Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

A place where individuals are empowered to use relationships and tools to build the world. Second Life can be the aggregate of public good - we'll give people the tools what they want to see or not see but not control what people see. Doing the Impossible in Virtual Worlds by Doug Thomas from USC Center on Public Diplomacy.

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Virtual Philanthropy Foundation Second Life 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

In short, it limits museums from being places that are trusted as institutions of public engagement and interaction--the places many museums claim they want to be. Formerly avoided as a fount for litigation, apologies have now been shown to lead to less litigation and more positive doctor-patient trust relationships. In the Web 2.0

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Participatory Museum Teen Voice 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

But there’s another kind of threshold fear I care about: the one that keeps museums from fully embracing and jumping into new ways of engaging the public, new ways of including visitors. Which reflects a more basic question: who are museums serving, and how does their design support that customer?

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People Museum San Jose Chapter 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

Librarian Aaron Schmidt tells the great story of a game night of Dance, Dance, Revolution at his library in which a teen asked him: “Hey Aaron, can I go upstairs to grab a magazine and book to read?” If you start with an event, you may grow the relationship from one-off to a deeper connection with the group.

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Museum Hosting Model Community 22

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. They’re the things that allow you to be able to create healthy relationships with others.

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Management Work Video Slides 92

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

The exhibition is far from perfect, but it's a big step towards reflecting the "thriving, central gathering place" of our strategic vision. We invited a private art school to fill a very public wall with paintings made by students in response to the question, "How would you depict love?" We spent a long time prototyping this one.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

It's very simple to calculate: you take the total operating expenses for your public-facing efforts and divide by the number of people who walk through the door. Others produce publications and media for global distribution. The most expensive is outreach that builds relationships. Others send educators out to schools citywide.

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Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Our desire to "protect kids"--which reflects twenty years of clamping down (at least in the U.S.) Use expert-only vocabulary – stop making entry points for general public, students, families Social science of war. Imagine an art museum that allowed patrons to bang on the exhibits the way you can in a science center.

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Museum Professional Teen Map 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School. In contrast, The Public School has a democratic framework--anyone can use their website to propose a class she'd like to take or teach. There are terms like "cosmology of the intangible" that raise my high art hackles.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42