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Making Museum Tours Participatory: A Model from the Wing Luke Asian Museum

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She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. She made it clear from the start that we were expected to address each other by name and have fun with each other. This immediately led to cross conversation. But participatory facilitation can be taught.

Museum 51
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TechSoup Global Summit Day 1: Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to create greater impact. Next, Daniel Ben-Horin gave us the context of the TSG Network and hopes for the future that would emerge from the conversations over the next few days.

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Against Participation

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I imagined an academic conversation stuffed with arcane, impenetrable vocabulary. When should you turn down the invitation to share your voice? How should you make these decisions in an imperfect world where every host is using you for something, and every voice is in danger of being manipulated, misunderstood, or subverted?

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. When doing interactive sessions, you also have to give a nod to the introverts in the room who don’t always process well by having a conversation with someone they don’t know.

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How Can You Attract New Audiences Without Alienating Your Base?

Museum 2.0

Most of my work contracts involve a conversation that goes something like this: "We want to find ways to make our institution more participatory and lively." Most museums that offer interactive exhibits, media elements, or participatory activities offer them alongside traditional labels and interpretative tools. Fabulous!" "But

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How Museum Hack Transforms Museum Tours: Interview with Dustin Growick

Museum 2.0

We interacted with the art and with each other through dynamic photo challenges, kinesthetic activities, and conversations. The tours boil down to three key things: engagement, relevance and fun. It allows a little more freedom, and it also gives people many voices and personalities to engage with.

Museum 55
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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

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It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end.