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Trainer’s Notebook: The Digital Nonprofit: A Participatory Workshop

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There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it.

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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). One of the things I always focus on in participatory exhibit design is ensuring that everyone has the same tools to work with.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals To Begin 2018 with Clarity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

1) Review the Year: For as long as I can remember, I have kept an annual professional journal, using a variation of bullet journal technique. I’ve used Chris Brogan’s technique for over a decade and found it very helpful in keeping me focused. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? The other three are cultural, and I'm not sure how accurate they are.

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Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

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Clay’s book talks about the implications of a society shifting from passive consumption of media to creators of media or being participatory. The trick for creating new social media is to use those lessons to eight the odds in your favor, rather than as a set of instructions that guarantees success.&#. “Start small.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. Step 8: Understand The Power Remix Culture and User-Generated Content.

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Strange(r) Encounters: Conditions for Engagement

Museum 2.0

I've written before about techniques for talking to strangers, looking at how buttons , buses , and dogs and can all be tools for participatory design. I used that instruction recently to kick off a meeting at a museum planning a participatory education space.