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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to recent study from Pew Internet and American Life project, more than one-half of teens have created media content and roughly one-third have shared ocntent. the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information. the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand. mental capacities.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Museum 2.0

which followed a very strict formula that frustrated some participants who wanted to be treated like artists, not contributors to a data experiment. It's a shame that several of these projects are labeled as "experimental" and don't have formal evaluation built into their cheap, fast processes. This was particularly true for Click!,

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Building Community Bridges: A "So What" Behind Social Participation

Museum 2.0

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. At the adjacent table, my colleague Stacey Garcia was meeting with a local artist, Kyle Lane-McKinley, to talk about an upcoming project. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

Museum 2.0

What started as a series of experiments and happy accidents is now embedded in how we develop and evaluate projects. Single-speaker lectures languish while lightning talks featuring teen photographers, phD anthropologists, and professional dancers are packed.

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

Museum 2.0

So how do we evaluate and make decisions about self-censorship? The science of capital punishment from DNA to execution Religion Teen suicide, teen cutting – I wanted to include these in my museum’s “Hall of Human Life” teen area. She was pleased to receive angry letters about the label. and displayed in the museum.

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