Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What does the word "participatory" mean to you? The various definitions of participatory projects can lead to confusion and misunderstandings. In this report, the authors describe three specific models for public participation: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation. This isn't just a rhetorical question.

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Public Research Participatory Report 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My sessions were integrated into the various leadership, visioning process for women’s rights, curriculum development, and evaluation methods modules throughout the week as networked and social media skills were not the main focus. Kalyani also facilitated a participatory curriculum development process using different techniques.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Every non-profit works with “systems” – internal ones relating to how work gets done, issue systems relating to the topic that the NGO is working to address, and mental model systems about strategy. The mental model mapping can uncover conflict, make it discussable, and enhance effectiveness. Key is a participatory development process.

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Map System Profit Guatemala 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

We will be influenced by what our connections think and information production and distribution will become more participatory. Don’t assume that models of organizational effectiveness can be applied to strengthening networks. Don’t use conventional evaluation criteria to assessing network impact.

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Network Report Empowerment Structure 104

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

I can't say that any one experience--working on a collage with other visitors, swinging on a hammock, discovering a participatory display for pocket artifacts in the bathroom--directly contributed to increased attendance and giving. They all have in concert, and they build on each other.

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Audience Museum Participatory History 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Participants voted on the questions that would be most important for the Brainerd Foundation to consider in its strategy: How might we adopt a hybrid model of new and old power? How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2009

Two weeks ago, I conducted a participatory exhibit design workshop with staff at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Every program, old and new, should be evaluated against the mission (and the business model) for soundness. Tags: participatory museum professional development.

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Slides Process Video Open 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The topics include: Control and Transparency: How comfortable is the foundation with the participatory nature of Web 2.0 Will it take new leadership to truly adapt, or can early adopters model behaviors for others to emulate? communications? And how are the challenges inherent in the Web 2.0

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Social Media Foundation Report Media 50

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

Evaluate the outcome. Projects participatory museum. This positions the museum at the center of the action, gives you an easy way to track online activity, and provides a useful service for participants to aggregate their content. Did you get what you wanted? marketing Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Museum Hosting Model Community 22

Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. My model is the shining star. I draw design lessons from outside models all the time, so "creative thievery" approach feels natural to me. His is the virus. Do you need research? Ticket sales reports?

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Action Ideas St. Louis Museum 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, Different thinkers and practitioners use different terms to describe similar tools and practices.

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Social Media Media Social Aggregator 106

Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

It's not the extent to which they are participatory. Funders like the NSF have encouraged science centers in particular to share their techniques and evaluations, which is fabulous but also leads to rampant and sometimes unthinking imitation. Tags: children's museums design business models. It creates another forgettable museum.

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Support Museum St. Louis NSF 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork. These courses are designed for adult learners, using a " scholar-practitioner " model. Evaluate it! I came up with a 4-step framework for the blog: 1.

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Arts Community Online Intergenerational 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

They then formed task forces to consider various options and make decisions, using a consensus-based model. His areas of expertise are philanthropic effectiveness, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, evaluation, and social enterprise. Online input was supplemented with face-to-face local meetings around the world.

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Open Source Open Case Study Wikipedia 92

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Several artists offer surprising insights into making participatory projects appealing to visitors. This is particularly true when it comes to project evaluation. No, this is not a reality TV show.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

How many educators scan program evaluations and cast off the suggestions for improvement as aberrant grumps who "just didn't get it?" How many exhibit evaluations happen after opening, with no significant money allotted to make changes that arise from research? Look at your standard program evaluation.

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Museum Participatory Evaluation Chapter 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

You can explore the project wiki where we coordinated the exhibit, including the project overview , our six-week plan to get it all done, and individual sections for development of concept , content , interaction , graphics , marketing , fabrication , installation , and evaluation. The post-its and pens were right there.

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Advice Museum Facilitation Student 31

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Nonprofits Assistance Fund for this fifth annual day-long conference will offer insights, strategies and tools for staff and board members looking at your organization’s financial sustainability from diverse perspectives – from strategy and oversight to implementation and evaluation. Mar 9 - 11.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

Individually and through our organizations, we have surveyed, tested, and evaluated these new platforms. We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms. It’s time for nonprofits and foundations to upgrade our digital decision-making tools.

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Online Participatory Proposal Platform 98

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

As many of you know, I’m writing a book about participatory design for museums. The book is intended to be a practical guide to participatory museum experiences focused on design strategies, case studies, and activities. The WHY of participatory design is really important. And there’s a third reason.

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Participatory Design Museum Wiki 26

Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

Grants management software (GMS) is the lifeblood of most foundations — providing tools for collecting, reviewing, and choosing grant proposals, and the data to evaluate their impact. CRM empowers funders to capture the data that is most essential to their decisioning, record keeping, and evaluation.

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Change Proposal Grant Application 49

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

One of the most promising models for doing so (and a potential way to structure the NAS report) is scenario-based planning. In this model, rather than trying to answer a set of broad questions, you look at the spectrum of viable conditions and extrapolate useful strategies from those.

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20