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What Does Audience-Centered Look Like? It Looks like Glasgow Museums.

Museum 2.0

They offered immersive, powerful environments. At Riverside, I was impressed by the consistent integration of community voices in label text, and the very human take on a genre (transportation) that is often presented strictly in terms of technology and provenance. That work showed in the human voices and stories throughout the museum.

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Take a Side Trip to the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

Side Trip is an immersive environment full of interactive experiences that let visitors share their own stories of the 1960s, make their own rock posters, and explore the music and vibe of the time. There are two aspects of Side Trip that really stand out: the immersive environment and the design of the interactives.

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Helping Strangers Participate through Instructions: Deconstructing the MP3 Experiment

Museum 2.0

I’ve long admired Improv Everywhere , the NYC-based participatory public art group. For about half an hour, hundreds of people play together, silently, as directed by disembodied voices inside their headphones. The voice tells you what to do –stand up, shake hands, play Twister, make silly shapes—and you do it.

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Why Your Museum Needs a Bar

Museum 2.0

Yes, bars have always featured live music, comedy, and spoken word. But now, many bars are also offering participatory experiences around content. But I think that the pub environment creates a social backbone that supports the experience. Everyone is an equal--an amateur--at the bar.

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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

Museum 2.0

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. Trust is essential, especially in a changing environment.

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Facilitation: The Secret Ingredient for Successful Participatory Decision-Making in Philanthropy

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In our years of talking to staff, boards, and communities about participatory philanthropy, people often talk about their worst participatory decision-making experiences. New to Participatory Grantmaking? They know how to create inclusive and accessible environments that honor everyone’s participation needs.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

Museum 2.0

I watched many entertaining shorts featuring students explaining exhibits to the beat of popular and illegally uploaded music. Yes, the Exploratorium is also present in these arenas as a "talker" (more on that next week), but it is just one voice among thousands. If I'm an engaged spectator in the groundswell--using Yelp!

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