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End of Year Smatterings and Inspirations

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In that spirit, I offer a few things that have excited me in recent weeks: The MCA Denver Holiday Video is out, and it is very, very good. I have felt in the past that some of the MCA's holiday videos were a bit too pretentious, but this year's edition is full of joy and a message that really reflects what they do in Denver.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. An example of this is The Portland Art Museum’s partnership with the faculty and students in Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice Department for their annual Shine a Light program. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

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Quick Hit: Upcoming Experiments and Workshops

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You can participate in this experiment from anywhere in the world (I’ll be in Seattle at the zoo with a group of grad students). We tried this at the Denver Art Museum last week, and it is incredibly challenging—you can’t just put out a box of chocolates and expect people to talk.

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Eight Other Ways to "Connect with Community"

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The student community? The Denver Community Museum was an entire institution in a little storefront. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. In most cases, they are less flashy than those covered in the CS Monitor, but that doesn't diminish their utility (or the challenges inherent in making them happen). Which community?

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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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. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Denver, CO / $525. 12/13/2016.

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Guest Post: Using Participation to Solve a Design Problem at the Carnegie Museum of Art

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I'm on the road this week, with speaking gigs in Oslo, Denver, Charlotte, and Roanoke (join the NAMP livestream on Sunday at 9:25am PT here ). are so similar." --A college student "We loved the post-it sticker idea, that way we can still share the artwork at home." I'm surprised I haven't seen something like this in other museums." "I

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