Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. Over 150,000 people have accessed the free online version. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Over 20,000 copies have been sold around the world.

Participatory 20

Participatory Museum Empowerment Facilitation 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2018

You can now read all the chapters in The Art of Relevance for free online. Why make the book available for free under a Creative Commons license? When I wrote my first book, The Participatory Museum , I released it concurrently as a paperback and free online. Free previews are powerful. Free previews are powerful.

Arts 40

Arts Free Chapter Cleveland 40

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Stakeholder involvement will drastically improve the final plan and create a culture of participatory decision-making. There also needs to be a free flow of ideas in safe, nonjudgmental environments. There is no benefit to discounting any individual or group from participating in the planning process. Focused but not constrained.

Process 98

Process Effective Wyoming Arizona 98

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2010

The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to visitor participation. The Participatory Museum is an attempt at providing such a resource. I hope it opens up a broader conversation about the nuts and bolts of successful participatory projects. Tags: participatory museum Quick Hits.

Participatory 30

Participatory Museum Vietnam Netherlands 30

sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

That’s where participatory grantmaking comes in. What is Participatory Grantmaking? Whether organizations start with a single grant program or incorporate a participatory approach across all their funding, there are a variety of ways to practice participatory grantmaking. And several ways not to do it.

Participatory 76

Participatory Trend Community Grant 76

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. Few publishers was open to Creative Commons licensing and to giving away the content for free online. available for free at your library and on the web.

Participatory 33

Participatory Museum Process Adobe 33

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Here are some rituals that I have consistently used over the past few decades: Review the Past Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

Journal 148

Journal Reflection Facilitation Technique 148

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 14, 2021

Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests. She loves to read, write and backpack in her free time! Build relationships with the beneficiaries and cultivate true understanding through listening. In the written commitment, make it a priority for staff to treat beneficiaries as program partners.

Program 52

Program New York City Strategy Case Study 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Just got this from David Bacon, founder of Carpets for Communities Hi Everyone, Help us free children in Cambodia from exploitation by taking 2 minutes to vote. The $5,000 prize money (and more importantly world-wide exposure) will all go towards freeing children from exploitation and getting them back to school in Cambodia.

Cambodia 50

Cambodia Children Project Free 50

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Understanding the benefits of building social capital may be effective in creating a participatory culture. In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009).

Measure 40

Measure Community Organization Arizona 40

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad).

Museum 45

Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Design to Invite Active Participation Participatory design can be one of the most effective vehicles for developing relationships, building social capital and engaging with community members in museum programs. Cardboard tube orchestra at Radical Craft Night.

Museum 49

Museum Program Participatory Community 49

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad).

Question 49

Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Courageous speakers from dozens of countries described bold, participatory projects. One evening, there was a free outdoor concert of the Medellin Symphony as part of the conference. I first sensed the difference at the front door. There wasn't one. Instead, I walked into a lush garden in the middle of the city.

Museum 40

Museum America South America Participatory 40

Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. WebEx and GoToMeeting , available through TechSoup, offer free iPad apps and easy availability on mobile devices. Skype — Offering an easy way to talk to anyone with an Internet connection for free, Skype.

Skype 60

Skype QuickTime Webex Audio 60

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2018

You can download it for free right now. This project wove together many different participatory threads. We partnered with foster youth, former foster youth, artists, and community advocates to create an exhibition that used art to spark action on issues facing foster youth. Short story: we learned a lot. What did we learn?

Issue 45

Issue Childhood Community Create 45

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

Specifically, we analyze the relative social behavior of people on buses versus those on trains, and look for clues as to what design elements contribute to different kinds of participatory behavior. Buses don't employ drivers or operate on city streets to improve the comfort and participatory experience of riding.

Participatory 20

Participatory Design Museum Childhood 20

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

This argument became one of the foundations of The Participatory Museum. This is the participatory platform model. Now that we've opened Abbott Square , we have a goal to offer free cultural programming almost every day of the week. Museums could make the platforms for those experiences. Nine years later, I still believe this.

Platform 31

Platform Impact Childhood Museum 31

sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Recognize who is missing from your grantmaking decisions, see the value their perspective brings to your organization, and welcome them by removing barriers to their participation.

