Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. I also facilitated numerous design workshops and resilience staff retreats virtually. Rituals are routine and intentional activities that carry meaning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

I had designed the leadership workshop on resilience to include a lot of solo and peer reflection time and small group work and some small amounts of presentation and context to do the exercises. It also provided a nice transition between sections, giving people a little brain break to digest the information. What to do?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2010

I am putting the finishing touches on another social media lab designed for arts organizations. I've also been trying to wrap my brain around whether or not Foursquare has value for nonprofits. So, have been updating arts 2.0 Location-based social networks also offer opportunities for the performing arts and theatre.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2009

April 5 is the first day of a class I’m teaching called Social Technology, in which we are focusing on designing an exhibition that features social objects , that is, exhibits or artifacts that inspire interpersonal dialogue. For example, my dog , while a highly evolved social matchmaking device, is not deliberately designed for that task.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. Interesting WorldChanging post, Just Launched: Journal of Participatory Medicine. Early registration deadline is Nov. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

Beck is the brain behind the risk-taker/space-maker paradigm I''ve shared here in the past. We recruited folks and designed software that texted them five times a day for thirty days, asking one question, "Rate your mood 1 (low) to 10 (high)." game guestpost participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences'

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