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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? Community First Program Design At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we've gravitated towards a "community first" program planning model. My answer: neither.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup

Earlier this month, people from the nonprofit and technology worlds convened at the 1920c co-working space in San Francisco's historic Chinatown neighborhood to learn about a few apps that are making a difference in the community. She wanted to create something that teens and adults could use and that was also free.

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Reflections on a Weekend with Ze Frank and His Online Community

Museum 2.0

The group was mostly young (teens to thirties) and nerd-diverse: a little bit punk, a little bit hacker, a little bit craft grrl. Participants who felt more confident modeled generous behavior and engaged others. You can see more comments from participants here and here and see a photo set from one participant here.

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What I Learned From @Sree Sreenivasan Chief Digital Officer of @MetMuseum

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Later, when were chatting with a small group of people in the lobby, we noticed a group of teens walking by looking a little sad. ABCs: He started off with some basics – a riff on Guy Kawasaki’s Always Be Commenting. The technology is an overlay to get more attention for the art.”

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

Museum 2.0

In science and technology centers, there are some “can’t”s that are alive and well in other museums. on kids' freedom--keeps science and technology museums from hard topics and edgy presentation styles. I encourage you to add your own examples and thoughts on this list to the comments. Why aren't we developing our audiences?"

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Backwards Interview: My Advice for Incorporation of Web 2.0 into Museums

Museum 2.0

Here's the question: What advice do you have, as one who keeps up with technology as it relates to museums, to a group looking to incorporate Web 2.0 If you had one youth educator, would you expect them to develop and run overnights AND scout programs AND teen programs AND toddler programs AND outreach AND… of course not.

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