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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

We received more than 600 submissions from 35+ countries, including mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for the first time. There, we see hearts, bodies, and minds coming to life through improvisation and the creative arts. Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser. Libraries have fans, tons of fans.

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Techniques for Identifying and Amplifying Social Objects in Museums

Museum 2.0

I spent last week in the glorious country of Taiwan, hiking, eating, and working with museum professionals and graduate students at a conference hosted at the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts. It's not topic-specific; I've done these exercises with art, history, science, and children's museums to useful effect.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

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Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. Taipei, Taiwan: 『資料力,做公益』- 開創公共服務的新契機. Friday, November 11, 2016.

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

Museum 2.0

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. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. It's common in many museums to offer cart-based activities that invite visitors (mostly families) to play a game, try an experiment, or make art.