Google Research AI blog

MAY 18, 2023

We continue to focus on making AI more understandable, interpretable, fun, and usable by more people around the world. As an example, we developed new methods for extracting semantically meaningful structure from natural language prompts. It’s a mission that is particularly timely given the emergence of generative AI and chatbots.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 13, 2013

It can be incredibly difficult to design a participatory project that involves online and onsite visitor engagement. We found humor and fun to be great bridges between the physical and digital environments. We've also structured this project so we can maintain an ongoing dialog with participants even after the Oh Snap!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I used my holiday break as an opportunity for a brief digital detox and time for family, travel and fun. This year I used a new tool recommended by colleague Alexandra Samuel, the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions. I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018!

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

People make fun of each other and laugh loudly. While the talk may encompass serious topics, the attitude is light and the conversation is not structured or overly guided. Third places are more participatory and offer fewer basic amenities than most cultural institutions provide.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2014

I first learned about this technique from Sam Kaner''s excellent book, Facilitator''s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making. To me, this is analogous to the benefits of having multiple staff members engaged with community partners on participatory projects. Build structures to support meeting each other.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video. Photos are fun. Projects participatory museum storytelling usercontent'

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

It's fun, I learn something, I'm challenged to contribute something meaningful, and I connect with other users. And while it's fun as an online experience, I see the potential for Signtific to be repurposed in physical space as a dynamic platform for capturing diverse visitor opinions on a variety of "what if?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

This assessment will give you a good sense of where you stand now and offers a structured approach to practicing based on your assessment. These techniques are described in more detail in “ The Facilitator’s Guide To Participatory Decision-Making ” by Sam Kaner. Ask Good Questions.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video. Photos are fun. How and why did Object Stories come to be?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So thanks for joining a special Wednesday session, this is kind of fun. So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. That was one really fun example. . Do we have a clear structure? This is such a fun topic. How do we do this well? Are communication channels clear?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

Create a structure that values peoples' participation. The best book I've read on the topic is Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner. But ambiguous content in a room full of enthused people doing fun activities can thrive. You also can't thank them/follow up quickly enough. SETTING UP THE MEETING 5.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In some ways, a design lab can be thought of as “participatory research and testing.”. We finished with a group photo and fun co-creation reflection. Design thinking is a set of principles that includes—empathy with users, a discipline of prototyping, and tolerance for failure. — Sherry Brainerd (@SEBFish) September 11, 2015.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

The Nonprofit Technology Bash will be the best place to mingle and meet with folks from all across the nonprofit technology sector, as well as kick back and have some fun on the last night of the Interactive conference. Some unlikely instigators from New Orleans did just that with little more than passion, a bus, T-shirts, and some duct tape.

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Conference Nonprofit Social Media Influence 38

Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. I'm enjoying designing a place that I think is going to be successful and a hell of a lot of fun. Recently, I've been wrestling a lot with the relationship between innovation and impact. His is the virus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I hope to share some simple and fun ways to create "shoulder-to-shoulder" instructional media for the panel on Screencasting at NTC I'm doing. s why: (1) The folder structure of your favorites list is not always flexible enough to allow for easy cross referencing. (2) Maybe it is more like moment capture. 2) Bookmarks can???t

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2007

But now, many bars are also offering participatory experiences around content. The experience doesn't feel social, even if it involves social interactions, because it's structured. The bar is a relaxed place, a place to have fun and chat and argue. I got my copy of the fall issue of Museums and Social Issues this week.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

Structure the space with a clear story (and commensurate rules). Structure means context, and context means norms that people can easily grasp and deal with. Why should the staff have all the fun in this way? Tags: participatory museum visitors. Exclusivity helps.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Give away the fun (and easy) part. I think the reason we hold onto the idea generation part is because it's fun, not because it's the activity in which we have the most specialized expertise. Our job was to provide a structured environment in which to develop ideas and the expertise to build the best of them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

So, now is the fun part. Lessig presents this as a desirable ideal and argues, among other things, that the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process. In most cases simple syntax structure is used. the work of copyright holders. Directories: [link].

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

So YC is kind of structured to try to help outsiders become insiders. I think that’s kind of one of the more depressing parts of my job, is that there exists a whole set of founders who have experience with a ton of real-world problems, and have structural socio-economic issues that prevent them from solving them by creating startups.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

Most of my work contracts involve a conversation that goes something like this: "We want to find ways to make our institution more participatory and lively." Most museums that offer interactive exhibits, media elements, or participatory activities offer them alongside traditional labels and interpretative tools. Fabulous!" "But

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

But enough of these experiences have convinced me that the participatory museum is not a fringe concept. I still talk to lots of folks, mostly young staff members, who are struggling to find ways to feature visitors' voices and break down standard authoritarian design structures. I shouldn't get to have all the fun.

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