This is the most interesting blog I have visited in a while. I found every post to be very relevant and exciting! This may be evident in the amount of exclamation marks found on this page.
While blog post topics were diverse, the posts held some good-feeling, meaty info on Museum Ed. Because I am very interested in museums as places of discussion, education and conversation instigators in the community, this website was very helpful to me. There was so much great feeling as the blog emphasizes, considers, and talks about how to support things that I see as strengths of museums (interactivity, participation, diversity, alternative/imaginative formats, collaboration, education)- and also emphasizes critical thought and restructuring of things that I think are weaknesses of museums (the opposite of the last list). The website even encourages participation and interactivity with questions at the end of posts.
I was particularly drawn to this group that was sited on the website:
C3- The Creative Community Committee
http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2012_03_01_archive.html
C3 is a group that meets bi-monthly/quarterly for specific brainstorming sessions that aims at a "community first" approach to program development. This is really neat and makes so much sense :)
Three goals that they shoot for with this structure are to:
1. internally, clearly articulate our programmatic goals and assess our plans against those goals.
2. externally, invite people with diverse backgrounds and connections throughout the County to help us understand their needs and brainstorm creative approaches to fulfilling them
3. sensibly balance the responsibilities and time commitment of staff and community members to the development process
How else to aim for relevant and needed programming than to aim to listen and include as many voices as possible in the programming process? LOVE!
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