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Guest Post: Considering a Commons in Collection at the Elsewhere Collaborative

Museum 2.0

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Tags: participatory museum guestpost Unusual Projects and Influences. George will respond to comments on this post and is also reachable here.

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Not Business As Usual!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It takes visionary leaders to try to create an environment for cultivating innovation in government. People who invested in top micro-credit enterprises making low-income housing loans such as Self-Help in North Carolina — good loans, not the predatory ones — realized three or four percent yields, which these days looks pretty good.

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Hackerspaces: DIY Science Centers for Adults

Museum 2.0

It's interesting to think about this in the context of museums like the Museum of Life and Science in North Carolina, which is trying to position itself as a "member-focused institution." Tags: programs Unusual Projects and Influences membership. What does the hackerspace for genealogists look like? Could it start in a museum?

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Managing Technology Across Multiple Locations

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

A Case Study The YMCA of Triangle Area is a 14 branch YMCA in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, with two camps -- Seagull and Seafarer -- a several hour drive away on the Pamlico Sound. Trying to build a single network in this environment created numerous challenges the Y has had to meet.

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What's a Virtual Visitor Worth?

Museum 2.0

Consider, for example, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science's new Flickr Plant Project. Then, they encourage others in the Flickr community to post their own images of the same plant and tag them "flickrplantproject." Tags: evaluation marketing. We are willing to spend Y to reach 1,000 people.

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