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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

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The majority of the book is a tour of the conceptualized physical institution, with smaller sections devoted to the political history of the project and the activities (mostly participatory, distributed, and digital) that the team undertook from 2009-2011 to start building their constituency. The early participatory projects are terrific.

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Guest Post by Jasper Visser: Storytelling for Social Cohesion at Story House Belvédère

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Story House Belvédère in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a magical place. City officials doubted the idea of an exhibition in the public space in a part of town they considered dangerous. Jasper enhanced his original post to share with you here. I hope you’ll be as charmed and inspired by Story House Belvédère as I am.

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Reflections on MuseumNext and Facilitating Brainstorming

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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." Facilitator bits.

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Joitske Hulsebosch, who lives and works in Netherlands, writes a blog called " Communities of practice for development " where she writes about topics related to her work of facilitating processes at different levels; teams, groups, organizations, networks, and communities of practice. Here's what I recommend by topic.

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