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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 7, 2010
Local Oakland Tweeter @trafficologist Standing Beside Her Profile Pic in the Twitterstream. Recently, James wrote about some interesting ways museums are using Twitter for offline/online engagement. The San Francisco Bay Area has seen some extraordinary museum openings over the past several years.
Museum 2.0
MAY 31, 2011
What are you willing to risk to pursue your professional dreams? Last week, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums in Houston, I was honored to chair a fabulous panel on empowering museum staff to take creative risks ( slides here ). Beck beautifully described her entry into museum work.
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Museum 2.0
MARCH 21, 2012
How do you help visitors know what they can and cannot do in your museum? Most museums have this figured out: they have signs, they have guards, they have cases over the objects. And this works pretty well in science museums, where designers talk about "hardening" exhibits to withstand the more aggressive touchers among us.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Maybe it's a live music concert, or a museum visit, or a play. This is a question I've been puzzling over now for a few months, both professionally and personally. Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience.
Tech Soup
JUNE 4, 2014
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a civil rights and restorative justice organization for prisoners and for Oakland young adults. Museum of Children's Art is an arts program where low-income Oakland families can explore interactive spaces where they create, share and connect with each other through art.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The First Wave includes 6 museums, 5 performing arts organizations, 3 public libraries, 3 parks, and 3 community centers. We need an ecosystem of activists, academics, funders, professionals, policymakers, and associations striving together towards common goals. Half are led by people of color or indigenous people.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 8, 2010
Many of the talks are related to The Participatory Museum and I will have books for sale on all of these forays. Here's the list for the next two months: April 14-17 - Denver for Museums and the Web conference. April 29 - I'm heading to the Oakland Museum for the preview of its reopening. Both are open to the public.
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