Museum 2.0
JANUARY 27, 2011
It might be Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an incredible place to reach hungry learners and join a community of dedicated researchers who care deeply about making knowledge accessible to everyone. This isn't rocket science, but it's surprising how few museums have gotten involved with Wikipedia. Anyone can contribute to it.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
I was first introduced to the concept of the gift economy and pay it forward many years ago when I was the community builder for a first generation online network for artists, called ArtsWire. I sent a coffee gift card to Alex Steed to help ower his Millennials Changing America project.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 2, 2006
According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 15, 2009
Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? The program operates like a camp that is co-led by the teens involved.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 27, 2013
Morgue File – This collection of photographs were freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects. Photoshare – This collection focuses on images that depict international health as part of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project and was funded by USAID.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 20, 2007
We're surpassing revenue projections. According to Wikipedia , 20 million people have viewed a Bodyworlds exhibition. Like other museums that have hosted Bodyworlds and its sequels, the exhibit has doubled overall museum attendance for 2007--and it's only been here for three months. Memberships are up several hundred percent.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. She hopes to use the tools she learned at Benetech – including new programming languages, codes and statistics – to work on human rights projects around the world.
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