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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As part of the class , we look at different examples of networked strategies and digital platforms and tools and how they can be used to advance civil society goals. Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding.

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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

Top Nonprofits

I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom. I was just meeting some of these students, I was just setting the tone for class. It can be inclusive and participatory.

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Feelings and Participation

Museum 2.0

Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. If all museums get better, we have more people who like going to museums, which increases museum revenues, and makes the field more stable. But, while adjacent, museums differ from formal classrooms in numerous ways.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

Do you talk to people sitting next to you on planes? To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. 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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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Overview slides of what is Web2.0 ( remix from Social Media and Nonprofits Presentation) Core theme Listening - Responding to what people are saying about the topic or the program. Social Interaction - People can have conversations and create content together. Step 1: Find People. Hiring people. Openness - ????A

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

So it’s for the people, by the people, is kind of the mantra here. . So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. How do we do it in a way that feels inclusive, that people are heard, and that we can make decisions and not be overwhelmed by the process? How do we do this well?

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How False Conviction Could Help Science Centers Be More Human

Museum 2.0

We tried to find ways to make nano science interesting to the public, but it was mostly shiny futuristic potential that seemed to leave people cold. Even more amazingly, people turn out to be very susceptible to manipulation and frequently confess to crimes they did not commit. No website can deliver that kind of sustained attention.

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