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Adventures in Participatory Audience Engagement at the Henry Art Gallery

Museum 2.0

This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program. 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.

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Goodbye Consulting, Hello Museum of Art & History!

Museum 2.0

The best way I can really push my own participatory practice and thinking is to operate an institution and work with a community I care about over time. I also believe that small and mid-sized museums are the leaders when it comes to innovation, particularly around participatory engagement. I knew we were moving somewhere nice.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

DMA / Washington, DC / Not available. This conference will be the platform for improving public awareness and receptivity to direct and interactive market driven philanthropy. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / Washington, DC / Not available. Join us in Washington, D.C., Strategic. Feb 18 - 19.

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. Others went on to crown the achievements from the participatory public sphere that have arisen as a result of increased access to content.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized. Bob argues that giving kids laptops enables more participatory, engaged learning.

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My NTC Session Planning Wikis.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We're going to use an Interactive Presentation where we will walk folks through what, what, how, tools, and tricks. We will discuss flickr, tagging, digital photography, flickr contests, participatory media campaigns, and much more. I generally don't like to do traditional panels and we're tweaking the format a bit.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Independent Sector / Washington, DC / $1,625. 11/11/2016.