sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way. Like many other activities in participatory philanthropy, this approach considers the process to be as important as the outcomes. It promotes mutuality instead of extraction.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Last month, the IMLS published a report on a survey of 1,700 people, with similar findings about trustworthiness of museums and libraries, and some great added information about how use of the internet benefits both museums (with higher in-person visitation) and visitors (with more ways to find information of interest). In the Web 2.0

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Participatory Museum Teen Voice 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop. As other museums have entered the "participatory learning" conversation, children's museums have not moved on to a new generation of audience and principles.

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Classroom Children Museum Model 22

Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

Regardless of how museums and libraries portray themselves, it’s clear to users: Wikipedia belongs to them. The bad news is that museums and libraries are rarely part of those conversations and in many cases are willfully preventing the inclusion of their assets in that discussion. They want expert support, and we can provide it.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

So let’s create a taxonomy of Social Participation that's a simple list: CONTENT (What is being discussed/shared/shown/explored?) side, consider these different major venues: A little explanation: Wikipedia is mostly about content. MySpace is mostly about personal identity within networks. INTERACTION (How does the user engage?

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Taxonomy Museum Social Wikipedia 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Extension programs track blog conversations and respond.

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Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia has become one of the top ten most-visited websites worldwide and is the only one in the top ten that is a non-profit initiative. So when do wikis work?

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