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How Do You Capture Compelling Visitor Stories? Interview with Christina Olsen

Museum 2.0

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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10 Nonprofit Books from 2010

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book looks at how ICT can help solve global poverty issues in a range of fields, including disaster relief, health education, micro finance, and education. It is filled with great examples and stories from around the world. The book is well-researched and offers frameworks for thinking about how to link technology to a theory of change.

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Design Series: Creating Continuous Engagement

Forum One

Think like a musician Those who have played music in a band or orchestra or sang in a choir understand the profound impact of an engaged and participatory audience. Similar to performances, designs weave stories. The first challenge we encountered was how to tell a visual story about missing content without accompanying assets.

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Happy New Year! Two Free Books! And Watermelon!

Museum 2.0

I published The Participatory Museum in March (with help from many of you!) Workshop with rural librarians in Pendleton, Oregon. This year's video tells the story of The Participatory Museum 's sequel and exposes some deadly secrets we uncovered this year in the worlds' museums (Denmark! Dear Museum 2.0 and at ArtPrize.

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