Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

Maybe he share some reflections in the comments - like for example - about the making of the video which is quite good in terms of production values, although not glossy campaign video. Consumer-solicited media (CSM): "Participatory media" -- that's what the flickr contests above are! Paid media: Old advertising model

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The tool of choice has changed from IRC or Meebo to Twitter and the use of hashtags. Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Social issue interests change. Therefore, brands should not focus on the changing interests; rather, focus on helping the public participate in a movement. This is especially the case when individuals are going through several lifecycle changes and have yet to filter their cause involvement internally and more methodically.

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Issue Brain United States Participatory 52

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

But the more I learned, the more I wondered where the real threat is, and why children's museums have been so resistant to change. They were ahead of the museum curve, using language like "participatory learning environment" (Brooklyn Children's Museum, 1977) that is still thick in the mouths of contemporary museum directors in other fields.

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Classroom Children Museum Model 22

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The projects ranged from activating a dead collection to developing a mystery game around a strange artifact to developing a hackerspace to planning for massive changes to institutions new and old. I gave an hour-long talk about participatory design practices ( video here ), and Jim gave a small tour of an exhibition he had organized nearby.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

It’s almost Spring and a thousand theories of change are blooming like the cherry trees in Washington, DC. Outcomes, indicators, metrics, logic models, flow charts galore – measurement and evaluation are in season these days. The Outcome of Our Outcomes – guest post by Victoria Vrana. What do you hope to learn?

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Evaluation Measure Seattle Lesson 95

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

Last week, the local newspaper did a really generous front-page story on my museum (the MAH) and the changes here over the past eight months since I started. Our team focused this year on just three things: making the museum more comfortable, hosting new participatory events, and partnering wherever possible. Community response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Participants voted on the questions that would be most important for the Brainerd Foundation to consider in its strategy: How might we adopt a hybrid model of new and old power? How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Last month, I went to an amazing training called the Skid Row School for Social Change. I attended because I'm seeking new ways to share the MAH's model and support the development of more community-centered cultural institutions around the world. Some people are rightfully fearful of "dumbing down" their model for scale.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2017

Our audience has quadrupled in size, and the people walking through our doors increasingly reflect the age, income, and ethnic diversity of our County. Or “I love the MAH because it is a truly participatory space where diverse groups can enjoy, express themselves, and learn from/about/with others.”

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I'd always believed in engineering as a creative path to changing the world, and my professors encouraged that mindset. I also learned that the best money in museums for someone who's starting out is in art modeling. I survived the first half of 2003 financially on art modeling and poetry gigs. It is lucky.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2011

They model impersonal, businesslike relationships between the institution and the people who care about it the most. In contrast, organizations that feature staff or member walls celebrating people's diverse talents and interests reflect the idea that this is a community of people who care about each other.

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Relationship Museum Game Personal 46

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Now that the dust has cleared and the kids are banging on the exhibits (and showing us what we have to change next), I have the time to step back and share some of the lessons learned from this experience. Also, because this was an experiment, parameters and criteria kept changing throughout the process.

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Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. Frequently, we get stuck on developing participatory projects or events that serve as many people as possible.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. The things that I tell you will not stick unless you are able to reflect upon your own experience and go, “Ah, yes, I think this is what Julie is talking about. ” That reflection is really important. . How do we do this well?

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Community Video Slides Survey 76

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

We have to change the framing of this conversation. Museums should feel protective of the expertise reflected in their staff, exhibits, programs, and collections. Again, these rules reflect platform control, and when the control is too heavy-handed, users get annoyed and stay away. Ideas participatory museum usercontent.

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Authoring Platform Museum YouTube 42

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

How many exhibit evaluations happen after opening, with no significant money allotted to make changes that arise from research? I admit that I have often jumped directly to "embracing" in exploration of how museums can become more participatory. Why don't we use visitor feedback as a robust basis for continual improvement?

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Museum Participatory Evaluation Chapter 20

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

While there are some criticisms of its consensus-based model for information-vetting, there's no doubt of its success as a collaborative knowledge-creation project. I don't know if that was their original plan or a reaction to our poor use of the wiki, but it certainly didn't reflect our supposed digital chops.

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Wiki Wikipedia Museum Doc 23

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2019

I think about the commitments I made to myself, to it, and to you--and how those changed over time. The response to this blog changed my life. I spent 2007-2011 traveling the world, doing participatory projects and consulting gigs, and writing my first book. I never experimented here with models for collective writing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

The COVID-19 health emergency and the ensuing global crises only continue to exacerbate these inequities and drive colossal disruptions in the provision of education across the world — highlighting massive challenges that serve as wake-up calls for the social sector and catalysts for transformational change.

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Intergenerational Culture Accessibility Global 52

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. In fact, I find that participatory products are often more likely to reflect a formal sensibility than their traditional counterparts.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

I introduce these notes with three general observations: Some leaders are more radical than I hoped, and these people have a hard time advocating for change when their accountability is to those who have not changed. This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change.

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

While I originally wrote this post to advocate for more participatory practice (i.e. We have to change the framing of this conversation. Museums should feel protective of the expertise reflected in their staff, exhibits, programs, and collections. If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? Content expertise matters.

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