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What’s Your Calling?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire. I had a chance to collaborate with every type of art form, arts management programs, arts education, and individual artists.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

It’s not solely about how museums can serve communities but rather what are the communities’ resources, knowledge and interests that can inform museum practice? Collaborative programs with diverse groups bring in a variety of visitors causing new audiences to interact and connect.

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Guest Post by Lina Srivastava: Building Cultural Engagement for Change Through Media and Narrative

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

is an example of a viral media piece that successfully engages at the lower end of the engagement spectrum, bringing "newbies" into the discussion of consumption and climate change while also engaging more knowledgeable or activist participants. The Story of Stuff. Moving further along the spectrum, the film Citizens at Risk.

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Khan Academy and the Revolution in Online Free Choice Learning

Museum 2.0

They are connecting you with knowledge and inspiration in more creative ways. We often talk about museums as leaders in providing substantive, essential alternatives to formal schooling. They advocated for the power of online research and learning: There is a huge appetite for knowledge about art that is not being met.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These teens are actively involved what Jenkins calls "participatory culture" - a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one's creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street. You go online, and that’s why physical culture is at risk.

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The Ministry of Rules: Interview with Nikki Pugh

Museum 2.0

Last month, artist and game designer Nikki Pugh led an utterly charming, often hilarious community residency at the City Gallery in Leicester, UK. On day 4 Inspectors made "top secret trails" --personalized maps of the museum--based on a comment about kids passing knowledge to each other. How did this project come about?