Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

You know those research studies that make you want to immediately change your practice in some way? in Applied Social Psychology and has evaluated and researched informal learning experiences in museums and other visitor institutions for over 20 years. This guest post was written by Steve Yalowitz, one of its authors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

This week I put that into practice. Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. One of the takeaways was, don't assume that everyone thinks like you do - and expose yourself to different points of view.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer. The purpose of my thesis was two-fold: To research and analyze community and civic engagement practices, methods, theories and examples in other museum programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. Can you tell me what your doctoral research focused on? The research was conducted entirely online, using a multi-media platform and over Internet. That means we are looking at theories and principles in light of their application in practice.

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