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Avoiding the Participatory Ghetto: Are Museums Evolving with their Innovative Web Strategies?

Museum 2.0

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? You join the Brooklyn Museum’s posse. This worries me.

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

NTEN

Participatory. Are those words you usually associate with your government? Participatory. San Francisco and Washington DC are collaborating around API accessiblity for their 311 phone lines. Flickr Photo: h.koppdelaney Transparent. Collaborative. Now let's think about our sector. . Transparent. Collaborative.

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Quick Hit: Nina on the Road

Museum 2.0

Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. April 22/23 - Washington DC. I'm giving a free talk about visitor participation in the evening at JFKU in association with the museum studies program and Cultural Connections. May 17 - NYC. I hope to see you there.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

American Marketing Association / Scottsdale, AZ / $1,000. DMA / Washington, DC / Not available. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / Washington, DC / Not available. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / Washington, DC / Not available. Join us in Washington, D.C., Strategic.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Grant Professionals Association / Atlanta, GA / $840.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. Bob argues that giving kids laptops enables more participatory, engaged learning.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

I applied to work for This American Life (rejected) and in the meantime fell in love with someone who lived in Washington D.C. Eventually, they had an opening for "Exhibits and Programs Associate"--a low-level jack of all trades position supporting the department. So I packed up and moved down the East Coast.

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