Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

It's my "artistic rendering" of one of the most inspirational participatory projects I know of--the Bibliotheek Haarlem Oost book drops. Too often, cultural institutions design participatory projects that require visitors to learn new tools or make sacrifices to contribute. Of course I asked her why. Or, so I thought.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. Several times on the tour, Vi said, "I once had someone on a tour who told me." But participatory facilitation can be taught. What kind of participatory techniques have you seen work well on tours?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2015

And so, one of the most successful, accidental, and fraught participatory projects of the past decade comes to an end. No one planned the love locks, but their success is rooted in the same principles that make all the best participatory projects work: it requires no instructions beyond its own example. Nor are they historic.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. We struggle with how to save digital media. We’re going to do it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. Are participatory activities happening on the web because that is the best place for them? You join the Brooklyn Museum’s posse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Achieve

JULY 27, 2017

The people, though, are bound by a common vision and a common narrative — to change the course of an issue that has affected so many people. Include participatory, “you”-centric language (e.g., “Are But how is this possible? That’s a lot of work! Why the sense of urgency behind your organization’s appeal? Still struggling?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. People go to school regularly over a period of time (and to museums intermittently, occasionally, sporadically, or rarely). Those feelings developed over hours of classroom time with a human. What are your feelings about your teacher?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Of course, everyone’s experiences and takeaways are going to be different, depending on context, circumstance, style, and perspective. The idea of including stakeholders in the process is often referred to as co-designing, or participatory design. But instead of seeing this as a problem, how can we turn it into an advantage?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 9, 2017

I read this sentence many times without comprehension. The problem, of course, is when you choose not to participate, most people don't see it as a noble protest. I grapple with these questions personally when I decide what invitations to take, where to spend my time, where to share my voice. Most people don't notice at all.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

Participatory. Even non- conspiracy theorists would likely have a hard time summoning up "transparent" as one of the top three adjectives to describe our government. Even non- conspiracy theorists would likely have a hard time summoning up "transparent" as one of the top three adjectives to describe our government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

The most important question to ask yourself before you start: If measurement shows you are not on track to achieve your goals, are you willing to change course or establish new goals altogether? What do you hope to learn? Goal setting is often rushed. It’s a preamble to an RFP. A throat clearing at the beginning of the meeting.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

Ze Frank is a participatory artist who creates digital projects that are explicitly about creating and enhancing authentic interpersonal connections. Most of the participatory projects I've been involved with are rooted in a community that is geographically-defined. Ze will be in Santa Cruz for some but not all of that time.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

Of course we know this is not the case! Another idea – create an exit survey at your museum that asks simple questions like “what’s your favorite exhibit” or “how many times have you visited the museum.”. It is one thing to agree that you want to help but yet another to have the time, the patience and the confidence to reach out.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2008

Cultural Connections is a group of museum professionals who meet up a few times a year and host excellent programs on a variety of topics. I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). By the time he got home, 10,000 new people had seen the video.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

There are many participatory kiosks that are functional black holes--visitors make videos or draw pictures or write stories, drop them in a slot, and. Such participatory activities would be seen as a waste of time. This sounds ridiculous, but it’s the way many museums approach participatory projects. nothing happens.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

We’ll also be auctioning off a free On Demand Tactical Tech Planning training course from Idealware (a $475 value). We’d love to meet you, to hear about the good work you’re doing, and how TechSoup has helped your nonprofit or charity. Hear Our CEO Speak on Technology and Big Ideas for Change. Discussion Topic. 10 -- 11am.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. And, of course, asking for or receiving help from family and friends. This means there is little down time for reflection and thinking. Being Intentional About Your To Do List.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2013

At the same time, it opened up opportunities to share things that never would have felt "important enough" for an all-staff email - like the fact that three people were wearing purple pants on Tuesday, or a photo of an exhibit in development, or the false alarm on a bomb threat due to an overturned crockpot in the driveway.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 24, 2011

And of course, not exactly true. Play any time, as much as you like, and play with any cellphone. We had a hard time describing it (still do) and worried about this. Most people can’t or won’t (certainly, they don’t) take that much time. Lesson: what myths are working for you in your game or participatory project?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. And so this concept of asking visitors to spend some focused time thinking about their relationships with objects and artworks really made sense to me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. And while anything you do the first time will not be perfect and in many cases stressful, in the end it was a good experience. Here’s what I learned: Facilitation Teams.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age. When I read the New York Times online, each article's author's name is hotlinked and there is an easy and direct way to contact him/her.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

That's, of course, if the tag used is unique enough. Others are more formal, structured conversations that happen weekly at a particular time. #4change is a regular chat about social media change. And, in the case of Twitter Vote Report Twitter hashtags have been used for real-time participatory democracy.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. We recruited folks and designed software that texted them five times a day for thirty days, asking one question, "Rate your mood 1 (low) to 10 (high)." game guestpost participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences'

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

It''s an exciting, intense, educational time. to experiment with different kinds of events (time of day, audience, size, type) and get a sense of how we can best program the space in the longterm. multiple times per week. Eventually, we will hire a full-time person to curate Abbott Square. or all of the above.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Colleges are addressing greater cultural and racial understanding in various courses. Yet our posts contain similar phrases such as “21st century museums,” “changing museum paradigms,” “inclusiveness,” “co-curation,” “participatory” and “the museum as forum.” But now is a great time to start being involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

I finally got the opportunity to speak with Sharon, Vicki, Cheryl, & Jennifer live and in real time! One of my best sources is, of course, Andy Carvin's digital divide category on his blog. One of my best sources is, of course, Andy Carvin's digital divide category on his blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Which, of course, has been an issue for me for a long time – lack of open source alternatives in the "vertical" application spaces – case management, etc. This is not, of course, to suggest that there have been no efforts to produce software that addresses social and human needs – there have been a lot.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I thought it was a perfect chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test. The outcome of the structured conversation Over the course of the weekend visitors posted about 250 conversation cards. Projects guestpost Book: The Participatory Museum. I believe it worked brilliantly.

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