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The Future of Development: Crowdsourced Funding
When AAM conducted its 2009 Museum Financial Information survey, a quarter of respondents had a capital campaign in progress. We don’t even have stats on how many museums regularly run annual giving campaigns, but it sometimes it … -
The Future of Museum Ethics: A Chat Wrap Up
CFM hosted a lively Twitter chat yesterday, soliciting input on the future of museum ethics as a kickoff for the forecasting project we are conducting with the Institute of Museum Ethics this summer. The goal of the chat was to gather … -
Practical Futurism: a Case Study
This week’s guest blogger is Bill Martin, director of the Valentine Richmond History Center in Virginia. Bill was one of our panelists on the session “Practical Futurism” at the AAM annual meeting in Houston last week, and shares how his … -
Can Museums Help Make Cities More Intelligent?
“Smart cities” is a big topic now. How big? Smart Planet recently reported that investment in smart city infrastructure will hit $108 billion by 2020. Yah, that’s big. What makes a city “smart?” Smart Planet defines it as “the … -
Helix: Thoughts
While we gave you lots of information leading up to our visit to Houston, where we featured Tracy Hicks and his installation of Helix: Scaffolding #21211, we really haven’t shared nearly enough information about the end result. So … -
Mark Your Calenders: Twitter Chat About the Future of Museum Ethics
As we explained in our last post, to kick off the project of forecasting the future of museum ethics we will be hosting a Twitter chat on June 15 at 4 p.m. (ET). Join the voice behind @futureofmuseums, Elizabeth Merritt to contribute ideas … -
Forecasting the Future of Museum Ethics
It’s a beautiful spring morning in 2036. Sitting down to breakfast, you gesture at your interactive e-tabletop, bringing up your international museum newsfeed. The lead headline grabs your attention, but you have trouble focusing on the … -
A Global View of the Future
Bonjour, привует, Guten Tag, سلام ! This is a shout-out to and call for input from CFM’s international followers. In the past month, the traffic to this blog has come from: United States: 5,634 France: 1,173 Canada: 334 United Kingdom: … -
Your Annual Meeting Concierge: Recommendations for Sunday
Back when I was an attendee (rather than host) at the AAM annual meeting, I always found the first day to be the most challenging. I hadn’t plotted my course through the final program yet, and would find myself making last minute decisions … -
Helix: Scaffolding #21211
Today’s guest post comes to you from Tracy Hicks. Here he shares with you some of his thoughts over the evolution of his piece that will be on display in Houston at the AAM Annual Meeting. Be sure to also visit Hicks’ website …
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