Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

government and encouraging participatory democracy. The Senate Immersion Module will launch in Boston in March, at the opening of the EMK Institute. Created by ESI Design, the 100-player Senate Immersion Module game was made for the Edward M. Kennedy (EMK) Institute to support it in educating the public about U.S.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I went to two science centers, one huge (Museum of Science Boston) and one tiny (Acton Science Discovery Museum), and told them: "I'll work for you for free for three months, and then let's talk about whether you are going to pay me." By the spring of 2003 I felt I'd learned what I could in Boston and tried to figure out where to go next.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Imagine you are the Boston Museum of Science, and you are ready to make some videos to post on YouTube. When I search for "Boston Museum of Science" on YouTube, I find 83 videos. The Boston Museum of Science could start their own YouTube channel and post videos about whatever they want. marketing participatory museum.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized. Bob argues that giving kids laptops enables more participatory, engaged learning.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Remember, the people who chose to produce content onsite--to track themselves, to play games, to make pledges, to mess with their photos--were drawn specifically to active participatory experiences. I worked with the Boston Children's Museum on a project called Our Green Trail (check it out!)

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I still get fidgety listening to the podcast, but now I see it as an artifact of a supremely conducted participatory project rather the sole product of the process. And they made me appreciate them as superb facilitators as a particular kind of participatory experience: conversation with strangers. They really cared about me.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

While today is the official launch, Ghosts of a Chance had its "trailhead" (ARG-speak for a first entry point or teaser) at July's ARGFest in Boston, when a heavily-hennaed clue (see image ) crashed the conference and gave a whole new meaning to the term "marketing exposure" as applied to the Smithsonian. are frigging cool indeed.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

AFP / Boston, MA / Price varies. EverTrue / Boston, MA / $300. Speakers include advancement evangelists from Boston University, Cornell University and Williams College and for-profit strategists from Bain Capital Ventures, The Boston Celtics, Dunkin’ Brands, LinkedIn and more. HubSpot / Boston, MA / Less than $1,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. A couple of major symphony orchestras, like the Chicago Symphony with 1336 fans and the Boston Symphony. The Boston Symphony has been doing ticket giveaway promotions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It’s been translated into dozens of languages, inspired curriculum for high school, inspired a ballet in Boston, a puppet show in Palestine, floats in parades and the list goes on. 2) Networks are participatory. There are more than 220 countries have viewed the film in an unknown number of group settings.

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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. HubSpot / Boston, MA / Less than $1,000. INBOUND 2016.

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Candid

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A group of visionary women came together in 1984 to award Boston Women’s Fund’s (BWF) first five grants totaling $20,000. This participatory and trust-based intermediary grantmaking model shows how philanthropic organizations both large and small can make positive, long-lasting impacts in local communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2006

The CyberYenta, Deborah Finn , recently had a successful pledge as follows: "I will smile and say "hello" to strangers I pass on the streets in my neighborhood but only if 50 residents of Boston, Massachusetts, USA will too." I will do this for free for a minimum of six months (in my free time).

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

Nina's research keeps finding that the right kind of constraints work to produce a better participatory museum experience. Suzanne: I like the Storefront Library in Boston. Alternatives? Eric: So what do you think a good "LAM as fourth place" model might look like?

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