Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. Nina has written a fantastic book engagement called The Participatory Museum. I've purchase a two copies, one for me and one to give away.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. Or that we take a group photo together at the end of the day.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. Non-Participation 6.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. When I decided to write a book about visitor participation in cultural institutions, I knew I'd do it in a way that reflected the values behind the book itself--transparency, inclusion, and meaningful community participation. Check out the other parts here.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Our museum in Santa Cruz has been slammed by those who believe participatory experiences have gone too far. We always knew that the inclusion of participatory and community-centered practices in arts institutions was controversial. To me, the backlash against participatory and community-centered experiences is not surprising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The convening used participatory methods to identify topics for small group conversations related to the theme and was expertly facilitated by Allen Gunn from Aspiration. ( I wrote a reflection last week about the facilitation techniques here ). How long do you need to archive the data? Does the data need to be exportable?

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

The kind of strategic planning processes that I lead are inclusive and participatory which means that the group is consulted, the vision of the group, the energy, we kind of tap into the energy, vision, knowledge, experience of the people who will be doing the work in order to make plans. Well, does it reflect our mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. I thought I’d share a few quick insights and tips that I learned for others who may be preparing for doing tech training internationally and want to use participatory techniques.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Roberto Bedoya : The "Yes And" Argument and its Civic Implications Bedoya, the Executive Director of the Tucson Pima Arts Council, makes a beautiful statement that arts administrators need to facilitate a multiplicity of leading voices, or as he puts it, "the courage of imagination and the plural."

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

In these conversations, people often say, "don't expert voices matter?" Museums should feel protective of the expertise reflected in their staff, exhibits, programs, and collections. It lets you be the only expert with a voice. Single voices represented on single labels is not scalable. and my emphatic response is YES.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations. While that was painful for the organizations involved, it also helped force the issue of whether participatory engagement could be core to a strong future business model for each organization or not. didn't mince words.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age. There are two reasons to pursue this: for better accuracy (trusted source of info) and for more diverse inclusion of voices (trusted source of varied social experience).

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2008

I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). The comments, which were previously unmoderated, suddenly were overloaded with opportunists who wanted their voice to be heard on the YouTube homepage. Of course, the beauty of this project is its manageability.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2015

The chapter includes some great reflection questions: What stories can you share to advance your top goals? Participatory engagement invites people to answer a particular question or comment on a post. What stories does your team/company/audience need to hear to develop affinity with your organization?

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles. Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. Third Place: $10,000. The Extraordinaries -- On-demand crowdsourcing volunteerism via smartphones.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures. Voices That Inspire: Welcoming AAPI Luminaries to Your Stage When planning your AAPI Heritage Month event, consider inviting influential speakers and community leaders from within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community to participate.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

It's not the extent to which they are participatory. They reflect the soul of the community and can be responsive to its unique interests and needs. Small museums, which are most likely to cultivate local, distinctive voice and approaches, often have an inferiority complex. It's not their size or type or subject matter.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

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). There is lots of room for new voices online.

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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.”. This approach would also create capacity for new voices and new ideas to be engaged in the environmental movement. We finished with a group photo and fun co-creation reflection. Concept 2: Mission: Possible.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

When you want visitors to spend a long time reflecting and sharing their thoughts, you need to design spaces for response that are comfortable and minimize distractions. By simplifying and personalizing the design technique used for the institutional voice, visitors felt like they were part of a natural conversation with the institution.

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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. There is funding. There is interest.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So then we’ll talk about what are some participatory planning methods. The things that I tell you will not stick unless you are able to reflect upon your own experience and go, “Ah, yes, I think this is what Julie is talking about. ” That reflection is really important. . How do we do this well?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

It is made by many; it is open, participatory and peer-driven.” From the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter, from the Ice Bucket Challenge to the Woman’s March, many of today’s most effective movements are less about single charismatic voices and more about the power of the chorus. Technology. How we live our lives. My Passion.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2008

They demonstrate that the blog is a more participatory vehicle than other kinds of media. I have to feel like the post is open enough to my experience, that the blogger and the community of that blog would find my voice worthwhile, that I have some strong reaction I want to share, that I won't sound stupid. it gets me excited.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

In some ways, we do a good job engaging people who reflect our whole County. If we want to reflect the identities of our community, we’ve got to focus on changing that. We seek to empower our visitors to raise their own civic and creative voices. Showing that their voice matters. Our visitors are about 8% Latino.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

Yes, the Exploratorium is also present in these arenas as a "talker" (more on that next week), but it is just one voice among thousands. By understanding what individuals are highlighting about the Exploratorium experience, the museum can craft its own messaging--and programming--to reflect and enhance the elements seen as most valuable.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

The resulting (real) exhibits are high-quality experiences that reflect a level of creativity that could not have resulted from our scant in-house exhibit development staff. We engaged with hundreds of creative folks around the world who developed about 50 virtual exhibits, of which seven were created in real life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections. They are sensitive to the artists who are being judged. They ask judges to self-define their art knowledge. Another theme of web2.o Launched in Jan.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. New voices energizing conversations. 11/28/2016.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In our years of talking to staff, boards, and communities about participatory philanthropy, people often talk about their worst participatory decision-making experiences. New to Participatory Grantmaking? Skilled facilitators work towards supporting dissenting voices, ensuring participants understand different viewpoints.

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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. In fact, I find that participatory products are often more likely to reflect a formal sensibility than their traditional counterparts.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2019

I spent 2007-2011 traveling the world, doing participatory projects and consulting gigs, and writing my first book. You gave me support as I struggled to lead a museum through a participatory rebirth. Blogging is precious because it is an opportunity to reflect in writing. The response to this blog changed my life. Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

While I originally wrote this post to advocate for more participatory practice (i.e. In these conversations, people often say, "don't expert voices matter?" Museums should feel protective of the expertise reflected in their staff, exhibits, programs, and collections. It lets you be the only expert with a voice.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

This requires the global community to center the voices of people directly impacted by poverty in its approach and support solutions that empower children and their families. Furthermore, CRUS’ inclusive range of grantees reflects the organization’s intentional focus on racial and gender equity, youth development, and economic empowerment.

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