Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

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). Tags: guest blogging participatory.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. My experience, and the experiences of many women who are involved in open source, make this clear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2009

You can combine clips, cut clips, add a title or music. How To Make Internet TV : From the participatory culture foundation, an step-by-step guide. The most skill to teach novice users I think is shooting tips and how to moment capture or only shoot footage that requires minimal editing. Editing Software.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. Teenagers are often the target for participatory endeavors, and they definitely have high interest in creative expression, personalizing museum experiences, and using interactive or technological tools as part of their visit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

Downhill Battle , which is an organization people interested in the whole "copyfight" issue should know about, has a new project, called Participatory Culture. They’ve just released a beta version (sorry, Mac only, for once) of a new platform for internet video, called DTV. This is very cool.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

We took a break from the galleries, had a drink, and listened to the music as we chatted about our experience. Glasgow Life oversees libraries, museums, arts events, music venues, sporting events and fields, and community services on behalf of the City of Glasgow. Sometimes we are enjoying the music and sometimes we are playing it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 28, 2009

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?)

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 22, 2008

When I heard the tollbooth story, I started thinking about gifting as a model for participatory experiences in museums. This post discusses participatory gifting in three parts: the why, the what, and finally, the how. We aren't culturally comfortable giving gifts directly to perfect strangers. Then there's anonymous gifting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

It requires the ability to change our internal culture. " Here's my interview with her: I am curious as to whether or not you work for a nonprofit organization? I am still in the process of convincing our board and the managers that we need to be more responsive, but this requires much more than technology.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Looking closer, I saw that each seat had its own handwritten label, telling the story of the Philadelphia cultural institution from which it originated. For example, right now, Temple Contemporary's offices are packed floor to ceiling with broken musical instruments from classrooms across the city of Philadelphia.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

The lounge will be the place to meet the best and brightest socially-conscious Geekeratti at SXSW and catch some unplugged local music. It's a discussion of bike and pop culture and socializing the good with these Interweb tools” 10. In fact, Karaoke is a core part of our reMix culture and this panel will show you how.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. The recording starts with two and a half minutes of music without talking. How can you provide as friendly and comforting an introduction to strange cultural experiences as Steve does?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

We rarely offer alcoholic beverages, comfortable seating, background music, or free admission to go with the art, lectures, and interactive experiences now available in many hybrid retail spaces. The popular option at this time is to try to beat the experiential competition and ignore the Web-based cultural shift.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The article suggests that museums have previously served one community--"traditional" museum patrons who are white and elderly--and must now be relevant to several other communities that are diverse in cultural, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. See the link to the left.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2007

The theme is "Civic Dialogue," and the journal includes articles on the historical, cultural, media, and museum practice of getting people talking to each other (including one by me about such endeavors on the web). Yes, bars have always featured live music, comedy, and spoken word.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

By the standard set by a culture that judges MySpace as dangerous, perhaps these in-person interactions are even MORE dangerous. Imagine a music store where each CD lists the names of the last 20 people to pick it up, and what those people ultimately bought. Tags: participatory museum visitors.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

5 Macon Money Macon Money is an innovative project that aimed to unite social, racial, cultural, gender, and economic gaps - all while boosting the local economy! Jeff has been a DJ, music producer, graphic designer, illustrator and consultant to independent artists and small business owners. Everyone wins!

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. Frequently, we get stuck on developing participatory projects or events that serve as many people as possible.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Maybe it's a live music concert, or a museum visit, or a play. Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. For myself personally, this gulf rears its head every time I go to a live music concert. You have a great time.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Mar 11 - 20. SXSW / Austin, TX / Price varies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW® is the premier destination for discovery. General / #SXSW / @sxsw. Cause Camp 2016.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Marketing & Communications / #2016DML / @dmlconference.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. A few things I learned from the presentations and discussion: Dan shared a useful 4-step mental model for the progression of how institutions move towards participatory engagement.

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