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Making Museum Tours Participatory: A Model from the Wing Luke Asian Museum

Museum 2.0

Last week, I visited the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle. The guide, Vi Mar, was an incredible facilitator. She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. But participatory facilitation can be taught. What if it isn't what I expected?

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Join Me for A Social Design Experiment on April 5

Museum 2.0

To kick off the course, we’re doing a simple exercise at the Seattle zoo (but you can do it anywhere). The point of this experiment is to play with design conditions that support both facilitated and unfacilitated engagement with strangers. There are three reasons you might value this activity: It will be fun and kind of unusual.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

This fun, informative conference will spark ideas and recharge your engine to keep doing good every day. Less a conference than a facilitated retreat, the 2016 gathering will encourage the active and full engagement of all participants. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / Seattle, WA / $1,000. Apr 19 - 21.

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