Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

Specifically, we analyze the relative social behavior of people on buses versus those on trains, and look for clues as to what design elements contribute to different kinds of participatory behavior. This relates to the frequent discussion on this blog of museums as destinations versus places in the path of daily life.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I thought it was a perfect chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test. Her case study about Structured Dialogue in the Signtific Game in chapter 3 describes a project where people engaged in conversation online about wild ideas. This structures dialogue and makes it more productive.We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Creating open communities with old siloed corporate structures. And yes nonprofits mimic their corporate brethren with siloed structures. See, a movement compels someone to make your cause a part of their life, not just their Facebook profile. Ironically, if we have time, the last matter is the least difficult.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

Tagging communities or unbounded networks that might come to life around a tag are not new. Others are more formal, structured conversations that happen weekly at a particular time. #4change is a regular chat about social media change. It still continues to be used on Twitter as well as other places.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. I wish I had done a structured creative thinking exercise to get people comfortable. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Patient advocates play a critical role in setting research priorities, designing clinical trials and structuring appropriate clinical engagement with industry. Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” This “Dr. Carrie Martin Munk, The ALS Association.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

While the talk may encompass serious topics, the attitude is light and the conversation is not structured or overly guided. In contrast, cultural institutions often implicitly discourage conversation, particularly loud and boisterous talk, and when conversation is encouraged it is often highly structured around a particular topic or program.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Unconference sessions , featuring topics as diverse as "playing an ARG" (with real labyrinth adventures ), "engaging visitors who were dragged to the museum," and "measuring and defining success in participatory projects." That said, the phrase "structured opportunity" is where MuseumNext suffered most. Facilitator bits.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. We have prioritized opening up to as many partners as possible through collaborative structures that scale. Right now, we have a double life online. Institutional culture is something I never really understood before and I am now completely fascinated by how it can shape work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. This approach centered on a vision of diverse, powerful people living in a vibrant and healthy natural environment brought to life by a shift in culture. Making: Ideation and Rapid Prototyping. Concept 5: New Power / Old Power Hybrid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. Hardly anyone there, mostly early.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

How do you find out what's important to different communities, and how do you change your plans based on their needs? At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH), we've started experimenting with a "community first" approach to program development.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

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. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

But enough of these experiences have convinced me that the participatory museum is not a fringe concept. I still talk to lots of folks, mostly young staff members, who are struggling to find ways to feature visitors' voices and break down standard authoritarian design structures. There is funding. There is interest. Thank you so much.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Yesterday, I had the delightful opportunity to participate in the 3six5 project , a yearlong participatory project in which 365 people write 365 journal entries for every day of 2010. The reward for participants of having your contribution displayed is fairly and clearly structured. I promise a very different window into my life.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We think about this redefinition of affinity not just in terms of our programming but our internal structures as well. So we spend most of our energy working on ways to bring people together from different walks of life in the museum. Some of our best volunteers come from the County court referral system. Bridging is another story.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

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. The Northeast Wisconsin’s nonprofit community is integral to our day-to-day quality of life and long-term success. Accounting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Gladwell’s assertion that social movements are based on tight ties and online efforts on, say, Facebook, are participatory efforts based on loose ties is simply not true. Gladwell argues that real social change occurs when strong, rather than weak-tie networks, organize hierarchically, rather than in a de-centralized network structure.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Fundraising & Grants.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

Contrasting that rich human narrative with the kind of gleamy tweaky technology narrative that was emerging from the NISE-NET meeting made me realize that generally speaking, science museums ignore many of the aspects of life that are the most resonant--mortality, sex, humor, tragedy, pity, joy. That’s not easy.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 11, 2014

Check it out if you’re curious about choosing a strong theme, working with a collaborator, designing a portable structure, or tips for implementation. Designing a pop up museum structure that is replicable by amateurs in diverse venues, appealing enough to attract a variety of participants, and portable is not easy.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Yes, there are some extraordinary museum experiences that have changed my life, but they are the exception, not the norm. Much to my mom's relief, I stayed in school but remained deeply suspicious of the artificial structure of grades and gold stars. There are many parallels between free-choice learning and participatory design.

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