Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

which heralded a new, participatory web culture. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The buzzword then was Web 2.0, Citizen journalism. Google Maps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

Photo by Mansikka. According to the Twitter Fan Wiki , hashtags were popularized during the San Diego forest fires in 2007 when Nate Ritter used the hashtag "#sandiegofire" to identify his updates related to the disaster. And, in the case of Twitter Vote Report Twitter hashtags have been used for real-time participatory democracy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

The next step, of course, is to throw in a little remix and participatory media culture into it! Here's what I like about it: There is excellent documentation on how to use the tags in the wiki and the screencast. There are 198 photos in the flickr stream. (My My personal favorite photo is here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Photo by Fred Dawson. ??? tools, a couple of good mini-case studies, (the one about the Nitrogen Wiki ) and a focused list of references from the philanthropy world. The topics include: Control and Transparency: How comfortable is the foundation with the participatory nature of Web 2.0 Come On In. The Water's Fine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Use the search feature on flickr to find photos that are similar to yours.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. One more note on the wiki: while it was a community site, I felt very in control of the content. of the words on the wiki.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

They left and wrote over 100 positive reviews of the evening, 12 positive reviews of the museum, and shared over 300 photos of their revels on Flickr. Again, hundreds of mostly young people shot hundreds of videos and photos featuring or on location at the museum. Don't look at the number of videos, photos, or reviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

I am the director of a non-profit that promotes open museum practices, and we are in midst of launching a free service for arts organizations: a web site that permits any museum to create a participatory exhibit space and social network centered on the museum's collections. It takes content, strategy and elbow grease.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

On the web, via the MN150 wiki, you can view the winning (and non-winning) nominations and additional historical content provided by the museum. Thanks to Kate and the team at Minnesota Historical Society for the fabulous photos from the project, which are sprinkled liberally through this interview. How did this project get started?

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