Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I feel lucky to be a small part of that change. That said, there are a couple big things I got wrong in the book - or at least, that I''ve changed my perspective on since writing it. Humans empower each other. Make space for each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." Adults who work for nonprofits and feeling pressured to adopt and incorporate social networking tools and techniques. Performance ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. This is a session where you’ll be an active participant in your learning and will leave ready to apply lots of practical tips and techniques that will give your trainings more impact. Group Polling Techniques and Tools. I cebreakers and Closers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Use Participatory Research Techniques To Discover Engagement Topics. You don’t have to do a comprehensive survey, you can use some participatory research techniques like interviewing or fly on the wall observation. For instance, you can change the photo that goes with your article. Be visual. “If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

And, there was a protest against Target using that technique (holding signs) although it was not on flickr: [link]. I'm reminded of the March of Dimes - flickr contest - that asked people to photograph where they kept their change because a handful of change is what preemie weighs at birth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

This design was a participatory process and was intended to provide an opportunity for deep reflective process. Here’s a few facilitation techniques that I learned from documenting the session. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques. He co-authored a paper called " Visual Diagnostics and Mapping for Scaling Change " and we had an opportunity to discuss it. These are points that, when focused upon, have a large ratio of amount-of-effort to desired-change.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

I'd say that these techniques support audience development, repeat visitation, membership, maybe could even attract new kinds of donors. 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. but I didn't have numbers to back it up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2011

Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation about participatory learning agendas. This approach is not about counting dollar signs, but about feedback loops which is discussed in Michael Quinn Patton’s new book on Developmental Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2015

I also wanted to experiment with translating some facilitation techniques I use for face-to-face meetings (like sticky note facilitation ) to virtual meetings. Designing A Participatory Hook for a Virtual Meeting. How have you changed your organization’s meeting culture to be better? Design must comes first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Digital technologies are connecting residents in neighborhoods, catalyzing community discussions, changing the way governments and citizens interact, and making government more transparent. Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. If you have any suggestions for inclusion please send us a note.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches. We had to reverse the trend, and I made drastic, immediate cuts and changes to cut expenses. Conflating financial trends with financial position.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

Clay’s book talks about the implications of a society shifting from passive consumption of media to creators of media or being participatory. It forecasts the changes we will enjoy as social media tools allows people to put their talents and goodwill to use for society. The book give us the 50,000 mile high view.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The book is well-researched and offers frameworks for thinking about how to link technology to a theory of change. Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change , Mary Joyce, Editor. Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change , Mary Joyce, Editor. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3. Why Use One?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. The group identified a few organizations that are using it well, but would it great to have a deeper field understanding of where we are with this technique. Long Live Strategy.” SSIR Blog, January 2013.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Last week at the Packard Foundation, I participated in a conversation with Peter Laugharn, the Executive Director of Firelight Foundation , about participatory learning agendas. Some of the techniques include analyzing narrative data in a structured way to test and refine a theory of change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

These projects were done nearly ten years ago, but they presage what the social web, participatory media. I wonder what lessons or techniques can be learned from her practice that can be applied with the next generation of tools? How much has our environment, culture, or information overload changed?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Recently, I was giving a presentation about participatory techniques at an art museum, when a staff member raised her hand and asked, "Did you have to look really hard to find examples from art museums? Aren't art museums less open to participation than other kinds of museums?" I was surprised by her question.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

When the music video was not focused on Mexican culture, no such change occurred. Our theory of change posits that when we develop projects that bridge “unexpected connections” between diverse people and ideas, people build understanding and social capital with community members from different cultures, generations, and backgrounds.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

On Sunday I hosted a Flickr Bootcamp, where I worked with non profit, "accidental techies," and helped them learn about better online photo sharing techniques. The more they realize their world is changing, the more they will be energized and hopeful about what is truly possible.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

On Sunday I hosted a Flickr Bootcamp, where I worked with non profit, "accidental techies," and helped them learn about better online photo sharing techniques. The more they realize their world is changing, the more they will be energized and hopeful about what is truly possible.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age. You may remember the NPR stories in 2007 about changes in the way that doctors acknowledge mistakes and offer apologies. Be honest about mistakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

I am asking myself and colleagues who do networked NGO training and social media skill building outside the of US – the question about building resilient networks and how to incorporate non-violent techniques. [ here and here ]. We don’t have any answers, but we all feel that our work is all the important as is a conversation.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It was even more useful to learn how participatory writing visions can be. Writing a vision can empower you, clarify your thinking, and help you change the world. Use the "hot pen" or automatic writing technique. In the Zingerman's model, visioning is for everyone at all levels of the organization.

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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! how do you set clear criteria for participation when the project is experimental and ever-changing?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Examine major gift planning in the context of current economic conditions, changes in donor populations and increased competition for the charitable dollar. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Agents of Change Summit. Agents of Change Summit.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We offer these tools in the spirit of sharing and look forward to learning about the techniques you use in your own community. Survey your collaborators extensively to find out: ways to improve for next time, what they appreciated, how or if they benefited from the collaboration, and what changes they’d like to see made. Who are they?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This is a long post focused on strategic uses of listening rather than specific techniques. For many museums, visitor research--how people use the museum, navigate exhibits, and understand content--may be an equally important arena in which to adopt groundswell listening techniques. Maybe you need to consider changing your hours.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. Convene with thought leaders in social change from around the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

" The internet: is it changing the way we think? " Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS » Most Significant Change (MSC) – "The most significant change (MSC) technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

which was a remix of Marnie Webb 's Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Change the World. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. Such a culture would be, by default, permissive of efforts to improve upon, change, integrate, or otherwise remix.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Growth hacking is more of a mindset of experimentation than tactics and techniques. It’s a particularly useful framework since nearly everything we’ve learned about engagement is changing. A revolutionary force of change— the individual. It begins with understanding today’s change agents. Old power works like a currency.

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