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Balancing Engagement: Adventures in Participatory Exhibit Labels

Museum 2.0

They’re no longer “an exhibit” per se—more of an evocative design element that hints at an important story told elsewhere in the museum. We decided to approach the label-writing for these boards in a participatory way.

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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

Museum 2.0

The majority of the book is a tour of the conceptualized physical institution, with smaller sections devoted to the political history of the project and the activities (mostly participatory, distributed, and digital) that the team undertook from 2009-2011 to start building their constituency. The early participatory projects are terrific.

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Navigation by Recommendation: Lessons Learned from a Little Experiment

Museum 2.0

I wondered what would happen if that interaction was scaled up. As we flipped through the photos of the people we'd talked to, we saw hints of the curious stories that connected face to painting. I could see a great online campaign, map series, or touchscreen interactive where you can browse people and their recommendations.

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

Connection Cafe

It’s less than 24 hours until the masses start filling the Austin Convention Center for one of the biggest and best Interactive conferences of the year: South By Southwest. And for all you people using Four Square , it's also one of the official Check-in for Charity locations (hint: new badge anyone?). Author: Jordan Viator.