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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

Museum 2.0

It's not the extent to which they are participatory. Some are scrappy and iconoclastic, like the City Museum in St. Louis, whereas others are august stalwarts like the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. I've only visited about 0.01% of the institutions out there and I suspect that the other 99.99% includes some real gems.

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What Makes an Innovative Idea Actionable?

Museum 2.0

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. Peter commented, I did hear from several people that the museum folks who loved visiting the City Museum when they were in St. Louis were quick to add, 'It's not a museum.'

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

CSPRC / St. Louis, MO / Price TBA. Netroots Nation / St. Louis, MO / Less than $500. Fundraising / #2016GEO / @GEOfunders. Fundraising. SPECTRUM Conference. SPECTRUM Conference. The annual SPECTRUM Conference features programs by top professionals on all facets of nonprofit communications and development. Marketing.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

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. The IMPACT Conference / St. Louis, MO / Not available.

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[VIDEO] First Steps to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Now!

Bloomerang

The kind of strategic planning processes that I lead are inclusive and participatory which means that the group is consulted, the vision of the group, the energy, we kind of tap into the energy, vision, knowledge, experience of the people who will be doing the work in order to make plans. Steven: Next week, our buddy Maryanne Dersch from St.

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Strange(r) Encounters: Conditions for Engagement

Museum 2.0

I've written before about techniques for talking to strangers, looking at how buttons , buses , and dogs and can all be tools for participatory design. I used that instruction recently to kick off a meeting at a museum planning a participatory education space. Interestingly, at the City Museum in St. What conditions did I miss?