Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

I’m so excited to see a Mobile Tech 4 Change event coming to London - but super disappointed I can’t be here to participate (I’ll be at N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference in San Jose). Participatory and interactive. An exploration of mobile technology to advance social development and social change goals.

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Mobile San Jose Tech Change 100

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). After all, as naysayers of participatory design often remind me, the museum is not a popularity contest. It's not appropriate to force everything into a numbers game.

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Case Study Participatory Studies Museum 20

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

An academic-community partnership, the project brings together immigrant day laborers, scholars, software developers, and community organizers for participatory design, curriculum development, evaluation and research around this emerging media tool and its social impact. There were many excellent ideas (check out the Project Gallery !)

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Mobile Malawi Netsquared Social 36

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2007

It doesn't matter if you are creating a didactic diorama or a participatory smorgasborg if the experience is fundamentally about your desires rather than visitors'. Tags: participatory museum inclusion visitors. It was something that helped turn me into someone who talks to strangers and matchmakes friends.

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Museum San Jose Social Participatory 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The personal webpage has many adherents, and some institutions, like The Tech Museum in San Jose, have been offering them for almost a decade. Go to that link, and you will find a custom webpage featuring all of the assets you saved or made onsite. There are some obvious positives to this strategy.

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Personal Museum Pledge Brain 34

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. A few things I learned from the presentations and discussion: Dan shared a useful 4-step mental model for the progression of how institutions move towards participatory engagement.

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Slides Museum Participatory San Jose 22

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Participatory Facilitation Techniques. ” As you can tell from the slide, we have a Harry Potter theme for the session. Design Labs.

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Train Training Instructional Design NTC 50