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Guest Post by Nina Simon -- Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Forrester created the “social technographics” profile tool to help businesses understand the way different audiences engage with social media (and you can read more of my thoughts on it here ).

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Now Share This: Improving Your Event’s Social Media

Connection Cafe

For a while now, social media’s no longer seen as simply a fad of teens and college students. Anyone with an internet connection uses social media in one way or another–and that isn’t likely to change any time soon. While this sounds like a good plan initially, don’t allow your event’s news to get buried in your feed.

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Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Museum 2.0

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Forrester created the “social technographics” profile tool to help businesses understand the way different audiences engage with social media (and you can read more of my thoughts on it here ).

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. During the period that the 500 were selected, they learned a lot about how various social networking tools could be used as they saw participants start partnering up and organizing themselves for the game.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" At that comment, all the avatars started clapping, cheering, and agreeing with quips like "Wow, MacArthur Foundation really gets it. " Some statistics about how many young people are using various social media tools. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. NMC Flickr Photos.

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Six Steps to Making Risky Projects Possible

Museum 2.0

This may sound obvious and natural, but it’s easy to underestimate the power of institutional culture. I worked on one project in which the client institution thought they wanted unfettered teen expression. In the end, this generated a substandard product for the client, and disappointment for the teens.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

Museum 2.0

When I watch the videos teens created at the Exploratorium and post on YouTube, I see the aspects of the exhibits they thought were most important to share with their classmates. You don’t need an internal social network (though that is an option). Without good listening, these all sound like risks.

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