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Launching the Search for our Ford Fellow
Last spring I gave you an unofficial preview of the next CFM fellowship: The Ford W. Bell Fellow for Museums and P-12 Education.* This week, after almost a year of laying the groundwork for finding and supporting our fellow, we’ve launched … -
How to Enter the CFM Education Future Fiction Challenge: It’s Open!!!
Hi—Sylvea here. I’m excited to announce the launch of CFM’s “Future Fiction” project, a national challenge in which we invite museum professionals, educators, futurists and community members to share their stories of an educational future … -
Top Museum Leaders Will Gather in Washington, DC for AAM’s Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, Set for May 26-29
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2016 ARLINGTON, VA–More than 6,000 professionals from the museum field will convene at the American Alliance of Museums’ (AAM) 2016 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, set for May 26-29 at the Walter E. … -
Let’s Be Proactive about Museum Ethics
We asked Sally Yerkovich, Director of the Institute of Museum Ethics at Seton Hall University and the chair of AAM’s Task Force on the Direct Care of Collections, to write about current conversations in museum ethics and her recent … -
Museum Magazine and The Future of Diversity
Since CFM launched in 2008, I’ve been aware of the danger of our work being the proverbial mile wide and an inch deep. That is why the CFM Fellow program, now in its infancy, is so critical: fellows will give us the capacity to take a … -
Futurist Friday: Marie Kondo, meet Brad the Toaster
I just listened to an NPR interview with Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo, talking about her new book “Spark Joy.” Her approach to simplifying and organizing life has taken the US by storm. (How popular is she? Her video … -
How to Write the Future
On January 19th we will launch our Future Fiction Challenge—I hope you plan to enter, and look forward to reading your story of an educational future in which “museums play a starring role.” Why did we opt for stories, rather than … -
Preparing for Future Weather Change
When I was a collections manager, I learned the risk management mantra “avoid, share, transfer, mitigate, accept.” As guardians of heritage, museums quite rightly emphasize avoiding and mitigating risk. For the hazards that remain, … -
Your Roving Reporter: An interview with Jim Croft: Executive Vice President of The Field Museum
CEO Betty Brewer asked Jim Croft to think about changes he has seen over his 30+ years at The Field Museum as he prepared to leave the museum and move full time into the work of academia. You are one of a handful of people who formed the … -
The Productive Workplace
Did you know that Tuesday consistently wins the prize as the most productive day of the week, with, you guessed it, Friday as the least productive. No matter what day of the week it is, too little time and too much to do is a common …
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