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Where Might the Boston PILOT lead us?
When I leading forecasting exercises, helping people to question assumptions and imagine alternate futures, one scenario that participants repeatedly create is one in which museums no longer have nonprofit status. Why does it come up so … -
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 … -
Culture Kettle, my new R&D organization — What’s in it for museums?
This week’s guest blogger is Peter Linett, Partner in Slover Linett Strategies, Inc., and member of the CFM Council. Elizabeth Merritt was kind enough to give Culture Kettle a shout-out in this blog when I announced its founding back in … -
A Visit from the Loan Officer
For a decade or more I’ve had the privilege of co-authoring an annual Xmas poem with Sally Shelton, collections manager of the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and John Simmons, principal of … -
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 … -
Museums and the Future of Health
A few forecasts about the future:By 2050 40% of Americans will be obese By 2034 over 44 million people in the U.S. will be living with diabetes (compared with under 24 million in 2009.) On a more upbeat note, according to a recent article … -
The “Realness” of Museums’ Online Communities: A Platform for the Future
Colleen Dilenschneider’s posts on Know Your Own Bone are always a “first read” when they pop up on my blog feed. I suggested our recent guest poster, Jonathan Baskin, read her recent post on museums’ use of social media as he organized his … -
An Alternate Future for Museums: Part II
Global brand strategist Jonathan Salem Baskin contributes part two in his series of visions about the future of museums. You can read part one here. Museums in 2020: When Communities Got Real The siren call of Facebook and other social … -
We Saw the Future, Now What?
Guzel duChateau is the CFM Coordinator and AAM’s New Media Specialist. She also leads the association’s Emerging Museum Professionals group. CFM works closely with the EMPs since (after all) they are the museum professionals of the future! …
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