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Career Management
Museum Directors on Mentorship and Their Professional Journeys
All museum directors started off as young people trying to find their way. Recently, in a series of interviews conducted for the book Eleven Museums / Eleven Directors: Conversations on Art …
Strategizing Me: Make a Personal Career Plan
This article appeared in the March/April 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Effective leaders create mission statements to shape their museum careers. The one thing that can be said …
A perspective on the educational value of museum internships
One of the things I love most about museums is the way they make history come alive—that’s why I applied to be an intern at the National Museum of American History. I wanted to experience …
Tools for Recruitment and Engagement in Museum Studies
Can you imagine three years after you have earned your degree and in search of the perfect job, you discover that you were the “first” of your race to matriculate through your major? …
So, What Do You Do? Meet some museum professionals with 21st-century jobs.
This article originally appeared in the January/February issue of Museum magazine. Who could have foreseen—just two decades ago—that museums would one day employ game designers, …
Anatomy of a Lunchtime Conversation
Last week we noticed an intriguing Twitter conversation originating from a question Chad Weinard posed to the Twitterverse. The resulting conversation meanders in several directions …
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. …
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 …
The Role of Human Resources in Museums
The Human Resources field has changed in recent years, moving to the role of “partner” for the executive and senior leadership, and as a strategic resource for guiding the organization. …
Planning for Leadership Transition
*Please note that I am not your attorney, I am not giving legal advice and there is no attorney-client relationship. All legal questions should be directed to your legal counsel. This …
Great, Sustainable Impact: Can Self-Sufficiency Help Us Advance Our Missions?
January 2016 LMN Online Press Self-Sufficiency — A Dream or Realistic Goal to Support Great Impact? Admit it — many science centers and museums struggle financially. There is …
Your Roving Reporter: Interview with Laura Lott
Laura Lott became President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums in June of this year. I thought we would all enjoy knowing a little more about her passions and drivers. Meet Laura …