Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). They also tag and analyze responses.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. They provide detailed case studies of projects in each area, including project descriptions, informal science education goals, participant training techniques, and evaluation outcomes.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

In February 2001, AAM commissioned a study about the trustworthiness of museums and found that "Almost 9 out of 10 Americans (87%) find museums to be one of the most trustworthy or a trustworthy source of information among a wide range of choices. Tags: inclusion comfort. Here's something to be proud of. But this goes both ways.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2008

But the Visitor Studies Association is taking some chances next month with their annual conference , and it’s got me experiencing a new emotion around convention halls: excitement. It will be interesting to see how people react to the conference and whether they feel valued or put upon in the participatory sessions. In Houston.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 22, 2008

When I heard the tollbooth story, I started thinking about gifting as a model for participatory experiences in museums. This post discusses participatory gifting in three parts: the why, the what, and finally, the how. How can we improve on these models to becomes sites for participatory giving? Ideas participatory museum.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

This highlights the fact that while participatory design is by no means exclusive to the Web, that is the place most of the current experimentation is happening. At some institutions, there has been friction when artists find out that their work will be judged or commented on publicly by visitors. They kept the interface simple.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored. Was there a study that you read this decade that transformed your ideas about the field?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. Peter commented, I did hear from several people that the museum folks who loved visiting the City Museum when they were in St. Tags: evaluation design Unusual Projects and Influences.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

The Odditoreum is another wrinkle in the study of visitors' understanding and interpretation of authenticity in museums. The introductory label talks about "strangeness, mystery, and oddity" and comments that, "when things are strange, the brain sends out feelers for meaning." Tags: exhibition Museums Engaging in 2.0

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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. Every non-spammer editor who signed up was granted full access to change and comment on the content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. " Later, her work brought her to Mali, where she advised on participatory methods. Here's what I recommend by topic.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

Surveys, interviews, tracking studies, and exhibit evaluations are often isolated events, and the information gleaned is specific to particular projects. Here are three examples of changes you could make: Change the language and presentation of comment cards. The listening we do in museums right now is pretty expensive and limited.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! I created it for the screencast to illustrate the definition of tagging. If you have questions about tagging or want to share your organization???s

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the first of a four-part series on the behind-the-scenes experience of writing The Participatory Museum. Please let me know in the comments if there's anything in particular you want to know about - I'm happy to share whatever interests you. At least 50 blog posts and 240 related comments fall into this category.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS » Most Significant Change (MSC) – "The most significant change (MSC) technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation. You get on. And you fall.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. A few things I learned from the presentations and discussion: Dan shared a useful 4-step mental model for the progression of how institutions move towards participatory engagement.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

How many museums have stacks of comment books that are only culled for the gushing quotes that belong on annual reports? I've long argued that visitors should be able to judge and prioritize the comments, videos, and other media created by visitors in the course of a visit. But getting information from visitors is not enough.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The NAS has expressed high interest in hearing from interested parties who were not at the meeting; please share your personal 21st century issues as comments and they will get to the labcoats in Washington. Dream big, share it in the comments, and help this be a more productive study. Tags: professional development.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2010

Louise presents findings from case studies featuring dance, opera, and theater companies that do superlative work with non-professionals and audience members. Birmingham Opera Director Graham Vick commented: "I'm not interested in doing education and outreach work - it's not opera!" That's not to say these structures came easy.

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