Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. If your argument is based on visitor comfort and distraction, it should be backed up by visitor research, not personal impressions. But what about visitors?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

Listen Carefully Photo in Flickr CC "BY" license by Sookie. Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." One of the key points is listening. tools successfully. BlogDigger. News Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. I went through my contacts one-by-one asking myself - is this person(s) a king ( Sub-Galactic Commander ) or queen of conferences ? I've accumulated more LinkedIn contacts than flickr contacts ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

After the event please: Will you post pictures of your group to Flickr, use the tag: cp080207 so we can find each other's snaps (I've already posted one). He's raising some good questions too: But what can Second Life offer over and above the normal asynchronous social software tools such as listserves and web conferences?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

Photo by/NC from Matthew Saunders' Flickr Stream. The chat window I'm reading covers up the screen if I want to reach the history without scrolling, so I have to move it around to watch what is happening in world 3) I have to translate the avatar name to real person name and relate to agenda or summary notes that I'm taking elsewhere.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2008

Human contact is hard to come by, and while websites and phone systems provide the basics, there are many visitors with complex questions—often more interesting questions—who are turned away by the frustrating inability to reach a real person. What if that real person was another visitor?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Flickr photo from AussieGal. another person Vicki tagged was Doug Johnson , author of the Indispensable Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills. I shared this on a listserv with some nonprofit technology geeks (aka circuit riders) and one of them told me that his father worked at the same school as Doug in Minnesota.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

photo by flickr user michale , licensed with CC " BY " I arrived back from the UK only to jump into a car and drive out to Western, MA for a meeting to present an evaluation report I've been working on a for a client. The listserves are hopping with this news. Personally, that's not the direction. big three???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. She chronicles the program's start up on her personal blog ) She shares why she started her NGO, "The economic situation is far worse in Kenya than China so volunteer teachers were the only option. " Photo from Ali Lowndes on flickr

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