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In Good Relation: Reimagining the Grant Process for Community-Based Projects

In recent years, there have been renewed calls for museums to adopt more inclusive and equitable practices, with significant changes to the ways we work and collaborate at all levels of our …

An Afrofuturist School Program Empowers Children to Envision the Future

Futurism is a powerful tool to share with kids—equipping them to think about the world they want to live in when they grow up, challenging them to make it better. Today on the blog, …

Diversifying Museum Boards

Introduction (This video runs 1:58) Navigation Content Description Learning Objectives How to use this guide Discussion Guide & Facilitator Notes Videos Key Terms Presenter Bios Content …

Retaining Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Board Members

 (This video runs 56:05) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Facing Change: Building Board Diversity—Retention (Slide Deck) Intent vs. Impact Museum Board …

Supporting Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Trustees

(This video runs 41:50) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Intercultural Development Inventory Guidance for IDI Pairs (Activity) Boarding, Building, …

Recruiting Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Trustees

(This video runs 50:34) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Museum Board Recruitment Matrix Museum Board Stakeholder ID-Format for Interviews Guiding …

Onboarding Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Trustees

(This video runs 39:08) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Stages of Team Development Onboarding for New Trustees Guiding Question Once a new recruit has …

Attracting Racially & Ethnically Diverse Museum Trustees

(This video runs 39:11) Return to Diversifying Museum Boards main page Supporting Documents Museum Network Expansion Visits Museum Stakeholder Identification Guiding Question How do we …

The 3 Cs of Inclusive Communications for Museums

Employee expectations of leadership and organizational communications has changed significantly in the past few years. What does it take to communicate effectively with staff, particularly …

A DEAI Change Management Roadmap for Museums

Are you a museum leader who’s feeling lost and overwhelmed by DEAI? Wish someone would draw you a map? Brevity & Wit’s Senior Consultant Jakob Wolf-Barnett has! In this …

Building Equity: K-12 Education in Museums

Watch this engaging conversation between Keahe Davis, Ah-Young Kim, Kelly Williams, and Tara Young as they discuss the state of museums and K-12 education. They talk about where we are and …

Designing an Equitable Recruiting Process

Download a PDF copy of this tip sheet. This tip sheet was developed with the help of Katherine McNamee, the Director of Human Resources for the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), and is …
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Contact Senators to Speak Up for Museums

Category: Advocacy Alert
Advocacy Alert – March 31, 2023 In this Alliance Advocacy Alert: Contact Congress: Urge Your Senators to Support OMS Funding Now! Ask Your Legislators: Co-sponsor Charitable Giving …

Finding the Future at #AAM2023

Category: Center for the Future Of Museums Blog
I’m taking a short break from prepping my materials for #AAM2023 to share a preview of what The Future will be up to in Denver. For me the conference starts on Thursday, May 18, with the …

AAM Announces Latest Accreditation Awards: 41 Museums Achieve This Distinction

Category: Press Release
For Immediate Release   Arlington, VA – The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today announced one first time …

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