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Developing a Participatory, Provocative History Project at a Small Museum in Minnesota: Interview with Mary Warner

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Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. We struggle with how to save digital media.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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Mary’s University of Minnesota. You can decide whether the story is written, told in video , or audio, spoken person to person or to a group, or better yet, in some combination of the above. Matt’s past work includes fundraising for the University of the Arts, Ursinus College, University of Cincinnati and the Boy Scouts of America.

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Quick Hit: Art of Relevance Video, Podcast, and a Google Hangout this week

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The Minnesota Historical Society made a video of my recent talk there. AUDIO - PRATFALLS PODCAST Immediately after leaving the Minnesota Historical Society, I sat down with Levi Weinhagen as a guest on his Pratfalls podcast. The video is well-produced, including subtitles and the Q&A. Check it out.

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How Much Time Does Web 2.0 Take?

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Same as the blog, but requires a microphone and some audio editing software. If you are comfortable producing audio content, it's quite simple to start a podcast. What you need is organization, interesting content, a person who can edit audio (which you can do for free with Audacity ), and a place to post it. Then sheesh!

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Notes for Berkman Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many nonprofit bloggers feel like Robert Moffit, blogger with the American Lung Assocation of Minnesota, who said as a nonprofit blogger, he felt like an. s experiment and examples in Brian Russell from Audio Activism's recent presentation. American Lung Association of Minnesota. Ivory Billed Woodpecker, a rare species.

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Design for Social Engagement: Pointing at Exhibits

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The photos above were provided by Paul Martin of the Science Museum of Minnesota from their award-winning exhibition RACE. One of the accidental design elements was an overabundance of audio bleeding into the space from a large number of exhibit videos. Instead, he focuses on what the visitors are doing: pointing at things.

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ASTC Recap: Questions, Colors, and Reflective Research

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21st Century Skills In the final minutes of the conference, Marsha Semmel (IMLS) hosted a session with myself, Julie Johnson (Science Museum of Minnesota) and Bronwyn Bevan (Exploratorium) to share the IMLS report on 21st Century Skills.