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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 … -
Unschoolers on Museums
Today’s guest post is from Ilana and Maya McGrath, passion-driven learners who live with their mother Sara, a National Unschooling Examiner, in Seattle. (You can read more of Sara’s observations on education here.) The McGraths responded … -
A Call for Creativity! With Prizes…
What do these creative, mind-blowing, reality-warping museum projects have in common? • An “Amazing Race”-type game that sends teams scampering through the city to explore their communities • Museum staff hanging out in bars, using beer … -
Advice on the Strategic use of Twitter from a Master Tweeter—Neil Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of AMNH’s Rose Center for Air and Space, is an astrophysics rock star. How many museumers get interviewed four times by Jon Stewart? In the first interview, Jon reveals he is a “big fan” of AMNH and the Hayden … -
Unschooling—a Fringe Future of Education
Earlier this month I blogged about the future of education—a theme CFM will be exploring for some time. As part of this exploration, I will share scanning hits—news, hints, pictures and premonitions that point to where in educational … -
How many museum educators does it take….
….to respond to Elizabeth Merritt’s “Call to Action” issued in Museum related to the CFM’s Demographic Transformation report? Apparently, 40 is a good start. Word cloud of participants’ responses to the question “What lingering thoughts, … -
Straight Up or with a Twist: Two Examples of how to Envision the Future
The biggest challenge in preparing for the future is imagining what it will be like. One of the most important roles of futures studies is to help people write stories of the future that, like all good fiction, tell the truth about … -
Finding Foresight in Houston
Today’s guest post is by Lisa Eriksen, an independent consultant to museums, artists, and cultural organizations. Previously, Lisa was the director of education and public programs at the California Historical Society. Lisa is blogging … -
Forecasting the Next Educational Era
As I wrote last week one of CFM’s foci in 2011 and 2012 (and probably beyond) will be the future of education. You’ve told us in workshops, correspondence and in feedback to this blog that the trends shaping American education will have a … -
The Short Term Future—CFM 2011
I’m going to use this first blog post of the New Year to share a preview of the themes CFM will focus on in 2011. Based on the trends we monitor through Dispatches from the Future of Museums, your feedback on our forecasting reports, …
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