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Leading the Participant

Museum 2.0

The Discovery Center is a one-hour simulation in which groups of students (grade 5 and up) role play in a realistic, interactive environment. The students are each given roles on one of three teams--the Oval Office, a military command center, and a press room. The topic is the invasion of Grenada. You will make history.

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Co-Creating Exhibits with Teens and Volunteers: The Importance of Criteria

Museum 2.0

There was no initial design, no graphics, and no idea of where the teen' work would fit into an overall structure. Find a way to control the structure, even if it's artificial. The most extreme example of this is the writing programs at 826 Valencia , which feature a mean, unseen editor who demands books from the students.

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Sustaining Innovation Book Discussion Part 1: What Does it Take Innovate Naturally and Frequently?

Museum 2.0

The longer I consult with museums and cultural institutions, the more time I spend peering into people's eyes, wondering: do folks here feel able to innovate? To write the book, Light selected and studied 26 innovative non-profits and government agencies across Minnesota during the mid-90s. It only matters if it matters.

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[VIDEO] Keeping Your Donor Database Healthy, Wealth, and Wise

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Yeah, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. I’ve been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. Mary’s University of Minnesota. How do you structure your database? I look at how is it structured, the big internal structure. Steven: And it’s not 2:00 a.m. That’s right. Robin: Yes.

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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. If there was a way to engage these deep emotions in the context of science museums, then there is an opportunity to expand our impact. How did you make decisions about how to structure the story?

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