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Guest Post by Nina Simon: Design Techniques for Developing Questions for Visitor Participation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggl es with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. open to anyone (minimize cultural bias). questions that induce grappling.

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Design Techniques for Developing Questions for Visitor Participation

Museum 2.0

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggles with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. instead of what is?) The question is, "would you recommend this book to someone?"

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Six Steps to Making Risky Projects Possible

Museum 2.0

You can see or download my slides and you can watch the video of the talk. Third, you need to align your idea with institutional culture. This may sound obvious and natural, but it’s easy to underestimate the power of institutional culture. Or you can read this condensed version of the talk.

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Don't Talk to Strangers? Safety 2.0

Museum 2.0

By the standard set by a culture that judges MySpace as dangerous, perhaps these in-person interactions are even MORE dangerous. I think it's a good thing that librarything gives me a way to talk to strangers about books that feels safer than approaching the drooling guy at the public library. But are these potential interactions safe?

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Overview slides of what is Web2.0 ( remix from Social Media and Nonprofits Presentation) Core theme Listening - Responding to what people are saying about the topic or the program. Step 8: Understand The Power Remix Culture and User-Generated Content. The session outline is as follows: Introduction. the work of copyright holders.

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Rowboats and Magic Feathers: Reflections on 13 Years of Museum 2.0

Museum 2.0

Image via State Library of Queensland (an institution I love). I spent 2007-2011 traveling the world, doing participatory projects and consulting gigs, and writing my first book. You gave me support as I struggled to lead a museum through a participatory rebirth. Woman reading a book on a beached rowboat, 1925. Museum 2.0

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