Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

I was teaching Web1.0 These projects were done nearly ten years ago, but they presage what the social web, participatory media. I wonder what lessons or techniques can be learned from her practice that can be applied with the next generation of tools? How much has our environment, culture, or information overload changed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

I love the checklists, her thoughts about the impact of social media and behavior change, and the DIY market research techniques. 9 The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon. Her book is fantastic workbook that will lead you through six fail-proof steps to social marketing success. The book is available on Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2009

The most skill to teach novice users I think is shooting tips and how to moment capture or only shoot footage that requires minimal editing. See 3 Video Guide: This step-by-by video guide goes from the picture to the techniques of story telling and into editing and marketing. Now back to the FLIP camera. Video Guides for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Why Use One? All together, participants came up with over 500 ideas.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age. I'm reading a book of essays about how to teach written by teens. And then there's the value of primary voices for interestingness. Be personal. It's very relational.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2009

April 5 is the first day of a class I’m teaching called Social Technology, in which we are focusing on designing an exhibition that features social objects , that is, exhibits or artifacts that inspire interpersonal dialogue. For example, my dog , while a highly evolved social matchmaking device, is not deliberately designed for that task.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We offer these tools in the spirit of sharing and look forward to learning about the techniques you use in your own community. Experience working with a wide variety of age groups or teaching in general. We realize collaboration differs greatly for each individual and organization. Start with and continuously identify your communities.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Designed for advancement professionals charged with starting or growing a student philanthropy program.Learn techniques to create a tradition of gratitude and support for the institution among students. Governance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Urban Sprouts School Gardens - a program that teaches youth to plan, grow, and eat vegetables from a school garden. For teaching and learning. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques to easily share your information resources with colleagues or co-workers. Eating Fabulous Step 2: Thinking Outloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I personally want to move away from the metaphor of making movies of the computer screen to more shoulder-to-shoulder instructional media and perhaps something that is more participatory or for lack of a better word, social. Step 3: Teach people how to start bookmarking! Maybe it is more like moment capture. Act 2: Definitions.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

As many of you know, I’m writing a book about participatory design for museums. The book is intended to be a practical guide to participatory museum experiences focused on design strategies, case studies, and activities. The WHY of participatory design is really important.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

As John Holt wrote, "Learning is not the product of teaching. There are many parallels between free-choice learning and participatory design. As museum professionals, or educators, or librarians, or humans who want to support learning, it's not our job to teach people everything.

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