Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I used the example of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which has a mission statement that includes unusual words like “bold” and “fearless.” When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects.

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Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Every time we collaborate, we learn new ways to improve our process, organization and communication. For example, a few months ago we had a couple approach us to propose a Pop-Up Tea Ceremony. It’s not unusual for us to meet with an environmental activist, a balloon artist, a farmer, and the Mayor of Santa Cruz all in one day.

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Collaboration Community Tools Museum 55

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

It was like getting paid to process the day in a lovely setting. Anna had been the founding Curator of Education at the National Building Museum, led the Rolling Rainforest project, and was a real innovator in developing in-depth participatory design experiences with community members (though I wouldn't have used those words at the time).

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Museum Boston Participatory Interview 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution). principles that has turned the web from pushed to participatory. For example, I get more out of remote attendance in Second Life that via an IRC chat line. " The MacArthur press conference, for example, and other classes or forums.

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Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Note from Beth: Since the concept of working in Networks is can be hard to explain to newcomers, learning from case studies, stories, and examples can be illuminating. In 2009, the foundation began by harvesting almost a thousand proposals for future directions from community members through online crowd-sourcing.

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Open Source Open Case Study Wikipedia 92

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

In early 2014, we developed a set of five engagement goals: Relevant, Sustainable, Bridging, Participatory, Igniting. We use these goals to evaluate our current engagement strategies, assess new proposed strategies, and guide productive discussions about how to improve our work.

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Goal Museum Evaluation History 48

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? The 182-page book includes detailed descriptions of projects, budgets, and decision-making processes, along with extensive interviews with artists, curators, and museum staff of all stripes.

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Its 45 workshops, seminars and lectures explore internal and external strategies, systems, methods, best practices and successful examples. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. General / @southwestfdns.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

Non Profit Quarterly

MAY 3, 2022

Platforms such as Decidim , Citizen Lab , and Your Priorities can effectively engage communities throughout the process of making budget, policy, and funding decisions. We each have experience running participatory grantmaking and decision-making processes online using different platforms.

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Online Participatory Proposal Platform 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2014

The Greenpeace Mobilization Lab has a project proposal idea for a “ Mobilization Journal ” as part of the Knight News Challenge. For example, Ushahidi , a platform and tool suite that democratizes information, increases transparency and lowers the barriers for individuals to share their stories, was one of the past winners.

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Journal Change Learning Technology 103

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I've written before about the difference between participatory processes and products , but this question of frameworks and sensibility is more broadly applicable to community engagement strategies. For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2006

Nancy White recently blogged about a tool called ChipIn which is designed to simplify the process of connecting with people in your social network to collect money for a personal cause, to purchase a gift, or for community fundraising. For example, here is a request from a second grade teacher in the Bronx who needs a digital camera.

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Collaboration Pledge Mentoring Fundraising 56

Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

This is a lovely example of a museum using its expertise to support and extend visitor interests, rather than lecturing or completely ceding control to visitors. That made the vetting process easier down the road. Once you got down to the 150, did you go into a standard design process? Pretty much.

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Interview Minnesota Museum History 21