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Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

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Last week, I was in Minneapolis for the American Association of Museums annual meeting. In particular, we had a great group of 15 talking about participatory history experiences on Sunday. Participatory art and co-creation on the rise. As always, the conference was a party mix of inspiring and dull, familiar and new.

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Quick Hit: Nina on the Road

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Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. June 1-4 - I'll be working in Minneapolis and am scheduling a public talk at a local museum (likely the Walker Art Center or the Science Museum of Minnesota) during that week, details coming soon. May 17 - NYC.

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Foot in the Door: A Powerful Participatory Exhibit

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I spent last week working with staff at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) on ways to make this encyclopedic art museum more open to visitor participation across programs, exhibitions, and events. While there, I was lucky to get to experience a highly participatory exhibition that the MIA mounts once a decade: Foot in the Door.

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Don't Join the Conversation if You Aren't Ready to Listen

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Dave runs a yearly software conference called Flashbelt in Minneapolis. This is why I always say that participatory tools are about relationships, not technology. There is an alternative for those who are really ready to hear from visitors: engage responsively in an invested, honest, personal manner.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Less than $200. Grantmakers for Effective Organizing (GEO) / Minneapolis, MN / $800. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Price TBA. Donor Relations. 2016 Nonprofit Finance + Sustainability Conference. 2016 Nonprofit Finance + Sustainability Conference.

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AAM Conversations: Want to Talk?

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I'm heading this weekend to the American Association of Museums conference in Minneapolis. Participatory history programming. Over the past year, we've found it fairly easy to invent and sustain participatory art and craft projects. (No relation to AAM. What role will exhibitions play in this kind of institution?

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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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. The Diversity Network / Minneapolis, MN / Not available.