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Foot in the Door: A Powerful Participatory Exhibit

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I spent last week working with staff at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) on ways to make this encyclopedic art museum more open to visitor participation across programs, exhibitions, and events. While there, I was lucky to get to experience a highly participatory exhibition that the MIA mounts once a decade: Foot in the Door.

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Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

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Last week, I was in Minneapolis for the American Association of Museums annual meeting. And I talked about some of the challenges of finding the right income and expense models for a museum that operates more like a community center than a traditional cultural institution. Participatory art and co-creation on the rise.

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Quick Hit: Nina on the Road

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Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. I'm giving a free talk about visitor participation in the evening at JFKU in association with the museum studies program and Cultural Connections. May 17 - NYC.

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Don't Join the Conversation if You Aren't Ready to Listen

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Dave runs a yearly software conference called Flashbelt in Minneapolis. This is why I always say that participatory tools are about relationships, not technology. There is an alternative for those who are really ready to hear from visitors: engage responsively in an invested, honest, personal manner.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Less than $200. Grantmakers for Effective Organizing (GEO) / Minneapolis, MN / $800. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Price TBA. Donor Relations. 2016 Nonprofit Finance + Sustainability Conference. 2016 Nonprofit Finance + Sustainability Conference.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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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. The Diversity Network / Minneapolis, MN / Not available.