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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. To apply the results of my analysis to produce a community-driven program design specifically for implementation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH). You can download and read the full version of my thesis here.

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Designing Interactives for Adults: Put Down the Dayglow

Museum 2.0

In children's museums and science centers, this relationship is at its most extreme. There are many participatory experiences that appeal primarily to adults, and they are designed distinctly for adults. We've been trying to actively combat this at The Museum of Art & History (MAH) in Santa Cruz.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Museum 2.0

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! In Children of the Lodz Ghetto, every data entry is verified by staff in a three-step process as well as reviewed and commented on by other users.

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Growth Hacking Your Mission With People Power

Connection Cafe

Growth hacking: a process of rapid experimentation to identify the most efficient ways to grow a business (or cause!). For causes, this can range from increasing conversion rates by testing simple design tweaks, to nailing rapid response and raising $24M in a weekend. It is made by many; it is open, participatory and peer-driven.”

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The themes science, environmental, nutrition, economic development, children, youth, parenting, and leadership are very much appropriate as this conference agenda from the NACDEP and ACE/NETC shows. It lets you tap into a stream of people who care and may be committed to your organization, cause, program, or subject area. Drawbacks.

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The Matter of Museums

Museum 2.0

For many people museums are purveyors of and intercessors with history. A place where knowledge grows in collaboration w/ a broad range of people both within & beyond the museum, from scientists to children & all in between.” Constantly evolving and occasionally managing to repair historic damage caused.”

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