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The Johnny Cash Project: A Participatory Music Video That Sings

Museum 2.0

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. Are you making that shift in your thinking about participatory project design?

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Adventures in Participatory Audience Engagement at the Henry Art Gallery

Museum 2.0

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program.

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Designing for Nonprofits: Our Commentary + Experience

Media Cause

We develop our skills by seeking, absorbing, questioning, adapting, and experimenting, oftentimes bringing diverse influences together to create something that’s unique for our clients’ needs, but with connections to other relevant spaces. As we look to make an impact, how can we invite community members to create with us from the start?

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Art Brings People Together: Measuring the Power of Social Bridging

Museum 2.0

We often invite visitors to collaborate on activities comparable to making a music video--but we could be more mindful and strategic about the themes and content of these activities. inclusion Museum of Art and History research social bridging Unusual Projects and Influences' But how will we know if we are actually achieving our goals?

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

Connection Cafe

Across the country, geeks inside and outside of government are developing a new model for a participatory and transparent Federal, State and Municipal governments. The Future of Influence Saturday, March 13 at 11:00 AM - "The ability to share online has allowed consumers to control and filter the web. Data will be shared!

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What Makes an Innovative Idea Actionable?

Museum 2.0

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. There's a whole section of this blog called Unusual Projects and Influences. Tags: evaluation design Unusual Projects and Influences. I was somewhat surprised by this.

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What's Your Vision?

Museum 2.0

It was even more useful to learn how participatory writing visions can be. You'll warm up your hand and get yourself in a positive frame of mind. We learned how to write visions, how to use them, and how to share them with others. For me, writing a vision was empowering, exciting, and useful. If you get stuck, write nonsense words.

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