community

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This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. Ze was really hands-on with everyone, giving hugs, taking photos, jumping in to do activities with participants.

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When in Your Life Were You Most Afraid to Talk to Strangers?

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They exploded, speaking all in one voice: "I don't even like ordering food in a restaurant." "I They were nervous but ready for the challenge, and when I explained the idea of social objects (external objects that can be the basis for conversation) they got pretty engaged in the activity.

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wanted to listen to what was on their minds in general, although I was particularly keen on hearing any discussions or snippets about social change, nonprofits, and activism. What follows below is no doubt incomplete and I sure I've gotten ages wrong too -- so please make additions and corrections in the comments. Blogs by Gen Y.

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Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

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I was particularly interested in the ECHO project and Bryan's comments about the lack of in-house technical staff in museums and how that affects ability to innovate. The back-channel was an especially active and important part of the conference this year. The Walker Art Center is turning its teen website over to the teens.

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