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Making Museum Tours Participatory: A Model from the Wing Luke Asian Museum

Museum 2.0

The new building was designed to meet neighborhood needs--not just in the content covered, but in the inclusion of spaces made for particular kinds of activities sought by locals (i.e. It incorporates work by local artists, old and new construction, and is completely gorgeous. But participatory facilitation can be taught.

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Foursquare and Nonprofits: I want to Be The Mayor of Brooklyn Museum

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is a celebration of the visitor—the people who crossed the river, who made it in the door and decided to identify themselves with us…right here at 40.67124,-73.963834. They had their staff, local experts in the location, add tips about what was interesting for visitors in the neighborhood. Tags: location.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

Museum 2.0

This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. Why Self-Publish?

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Guest Post: Weaving Community Collaborations into Permanent Installations at the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

The Denver Art Museum is no stranger to community collaborations, but we’ve been dipping in our toe a little more deeply when it comes to developing permanent participatory installations. This summer’s Museum-wide celebration of textiles, Spun , consists of fourteen exhibitions and “moments” (most temporary, some permanent).

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

which heralded a new, participatory web culture. They eventually became hugely successful NetSquared Locals in several countries. things that it celebrated are now commonplace, and nonprofit technology and effectiveness still requires money. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. Citizen journalism.

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Get on the Bus: How Mass Transit Design Affects Participatory Potential

Museum 2.0

There's a tag applied to many Museum 2.0 Posts under that tag tend to examine non-museum things, from malls to games to ad campaigns , and draw some design lessons for museums from their foreignness. And if someone is celebrating, he sings along. posts called "Unusual Projects and Influences." People talk.

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Quick Hit: Nina on the Road

Museum 2.0

Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. Note that they are having a free, public 31-hour reopening celebration on May 1-2. Tags: Quick Hits professional development. May 6 - Berkeley, CA. May 17 - NYC. It's $35 and limited to 50 people.