Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Naples, Florida: Social Media Surgery — Back to Basics and One-on-One Q&A. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Participatory Analysis with Data Placemats in Nonprofits. Dublin, Ireland: VR for Social Impact.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I used the example of two very different exhibitions that solicited visitor-contributed content: Playing with Science at the London Science Museum, and MN150 at the Minnesota History Center. The Minnesota History Center team solicited visitor nominations for exhibition topics and then built an exhibition out of those contributions.

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Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

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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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

And when I think back on the last year and how it compared to year one of blogging, the shining difference is you--your interest, your comments, and most of all, your extraordinary example. In the last year, I have seen traditional museum attitudes about social media and community co-design go from "why should we care about this?"

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Museum Voice Minnesota Participatory 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2009

I've spent the last two weeks working on the third chapter of my book about network effects of social participation. And it's brought me back to a blog post I wrote a year ago about the Science Museum of Minnesota's Race: Are We So Different? As Paul commented, "you don't point at things when you're alone." exhibition.

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Social Network Tech Network Museum 22

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

Kathleen McLean (Independent Exhibitions), Dan Spock (Minnesota History Center), and Kris Morrissey (University of Washington) all shared thought-provoking and useful insights on visitor participation in museums, but Mark Allen and Emily Lacy brought down the house with their bluegrass rendering of the Machine Project and its engaging, quirky work.

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Slides Museum Los Angeles San Jose 22

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 7, 2009

It's a warning sign when community members make comments like , "it was only boundless encouragement from Avi (Nina's Second Life avatar) that prevented me from giving up more than once." This is a valid concern, especially on social sites that are not tightly aggregated.

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