Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

Last week''s New York Times special section on museums featured a lead article by David Gelles on Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons. At the same time, from my background in the museum world, I’ve gotten to know some of these boards and board members and see how they operate.

Museum 54

Museum Generation Interview Donor 54

NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. A game like Climbing Sacred Mountain has a very timely niche. CLIMBING SACRED MOUNTAIN. JURY FEEDBACK.

Game 81

Game Change Classroom Machinima 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

For context, see the event announcement and today's New York Times article. Following the event, I summarized the reflections and analysis in this post: Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals. Teen Listening Party and Global Kids coverage. New York Times article

Virtual 50

Virtual Philanthropy Foundation Second Life 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. local time). Media isn't just happening to kids.

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Digital Learning Media Avatar 50

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

This technique was used in the Slavery in New York exhibition at the New-York Historical Society and continues in the popular StoryCorps project. When you want visitors to spend a long time reflecting and sharing their thoughts, you need to design spaces for response that are comfortable and minimize distractions.

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Design Goal Difference Platform 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. " She isn't an advocate of online social networking for all nonprofits all the time.

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Afghanistan Program Offline Profile 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

How many times have you visited a museum site in search of a phone number or email address and woken up two hours later dizzy from the painful and ultimately unsuccessful phone system nightmare? When I read the New York Times online, each article's author's name is hotlinked and there is an easy and direct way to contact him/her.

Participatory 20

Participatory Museum Teen Voice 20