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Developing a Participatory, Provocative History Project at a Small Museum in Minnesota: Interview with Mary Warner

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Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. And then there was the anonymous letter.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Get ready to learn from some of the best analytics minds out there. It will bring together the practitioners, scientists and creative minds of behavior change to discuss the science and technology of change. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Less than $200. Fundraising. 2016 Analytics with Purpose Conference.

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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. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. frank 2017.

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Pointing at Exhibits, Part 2: No-Tech Social Networks

Museum 2.0

And it's brought me back to a blog post I wrote a year ago about the Science Museum of Minnesota's Race: Are We So Different? And with these goals in mind, there are low-tech ways to perform or simulate every component of a socially networked platform, many of which are more effective than their high-tech counterparts. exhibition.

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

Museum 2.0

Kathleen McLean (Independent Exhibitions), Dan Spock (Minnesota History Center), and Kris Morrissey (University of Washington) all shared thought-provoking and useful insights on visitor participation in museums, but Mark Allen and Emily Lacy brought down the house with their bluegrass rendering of the Machine Project and its engaging, quirky work.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

First thing in the morning here for me, I know it’s afternoon for you, but do you mind kind of reading the chat box as we go? So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. But Julie, would you mind maybe taking questions by email or, you know, offline here? It’s a good group.

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How False Conviction Could Help Science Centers Be More Human

Museum 2.0

I cut out from the meeting by myself to check out an exhibition called Open House, if These Walls Could Talk at the Minnesota History Center. All that said, man are these brand new approaches invigorating, food for the mind, and great for finding really remarkable and creative staff. Not that it was sad, but that it was human.

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