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The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

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Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Group Polling Techniques and Tools and Incorporating Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a trainer, it is always great to experience someone else facilitating so you can have empathy for participants, get some new ideas or reflect on your trade craft. Here’s what my reflection: Technology Tools To Poll Participants. Help participants digest and reflect on some content shared during the session.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Everyone is invited to make any last minute plugs in the comments or trackbacks! is an attitude , not a download. DEIdea Lounge blogger Melanie Coulson offers a roundup of Day 2, including some reflections on David Weinberger's Keynote. Serious reflections from Phil Klein and some fun. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

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Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? The Museum 2.0 culture.

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The Great Good Place Book Discussion Part 2: Small Rural Museums as Third Places

Museum 2.0

You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 Reading The Great Good Place provides an opportunity as museum professionals to identify third places in our community, reflect upon our relationship to them, and consider the ways our museum could be a third place for members in the community.

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The Tate Tastes 2.0: The Turner Prize Exhibition

Museum 2.0

This week's New Yorker magazine features an article about the Turner Prize, "the world's best-known contemporary-art competition." The Turner Prize was launched in 1984 by the Tate Britain to reward young British artists, and has had controversial effects on both public perception of contemporary art--and the artists themselves.

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Two Years Later

Museum 2.0

And when I think back on the last year and how it compared to year one of blogging, the shining difference is you--your interest, your comments, and most of all, your extraordinary example. In the last year, I have seen traditional museum attitudes about social media and community co-design go from "why should we care about this?"

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