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Help Choose the Next CFM Lecturer!
When I gave you an early peek of CFM’s plans for the year, I dropped a hint about the topic of the 2011 CFM lecture. Now I will spill the beans. We are going to address museums and…food! “Wait,” you may say. “Gaming (Dr. Jane McGonigal) I … -
Saving the Historic House—While Saving the World
This week’s guest post is by Laurie Ossman, director of Woodlawn, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As I pointed out in an earlier profile of an historic house, museums can use food to build community and tackle … -
The Path to Sustainability—Working Together
This is part two of an essay by Sarah S. Brophy, co-chair of AAM’s PIC Green. You can read part one here.For the museum field, the way to close the distance between activities like Seafood Watch and our present-day reality is to take the … -
The Path to Sustainability—Just Get Started
This week’s guest blogger, Sarah S. Brophy, is principal of bMuseand co-chair of AAM’s Green Professional Interest Committee (PIC Green). Part two of this essay will go up later this week—stay tuned! Earlier this month the CFM Blog looked … -
A Hard Look at Sustainability, Part I: How Pretty Good is the Enemy of Good Enough
Since CFM first gleamed in AAM’s eye, I have had fascinating discussions with members of the Association’s Green Professional Interest Committee (PIC Green). After all, if we don’t figure out how to live sustainably, the future looks … -
How Green is Your Museum? A Call for Case Studies
Rachel Madan, director of Greener Museums, is working on Sustainable Museums: Strategies for the 21st Century, a book being published by MuseumsEtc in November, 2010. Rachel has worked with many U.S. and U.K. organizations including Tate, … -
Trends in the “Attractions Industry”
Six Key Trends identified by the Attractions Handbook 2010-2011: Greater awareness of the differences between Western markets and the emerging markets of China, India, Russia, the Middle East, South America. For example: Western … -
Trendwatching! A Foodie Future
This article in today’s New York Times takes a good look at how botanic gardens are adapting to several trends: the growing appeal of the “locavore” and “slow food” movements. increase in number of women in … -
Questions of Scale: The Hard Business of Interpreting Trends
One of the fundamental tools of forecasting is trends analysis. If various things (price of oil, use of social media, craze for cupcakes) putter along in the direction they are headed now, at the same speed, how will these trends interact, … -
The Future of Conferences, cont.
I blogged last year about AAM’s steps to “go green” with its annual meeting. Fact is, we may face a future in which professional conferences are profoundly different because of heightened sensitivity to travel’s ecological impacts as well …
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