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Adventures in Participatory Audience Engagement at the Henry Art Gallery

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Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. All the photos in this post are on Flickr here. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki. I suspect these big ideas were opaque to most visitors.

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Wandering Down the "Don't Touch" Line

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Art, however, does not come to museums pre-hardened. At the museum of art and history where I work, we are grappling with the question of how to help people enjoy themselves while keeping the art and artifacts safe. The level of touching, especially of art, has increased. How will we deal with this? all over the place.

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The Future of Fundraising: Live Interactive Chat Recap

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The event blended virtual video speaker conferencing; online presentation and video; and live audience chatting and social networking, including conversation on Twitter using the #NPLive hashtag. Once registered, nonprofits can create a custom, branded cause platform for their online fundraising complete with video and photo functionality.

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Hack the Museum Camp Part 2: Making Magic, Reality TV, and Risk as a Red Herring

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You can also see a ton of photos on Instagram , and I highly recommend the Confessional Tent videos for sheer silliness (more on those below). Then, when we put together teams, we again tried to break people up such that every team would have a blend of individuals across several axes. Here''s what I got out of Hack the Museum Camp.

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New Models for Community Partnerships: Museums Hosting Meetups

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They left and wrote over 100 positive reviews of the evening, 12 positive reviews of the museum, and shared over 300 photos of their revels on Flickr. Again, hundreds of mostly young people shot hundreds of videos and photos featuring or on location at the museum. Don't look at the number of videos, photos, or reviews.

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Institutional Blogs: Different Voices, Different Value

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In Eye Level's case at SAAM, there's a nice blend of museum announcements (exhibit openings, podcast postings, and events) and quirky commentary on museum goings-on (photos of the building's construction, a nswers to visitors' questions about how certain artifacts are maintained). How to maximize this type?

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50 Silent Auction Basket Ideas to Bring In the Big Bids

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Share your silent auction basket highlights on all of your social media platforms, using both photos and videos to boost your items’ appeal. Coffee lovers will jump at the chance to try new coffee blends or brewing methods for their morning, afternoon, or evening cup of joe. In your videos, remember to describe your items in detail.

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