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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. FoodWhat empowers teens to change their lives through farming and food justice. When Doron visits schools to invite teens to apply for FoodWhat, he gives a five-minute pitch on their terms.

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

And many of us in these social environments, she said, “have gotten into the habit of crossing the street like we always do to avoid the riff-raff.” - NYO. If we truly are reproducing our offline social divides online, then it’s further proof that the central part of your social media strategy needs to be focused on your audience.

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Visitor Voices Book Club: Talking Back

Museum 2.0

Welcome to the first installment of the Visitor Voices book club. In the best examples, visitor comments were not only displayed but integrated back into the exhibitions themselves to make the "museum voice" more inclusive. An early talk-back in that conservation-minded exhibition asked, 'What can you do to help the environment?'

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Caravan Studios Showcases Diverse Apps for Social Good

Tech Soup

Bedsider was started as support network operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. The app empowers community members to report concerns on oil and gas extraction activity that could negatively impact the environment. Kyle Ferrar, a Ph.D.

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When in Your Life Were You Most Afraid to Talk to Strangers?

Museum 2.0

They exploded, speaking all in one voice: "I don't even like ordering food in a restaurant." "I For me, the experience changed my perspective on what teens want from social environments and encounters. Before we got started, I asked them how they felt about talking to strangers.

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Hospital Volunteering: 3 Things You Didn't Know & How the Web Can Help

Have Fun - Do Good

Hospitals need to supplement the traditional "pink lady," with volunteer opportunities for teens, baby boomers, and people in their 20s, 30s, 40s. If you don't find a way to use episodic volunteers in today's volunteer environment, you're never going to be able to continue on.' Orientations and trainings (i.e.