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Traveling Couches and other Emergent Surprises Courtesy of an Open Platform

Museum 2.0

To that end, our exhibitions are full of participatory elements. We actively seek participation and develop structured opportunities for visitors to collaborate with us. To me, this is an example of how the aggregation of participatory practices fundamentally changes the role that an organization has in its community.

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

Connection Cafe

The Nonprofit Technology Bash will be the best place to mingle and meet with folks from all across the nonprofit technology sector, as well as kick back and have some fun on the last night of the Interactive conference. Beaconfire Consulting will be hosting the “Lounge with a Conscience” throughout the Interactive festival.

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Why Your Museum Needs a Bar

Museum 2.0

Yes, bars have always featured live music, comedy, and spoken word. But now, many bars are also offering participatory experiences around content. The experience doesn't feel social, even if it involves social interactions, because it's structured. The bar is a relaxed place, a place to have fun and chat and argue.

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Don't Talk to Strangers? Safety 2.0

Museum 2.0

Imagine a music store where each CD lists the names of the last 20 people to pick it up, and what those people ultimately bought. Structure the space with a clear story (and commensurate rules). Structure means context, and context means norms that people can easily grasp and deal with. When we think of ways to extend the 2.0

Museum 20
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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

Museum 2.0

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. Give away the fun (and easy) part. But it wasn't all rosy, and we weren't perfect.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. This fun, informative conference will spark ideas and recharge your engine to keep doing good every day. Accounting / @nysscpa.

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