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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

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This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. COST: Museum books tend to be expensive - because they are printed in small runs, the price for a 400-page paperback can be as high as $40. Why Self-Publish?

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A Birthday Request.

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Dear Museum 2.0 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. Tags: Book: The Participatory Museum. Thanks in advance.

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Please Help Make My Book Incredible

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Dear Museum 2.0 readers, I'm almost done with the first draft of The Participatory Museum: A Practical Guide , a book that explores the theory, practice, and design techniques for involving visitors and community members in the creation and sharing of cultural content. Technical Review? Technical review is not an easy task.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 3: Energizing

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This week, we're covering the third objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : energizing (chapter 6). Amazon doesn't let you write reviews for the fun of it. Charlene and Josh focus on strategies for supporting promoters via ratings and reviews, custom communities, and ambassador programs.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

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This week, we're covering the first objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : listening (chapter 5). 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.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

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On Tuesday, I reviewed Elaine Gurian’s essay, Choosing Among the Options , on museum archetypes and self-definition. Next Tuesday, we'll look at chapters 16 and 17, on the merits and limitations of the team approach to exhibition design.) What if you don’t want to be identified as one type of museum?

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 3: My Experience

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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. Check out the other parts here. The challenge was to figure out how to do it and end up with a high-quality book.