Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. After a broad survey, Rick’s team defined three broad categories of public participation in scientific research: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation. Wiki users are often collaborators. I’ve added one more category to the mix called hosted.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. This multi-museum collaborative is undertaking a thoughtful process to tackle these issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Okay, building the mashup will probably take you longer than ten minutes, but $10,000. Circleup is a social messaging application that allows nonprofits to communicate and collaborate with groups. Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I was planning to write a post today about the use of story in museums. A lot of museums--and web, radio, etc--are pursuing projects in which visitors share their personal stories around a topic, whether that be broad and profound ( storycorps.net ) or light and specific ( map mashup of Overheard in NY ). It was interesting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. Museum APIs: What Are They Good For? In Museums, context can be hard to come by. Who are these for?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 5, 2009

I've been designing game-like experiences with museums for a long time. We rarely talk about this when we design museum exhibits. For example, he created a game for the retreat called "Faces in the Crowd" which was designed to encourage participants to meet each other. What does it mean to play well in your museum?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2010

The folks at the New Media Consortium have released their annual Horizon Report , a roundup of up-and-coming technologies relevant to museums, archives, and libraries. The Horizon Reports ARE really useful if you need arsenal to explain the relevance, utility, or educational value of new technologies in your museum.

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