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Your Roving Reporter: Interview with Nik Honeysett
Nik Honeysett recently addressed members of the Leadership and Management Network at their luncheon at the annual AAM Conference. I asked Nik to share his thoughts on museums and IT in a way only a non-IT person could ask. Nik accommodated … -
Wellsprings of Success
History museums and other public history programs, like museums in general, have experienced several years of budget constraints, static or declining visitorship to historic houses and sites, challenges to stay relevant and vibrant in the … -
Your Roving Reporter: An Interview with Douglass McDonald
CEO Betty Brewer invited Douglass McDonald to look back on his career as he retired from the Cincinnati Museum Center. Having significant accomplishments from his years in the field, she also asked him to project what we can expect for the … -
Crunching the Numbers
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2015 edition of the Museum magazine. In the following article are some brief excerpts from the 2014 National Comparative Museum Salary Survey, released this past fall. Created to … -
Achieving Greatness: The Value of Association
Association leaders and corporate executives have long recognized that great lessons—lessons in leadership, team building, handling adversity and managing success—can be learned from their peers in the world of sports. This explains why … -
Leadership At All Levels
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2012 edition of Museum magazine. An excerpt from A Life in Museums: Managing Your Museum Career, edited by Greg Stevens and Wendy Luke, The AAM Press, April 2012. When we think about museum … -
Back to School: Museum Studies Programs During Tough Times
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2012 edition of the Museum magazine. When the economy took a nose dive in fall 2008, I heard more than one person reference Machiavelli’s 600-year-old maxim: “Never …
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