Trans Allyship 101
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On-Demand Programs
View this recorded webinar organized by the AAM LGBTQ+ Alliance. LGBTQ+ Alliance Chairperson Anna Woten, and Task Force for Transgender Inclusion Co-chairs Alison Kennedy and Alex Lussenhop …
Futures Studies 101: Implications Wheel
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
What would happen if a space craft full of weak, disoriented insectoid aliens parked itself in orbit over South Africa? The implications of that (highly) improbable event are explored the …
Future Studies 101: Potential Futures
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This is part two in a series of short essays exploring the basics of Futures Studies and how they can be applied to the museum field. Read part one here. Studying the future isn’t all that …
Futures Studies 101: The Purpose of Foresight
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
This post is the first in a series of short essays exploring the basics of Futures Studies and how they can be applied to the museum field. Why is foresight important? Without someone …
Video Production 101 for Museum Education
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Alliance Blog
Creating video content is a great way to extend your educational impact beyond the museum walls, but it’s easy to feel out of your depth when first experimenting with the medium. What …
Futures Studies 101: How to Read the Newspaper
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
I joke that the biggest change in my life since becoming director of CFM is that now I read the financial section of the New York Times. Except it isn’t a joke. Once future studies gave me …
Neuroarts 101: How the Arts and Aesthetic Experiences Advance Health and Wellbeing
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On-Demand Programs
This is a recorded session from the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo. This workshop provides an overview of neuroarts: the study of how the arts and aesthetic experiences measurably …
Social Distancing Doesn’t Need to Equal Social Isolation for Older Adults
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Alliance Blog
As COVID-19 continues to present intense challenges, the world is laser-focused on what social distancing means in particular for older adults and those who serve them. The pandemic not …
Online Advocacy Training
Want to learn how to be a good advocate for your museum, but don’t have a lot of time? These online programs help the museum field learn about advocacy for museums. Advocacy has …
Futurist Friday: Internet Fail
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
Futurist Friday is a series of occasional posts featuring recommending reading, viewing or listening resources to expand your thinking and fuel your forecasting. When I teach forecasting …
Speak Up for FY 2024 Funding for Museums
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Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – March 17, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Representative to Support OMS Funding Now! President’s Budget Request for the Federal …
Gearing up to Explore the Museum of Tomorrow
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Center for the Future of Museums Blog
We are in full annual meeting prep mode here at AAM, getting ready to offer you a great experience in Houston. Since this year the whole meeting pretty much revolves around the future, CFM …