Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). Here’s a blog post by Rachel Dearborn describing the process. Disaster work.

Social Media 101

Social Media Channel Data Media 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. Why Use One? New Technology for New Power Movements.

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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! It's a shame that several of these projects are labeled as "experimental" and don't have formal evaluation built into their cheap, fast processes.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

Some leaders are more conservative than I feared, and these people are alternately smug and desperate about maintaining their power. If it’s not open to the public, I don’t care if it’s a book or a fossil—the methods of interpretation and audience engagement are fundamentally different.

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