Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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Participatory Arts Audience Museum 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

Discussions around these scenarios are useful to philanthropy in making decisions about where to invest in social change in the future. The premises and questions for the future include: Interconnectedness: People will have more connectivity and more information. Don’t use conventional evaluation criteria to assessing network impact.

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Network Report Empowerment Structure 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

It’s important to engage your full team, especially tech development staff, early in evaluation planning to ensure that systems are in place to capture the data you’ll need to track progress and assess results. Hone in on your true scope of influence. A few lessons for assessing civic tech from our work include: A Team Approach.

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Metrics Method Tech Government 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Beyond just sustaining influence is the need to circumvent criticism in an era of increased skepticism. They identify a list of questions for the field to consider -- many of these topics the nonprofit blogosphere has been discussing in parallel as it relates to nonprofits and social media integration. Go slowly and build on successes.

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Social Media Foundation Report Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Within a system are stakeholders that can include individuals, organizations, networks of organizations, the range of their actions, their ways of thinking vis-à-vis the issue, and the natural and man-created environmental factors that influence the system. Key is a participatory development process.

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Map System Profit Guatemala 86

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact. My biggest question for these social psychologists is this: how do we apply their lessons to our work? There are many forms of the test and it can be modified to target specific questions of interest.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2008

On the web, a jury of the masses (anyone) can evaluate the photographs in terms of aesthetic quality and relevance to the exhibition theme. All evaluations are private; all artists are unnamed. These research questions are where I start to get really excited about Click. It's very easy to sign up and judge. Let's start simple.

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Museum Participatory Artist Arts 24