Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2014

Two years ago, we mounted one of our most successful participatory exhibits ever at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Memory Jars. People were spending a long time working on them. Two years later, this project is still one of the most fondly remembered participatory experiences at the museum--by visitors and staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The content focuses on the question of WHY we collect and how our collections reflect our individual and community identities. This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. This is the first time we've had an ongoing activity with a lot of materials (Memory Jars).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Kellogg Foundation , PM is no longer about proving something works, but about generating information to better understand how and why programs work. Share not only your organization’s work, but how and what has been learned so far. Embrace multiple time horizons, especially long term. According to the W.K.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

In 2009 , students built a participatory exhibit from scratch. Thirteen students produced three projects that layered participatory activities onto an exhibition of artwork from the permanent collection of the Henry Art Gallery. This post shares my reflections on the projects and five things I learned from their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion. However, I don’t always have that opportunity because many times nonprofit workshops are hosted at conferences at hotels. What to do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018!

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

I was reminded of this recently, at the first evening of the online course in Grant Proposal Writing: Our fifteen working adult students logged in to Zoom and were welcomed into our shared virtual classroom. It can be inclusive and participatory. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Here's the key takeaways for me: * The capacity to be successful is an investment in time. "While none of these approaches cost a lot of money, they certainly require staff time to support. Collaborative Problem Solving - (working toether in teams - informal/formal to comlpete tasks and develop new knowledge. Go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of the Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and managed by IIE.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Typically, it takes someone seeing a situation that needs to change and doing the work to change it. Participatory grantmaking has been a big part of the Boston’s Women’s Fund since its founding. Once Natanja saw who wasn’t there, she could work with her team to fix it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Going beyond content delivery, I also use a lot of participatory and hands-on learning techniques to help students gain a deeper understanding. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand how the feng shui of a classroom impacts learning. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

What you see here are a few notes that reflect my individual experience. As far as I can ascertain, this series was the first in which grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients came together in equal numbers and met as peers for reflective structured dialogue. Working toward useful standards of measurement. contact-form]. __.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. I feared that the event would feel cliquey and wouldn't represent the creative, inclusive spirit of Ze's work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

How do we help individuals and organizations make that internal shift in mindset as well as structure for working to be effective? We were assigned to small groups to work a specific theme. I got to work in a small group that was tackling the question “Letting Go and Emergence.”. Once upon a time x happened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned. In some instances, you might need a longer amount of time to do this exercise, but the way this was facilitated with 50 people was highly productive and efficient. There are usually two aspects of this.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

We dance out our bad times. Ellen shared the brilliant work at Conner Prairie to make finances transparent to all staff. In particular, we had a great group of 15 talking about participatory history experiences on Sunday. Participatory art and co-creation on the rise. time to step it up. I host dating games.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. One of the reflections. (Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 20, 2009

I’d never attended before and was impressed by many very smart, international people doing radical projects to make museum collections and experiences accessible and participatory online. How does their work relate to their physical institutions? Where are the friendly, open, participatory experiences you came for?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Understanding the benefits of building social capital may be effective in creating a participatory culture. In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

In reflecting on the sample, I’ve made some broad reflections on museum workers and visitors. Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. Awards can show higher-ups the value of our work and they can be important tools for showing funders results.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. Non-Participation 6.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It was held in Newcastle in the north of England, and about 70 folks from around the world (but mostly Europe) came to play, learn, make stuff, and help each other work out challenges inherent in trying to make risky ideas happen. I tried to help workshop leaders work some of these in on the fly, but that put unreasonable stress on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

And, because those of work in the social good sector know that giving is to become a habit or part of culture, it can’t be transactional. But let me reflect on how amazing yesterday was. Today is ThankYouWednesday because it was a huge success, including financial with 52% increase in giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nina Simon, the executive director of the museum, is an expert in participatory design and fantastic facilitator. Teams worked on their zines until the end of the camp. Self-care has to be customized to the individual – they have to design their own adventure or it won’t work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

Establish local networks of individuals and organizations using social media to help build stronger organizations and more participatory societies. Insight #1: Build Time for Getting To Know Each Other At The Beginning. In some cases, partners will not have met face-to-face before they work together.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2011

We've been offering a host of participatory and interactive experiences at the Museum of Art & History this season. I loved Jasper Visser's list of 30 "do's" for designing participatory projects earlier this month. Artists work incredibly hard to produce their work. This isn't even participatory. It's just fun.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Last year I spoke at more than 75 events and I can always guarantee at least one of the questions will be: “Please tell me what issues the 80 million people in the United States who represent some of the largest and most diverse opinions and demographics want to spend their time, activism, and dollars with.”. Social issue interests change.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more. Blogging gave me a way to formalize out-of-work learning in a format I enjoy. I''ve never taken a break from blogging before.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

The whole second half of the article was dedicated to our work: Smaller museums can be especially scrappy in finding ways to connect with the community. At the time, we thought it was financial trouble, but it turned out it was much deeper than that,” Simon says. It’s something that any museum, of any size, can work toward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 5, 2010

So expect some live blogging, and reflections. It brought together a rich mix of people working in humanitarian causes, using social media, and creatives. The morning was a round of 20 minute keynotes, including me, representing a wide range of perspectives on the issue of NGOs that do humanitarian work. The description: The !deation

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

I can't say that any one experience--working on a collage with other visitors, swinging on a hammock, discovering a participatory display for pocket artifacts in the bathroom--directly contributed to increased attendance and giving. This community was ready for a museum that reflected the unique creative identity of Santa Cruz.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

It really reflects what we're trying to do here to transform our institution into as relevant, dynamic, and successful an organization as possible. Her blog, "Museum 2.0," is one of the leading forces working to remake the museum experience. Lots more on this in the months to come, but I thought you might like to read the article.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2012

In this full-time role, you will be responsible for interactive exhibition development, project management of all our site-specific work, and you will lead the redevelopment of our permanent History Gallery into a more dynamic, participatory, and flexible space. If you are interested, please apply soon ! This camp will be a 2.5

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