Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

I met her like ten years ago when I leading training workshops for arts educators, artists, and arts organizations throughout New York State on how to use the Internet. I was teaching Web1.0 These projects were done nearly ten years ago, but they presage what the social web, participatory media. Meet Susan Silverman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Last week I was honored to be a counselor at Museum Camp , an annual professional development event hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. A mature employee knows how to manage up.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts! of art, activism, and academic inquiry on the politically charged. He learns, he teaches, he shares and he. Get your story ideas ready and RSVP for Nonprofits Live on February 8. Guests for Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Video.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

We also developed Experimonths about trading objects, matchmaking and electronically racing across the country , where the data and/or purpose are less defined -- but we trust it will surely teach us something, even (or especially) if it fails. game guestpost participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences'

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

This is a participatory live video show - come ready with your questions for our experts! David is a cross-disciplinary mediamaker, working at the intersection of art, activism and academic inquiry on the politically charged questions surrounding globalization and social justice. Guests for Nonprofits Live: Collaborative Video.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. Experience working with a wide variety of age groups or teaching in general. We recently had a group of students creating balloon art during our Winterpalooza Family Festival.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

Regulars teach newcomers how to behave and reward other regulars with close friendship. Third places are more participatory and offer fewer basic amenities than most cultural institutions provide. Third places facilitate engagement among patrons, whereas museums and libraries deliver services to patrons. On the other hand.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. This require human centered-software and human-centered communities.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 3, 2009

We tried this at the Denver Art Museum last week, and it is incredibly challenging—you can’t just put out a box of chocolates and expect people to talk. I encourage you to take part and document your triumphs and spectacular failures on this site. Free workshop on topic of your choosing—Friday, April 24 in Seattle.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. And I teach Board Development and Grant Writing for the program. So every time I present or teach, I like to be really clear about what we will be talking about, what the outcomes for the session are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

My social media plans for 2010 involve 1) developing my own knowledge and skill set, 2) helping to develop a strategy for my organization- Metro United Way in Louisville, KY - and 3) teaching within my organization to develop the knowledge and skills of others. and externally (with all of your fine readers!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I personally want to move away from the metaphor of making movies of the computer screen to more shoulder-to-shoulder instructional media and perhaps something that is more participatory or for lack of a better word, social. Step 3: Teach people how to start bookmarking! Tagging in Art Museums. Tagging Nonprofit Missions.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

For a long time, I’ve admired their ambitious work, from exhibitions on complex topics like network science to integration of contemporary art into their galleries to incredible dedication to advancing the careers of diverse youth in Queens. Then again, the New York Hall of Science isn’t just any science center.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

I didn't grow up staring open-mouthed at natural history dioramas or wandering through art galleries. As John Holt wrote, "Learning is not the product of teaching. There are many parallels between free-choice learning and participatory design. My story is about radical educational philosophy. I go on hikes.

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