Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way.

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Story Interview Museum Audio 53

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. It was like getting paid to process the day in a lovely setting. I tried to master the administrative work as quickly as possible so I could keep volunteering for other creative projects.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Every time we collaborate, we learn new ways to improve our process, organization and communication. C3 topics have ranged from exhibition development, community needs, outreach programs, our Loyalty Lab project, and family programs. For example, a few months ago we had a couple approach us to propose a Pop-Up Tea Ceremony.

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Collaboration Community Tools Museum 55

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? The Machine Project and the Hammer Museum have just released an incredible ebook documenting Machine's year-long residency at the Hammer in 2010. And the projects themselves are brilliant.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

I was the project manager/curator for the exhibition, leading both the Second Life-based community exhibit design process and the real world translation of virtual exhibits. We shrunk the exhibit design process (concept to floor) from 2 years to five months. On many levels, The Tech Virtual experiment was a success.

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Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution). broadcaster VRML world projects in 96 called the Mirror (BT, BBC and others). principles that has turned the web from pushed to participatory. If you are running meetings to plan events or do projects - Meyer's Briggs J tasks - Second Life sucks.

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Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

There are many different forms of engagement with many different outcomes depending on your goals, your project, or your institution." In early 2014, we developed a set of five engagement goals: Relevant, Sustainable, Bridging, Participatory, Igniting. That said, our process and goals may be useful examples for others.

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Goal Museum Evaluation History 48

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. A half-day conference to inspire the nonprofit communicator to try new ideas, complete current projects, and find like-minded awesome professionals. General / @southwestfdns. NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $385.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. National Arts Marketing Project Conference. 11/10/2016.

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Conference Calendar DC Washington 111

Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

Platforms such as Decidim , Citizen Lab , and Your Priorities can effectively engage communities throughout the process of making budget, policy, and funding decisions. We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms.

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Online Participatory Proposal Platform 101

Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2020

If ever there was a mandate to reexamine the role and process of funding, now is that time. Nonprofits undergo an arduous application and vetting process designed to provide funders a measure of confidence that their investment will achieve an intended outcome. The process is a time-intensive, laborious grind for applicants.

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Change Proposal Grant Application 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

The Greenpeace Mobilization Lab has a project proposal idea for a “ Mobilization Journal ” as part of the Knight News Challenge. ” This blog shares some thoughts about this project and I have to give it a big round of applause. It’s open for comments and feedback right now – or “applause.”

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Journal Change Learning Technology 101

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2006

Nancy White recently blogged about a tool called ChipIn which is designed to simplify the process of connecting with people in your social network to collect money for a personal cause, to purchase a gift, or for community fundraising. " Amazingly 350 people signed up and this lead to the Mentoring Worldwide project.

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Collaboration Mentoring Pledge Fundraising 56

Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

I sat down with Kate Roberts, lead exhibit developer on MN150, to learn about the particulars of this visitor-driven exhibition, which used a website, a state fair, and over 2700 slips of paper to apply a new process to a standard historical exhibition topic. How did this project get started? Pretty much. It was so rewarding.

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Interview Minnesota Museum History 21