Museum 2.0

JULY 15, 2010

My book, The Participatory Museum , has done incredibly well so far, but there's a problem: the interactive components aren't working. They're simple --you can comment on any given chapter, or you can write a review of the whole book. Only one person has added a comment to a chapter (thank you, Juline Chevalier!),

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I thought it was a perfect chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test. Her case study about Structured Dialogue in the Signtific Game in chapter 3 describes a project where people engaged in conversation online about wild ideas. This gift, however, especially convinced younger participants.

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Museum Comment Experiment Participatory 34

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact our very first CYO purchase was a gift membership that was purchased with three add-on benefit packages (so the recipient of the gift will pick which packages he/she wants). If you are interested in this topic, you might enjoy this interview with John Falk and Beverly Sheppard and Chapter 2 of The Participatory Museum.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Participatory Museum Process Experiment 33

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

This week, we're covering the first objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : listening (chapter 5). When people share their opinions publicly, they give institutions a gift—an opportunity to listen in. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing participatory museum.

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