Voice 72

Voice Strategy Mississippi Boston 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2010

Back in December, the Brooklyn Museum started to experiment with FourSquare running a promotion to get people to check in and get a free membership. Incorporating the use of a location-based social networks seems a natural for museums, given the move towards more participatory institutions and how museums have embraced mobile.

Museum 97

Museum Mashup Badge Participatory 97

Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2011

A museum holds a free program in a semi-public space. We held a free yoga class in the plaza outside the museum and invited artists to come and draw/paint the yoga-doers in motion. For me, Downward Draw provided an unusual opportunity to examine the more casual end of the participatory spectrum. Ready for a math problem?

Participatory 41

Participatory Museum Measure Activities 41

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

Studying (and implementing) community-based participatory research methods. __. Please feel free to let me know if you’re interested in being part of a regional or national conversation about how grantors and grantees can move forward and work constructively with data and evaluation. Speaking with each other on a regular basis.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. Non-Participation 6.

Design 49

Design Participatory Children Museum 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2015

It is designed for one-person bloggers and small teams, so it is ideal for nonprofits that don’t have a specialized social media manager on staff. It isn’t free, but the $15 a month fee is reasonable – and certainly worth it in the time savings. You can test it for free for two weeks here.

Social Media 50

Social Media San Antonio Content Strategy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2010

I spoke about free agent fundraisers and the networked nonprofit. I'm always up for a conference that has been designed to be participatory and offers a creative format. Many passionate people and stories. . The main room had a cat walk because of a fashion show from Jedidiah USA later in the evening. My slides are here.

Conference 85

Conference Long Beach Slides Lecture 85

NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

Participatory. Participatory. Will it be problem free? Flickr Photo: h.koppdelaney Transparent. Collaborative. Those are the values President Obama cited last December in his Open Government Initiative. Are those words you usually associate with your government? Now let's think about our sector. . Transparent. Collaborative.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Public Open Source New York 60

Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

We’ll also be auctioning off a free On Demand Tactical Tech Planning training course from Idealware (a $475 value). Our lounge at NTC will be free and open to everyone during all three days. We’ll be at Booth #625 during the Science Fair. Hear Our CEO Speak on Technology and Big Ideas for Change.

NTC 65

NTC Washington Advice Conference 65

Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. But maybe you're skeptical and you're wondering: "How can a free event organized by a volunteer be any good?" Mississauga, Ontario: Geek Talk — Coffee and Convo.

Local 48

Local San Francisco United Kingdom Guatemala 48

Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches. From day 1, I believed that we needed to focus in our first year on creating new participatory events to engage the community.

Museum 55

Museum Director Participatory Culture 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. In early January, I read through the journal and think about accomplishments:What gave me a sense of purpose and feeling of personal and professional fulfillment?

Professional 0

Professional Finland Journal Reflection 0

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

So the Community Science Workshop model is to put a drop-in, FREE community science center in a place that is walkable to kids'' lives and schools. It''s not a Community Science Workshop if it''s not free to participants. or free access to the dump to get materials. In a place where kids are already walking around after school.

Green 20

Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2013

People use it to share surprises in the archives, inspiring meetings with artists, dead birds in the lobby, and free food in the fridge. participatory museum professional development' Within just a week of its creation, the "MAH Stories" private Facebook group had proven itself as a ridiculous success.

Facebook 55

Facebook Museum Participatory Adopt 55

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. Both of these things have lead me to think a lot about this topic.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Software Music 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2005

Via the 501-C3 Tech Club for Boston list, the Participatory Culture Foundation (Worcester, MA) has announced a new. website for listing free and open-source software coding. bounties: [link].

Software 50

Software Technorati Boston Participatory 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. Since the theme this year was “Change Making,” I taught a workshop on self-care for change makers based on my forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , co-authored with Aliza Sherman.

Causes 50

Causes Change Museum Social 50

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Barry is accepting nominations through November 20, and anyone who submits names will be entered into a random drawing for a free trip to join in on the fantasy dinner party. Read more about the project and how to participate here. Ze Frank Weekend - Jan 12-13, 2013.

Professional 35

Professional Develop Museum Arts 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The book is available on Amazon or as a free download. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. I first met Mary in 2005 through my connection with the Global Voices community and can say that Mary is among the most knowledgeable and experienced digital activists in the world. You can pick up a copy here.

Amazon 116

Amazon Nonprofit Social Media Oregon 116