Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. It's not just a personal activity; it's an opportunity to be part of something.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

offers personal insights in opening up to new ideas and letting go of information, hierarchy and "proprietary" thinking. Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century."

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." which heralded a new, participatory web culture. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " NetSquared Up Close and Personal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I have a strong interest in the future of my work and participatory culture. That's why I also remixed the fundraising widget. We've found the best approach is to recognize that motivation is not something you can create - it's something there based on personal experience. Maybe we all need to be role models.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

To me, an open photo policy is a cornerstone of any institution that sees itself as a visitor-centered platform for participatory engagement. If your argument is based on visitor comfort and distraction, it should be backed up by visitor research, not personal impressions. hate the sight of people taking photos in museums.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

And for anyone attending the event and looking for some insight into how to get in on the philanthropic and social advocacy action, here are some of my recommendations on sessions, events and activities that have gold stars next to them on my personal event agenda. But it wasn't here to enterain, no. Karaoke came to unite us in song.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I have a lot of conversations with people that go like this: Other person: "So, you think that museums should let visitors control the museum experience?" Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" There are many models as well for what we do with user-generated content in the museum. Me: "Sort of."

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