Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. Why aren’t more museums designing highly constrained participatory platforms in which visitors contribute to collaborative projects?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2010

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. Shelley notes in her post the reason why they decided to explore FourSquare: As simply as I can put this, Foursquare is about place and identifying yourself through that.

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Candid

JULY 28, 2022

This has me thinking about other ways the sector can start pairing words with action, like funders going beyond simply talking about “trust-based philanthropy” and actually providing more flexible support or practicing participatory grantmaking. .

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

The booth was a nice way to celebrate what participants had done--and to create a digital record that they can keep and share. It invited visitors to memorialize their experience. Some people showed off their handmade paper or books. Others stood in the booth with a new friend. It created an appealing body of stories about the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

The opening plenary was hosted by the renowned Usha Menon , past chair of the Resource Alliance and celebrated speaker, connector and consultant to the social impact sector. Her report touched on the need for sector collaboration, celebrating mistakes and failures, and innovation. I’ll share that in my next post!

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t going to completely disappear with the ball drop—meaning New Year’s Eve celebrations will have to look a little different this year. For bars and restaurants, this is the perfect way to celebrate your brand and thank your patrons for the support during such a difficult time. Games are fun.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2010

This is the second in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. Several hundred people contributed their opinions, stories, suggestions, and edits to The Participatory Museum as it was written. Several said things like, "I was curious to see how this kind of participatory, collaborative approach would work in practice."

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2007

As many of you know, I celebrated a milestone birthday this month. To celebrate, I concocted an action learning experience in user generated content, the Beth 5.0 I set up a flickr group, uploaded some instructions and some photos from the past half-century, and invited people to celebrate. Click here to view the video.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2012

I can't say that any one experience--working on a collage with other visitors, swinging on a hammock, discovering a participatory display for pocket artifacts in the bathroom--directly contributed to increased attendance and giving. They all have in concert, and they build on each other.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. To get lots of participation, always celebrate the human quality of the work.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

Ze Frank is a participatory artist who creates digital projects that are explicitly about creating and enhancing authentic interpersonal connections. To celebrate political differences. Most of the participatory projects I've been involved with are rooted in a community that is geographically-defined.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

After weeks of bad news – from terrorism, shootings, fear, racism, shootings, and more, it felt good to celebrate something that makes us all feel good – giving. Thank you Henry Timms, Aaron Sherinian, and the many others around the world who have made Giving Tuesday and the notion of giving back a global event.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2008

Specifically, we analyze the relative social behavior of people on buses versus those on trains, and look for clues as to what design elements contribute to different kinds of participatory behavior. And if someone is celebrating, he sings along. Tags: participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences comfort.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t going to completely disappear with the ball drop—meaning New Year’s Eve celebrations will have to look a little different this year. For bars and restaurants, this is the perfect way to celebrate your brand and thank your patrons for the support during such a difficult time. Games are fun.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

In early 2014, we developed a set of five engagement goals: Relevant, Sustainable, Bridging, Participatory, Igniting. Celebrates diversity and encourages unexpected connections. PARTICIPATORY : Invites diverse community members to make meaningful contributions as co-creators, collaborators, and energized constituents.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Courageous speakers from dozens of countries described bold, participatory projects. They were coming together to celebrate and push forward. I first sensed the difference at the front door. There wasn't one. Instead, I walked into a lush garden in the middle of the city. Birds flew through the proceedings. They were more committed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

It requires carving out time to think, dream, celebrate, give gratitude, and build upon your life and work. I know that might seem old fashioned, but being a trainer and facilitator and in the room with social change leaders is what inspires and energizes me. My Three Themes: . Reflection helps energize me and helps me focus.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

which heralded a new, participatory web culture. 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. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The buzzword then was Web 2.0,

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 31, 2012

We're working with participatory online artist Ze Frank on an exhibition at the MAH this winter that features the missions, creations, and explorations of his current web series, A Show. Read more about the project and how to participate here. Ze Frank Weekend - Jan 12-13, 2013.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

Most of my work contracts involve a conversation that goes something like this: "We want to find ways to make our institution more participatory and lively." Most museums that offer interactive exhibits, media elements, or participatory activities offer them alongside traditional labels and interpretative tools. Fabulous!" "But

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2013

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

To celebrate this accomplishment, I interviewed her! whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork. Earlier this month, Janet sent me a note that she had completed her Ph.D.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

After all, media talked about it and other nonprofits “promoted” it by sending emails with offers to celebrate Giving Tuesday by giving to them. For charities in the United States and (new in 2014) the United Kingdom, this was a natural day to be in front of your donors, making a compelling case for receiving a gift.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We dont have digital data for a lot of human intelligence, because people werent valuing the people who produce those books, or the people who produce that artit didnt get digitized, didnt get celebrated, didnt receive comments on Reddit or Facebook. Theres no need to come after us for anything.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 22, 2008

When I heard the tollbooth story, I started thinking about gifting as a model for participatory experiences in museums. This post discusses participatory gifting in three parts: the why, the what, and finally, the how. Why does Ebay email you a certificate to celebrate "your first positive feedback" on their site?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more. I''ve struggled with some of the "celebrity" aspects of having a big audience. I''ve never taken a break from blogging before.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2010

Hosting a session on Monday at 2pm on Design for Participation with participatory design gurus Kathleen McLean and Dan Spock, along with research extraordinaire Kris Morrissey and participatory art rockstar Mark Allen. Plus, this is absolutely the place you are most likely to see a celebrity. And it's expensive.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 8, 2010

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. Here's the list for the next two months: April 14-17 - Denver for Museums and the Web conference. May 6 - Berkeley, CA. May 17 - NYC.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The artist, Sue Lawty, maintains a blog with her reflections on the project and occasionally celebrates particular contributions, but this blog is fairly contained within the project website and is not a major source of web links. They celebrated structures that disappeared after ten minutes but were "worth it."

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

It's not the extent to which they are participatory. Why are museums going in the other direction, trying to become more consistent rather than celebrating their idiosyncrasies? I've only visited about 0.01% of the institutions out there and I suspect that the other 99.99% includes some real gems.

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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. Marketing & Communications / #2016DML / @dmlconference.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 7, 2009

The best community managers are people who effectively manage networks, not celebrity. Projects participatory museum professional development inclusion. Imagine the most popular person in a friend group moving away and anointing a new, unknown person to take her place in the social network--it's nearly impossible.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

There was Jaime Kopke's Denver Community Museum , which existed for nine months in a Denver storefront in 2008-9 to celebrate visitors' creations. Over the past few years, there have been several fabulous examples of pop-up museums focusing on visitor-generated content.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 8, 2015

On platforms with many participatory options, more people are more active. Watching friends change their profile shots to celebrate the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage reminded me how Facebook is constantly experimenting with new ways to participate. On Facebook, you can post, like, comment, add photos, play games.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2011

In contrast, organizations that feature staff or member walls celebrating people's diverse talents and interests reflect the idea that this is a community of people who care about each other. They model impersonal, businesslike relationships between the institution and the people who care about it the most.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. Jasper Visser wrote a great blog post about untraditional uses of museums, celebrating people who come in to shop, do homework, or meet new people.

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