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Mining MyCulture: serving the community of creative consumers
The CFM report Museums & Society 2034 explored a trend we dubbed “MyCulture”—a rising generation demonstrating an extraordinarily high level of creative output and creative consumption. This week’s guest blogger, Allison Thurman, … -
Challenging Assumptions: Who says “Entrepreneurial” = “for-profit?”
I want to spread the word about the Startup Open, a challenge issued in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 15-21). The Kauffman Foundation has announced it will select the “50 most promising startups” launched during … -
Help Build the Collections of The Universal Museum of Creative Matter!
If you got up right now and walked around your workplace/house/campus/neighborhood, what evidence would you find of small, mundane, creative acts? Why do I ask? I never thought I’d say this, but I am starting a museum. About … -
Museum Eras*—Creativaceous, CarbonNeutraliferous, Developonian?
My last posts on “Futurism 101” talked about the sneaky nature of change, and the constant need to scan for signs of change that is creeping up or waiting to spring upon us. This post introduces eras—patterns in time created by the … -
An Alternate Future for Museums: Part I
This week, global brand strategist Jonathan Salem Baskin contributes the first in a series of visions about the future of museums. His book Histories of Social Media will be coming out later this month. Jonathan connected with me when he … -
Are Museums Going in the Right Direction?
As you may remember, at the AAM annual meeting in L.A. this past May, the Pinky Show joined the CFM to ask museum professionals what they thought about the future of museums. The Pinky Show cats wrote a report on what they discovered and … -
The Backstory on Blobby
CFM’s recent post on natural history specimens as social media was wildly popular, attracting over 1,300 hits within one week. Given the evident fan base for Blobby (and Sue) it seems worth delving deeper into the story behind these … -
Planning a Golden Tomorrow
Last spring, at the AAM annual meeting, the California Association of Museums enlisted CFM’s help in a marvelous project. To celebrate CAM’s 35th anniversary, we collaborated on a forecasting session to peer into the future of … -
Natural History Specimens as Social Media Celebrities
The rise of social media is transforming the landscape of communication for all organizations, including museums. There are myriad new ways to connect directly with the public, and new spokespeople have stepped forth to fill these niches. … -
Scanning for Change: or How Important Work Can Sometimes Look Like Wasting Time
Last week’s mini-tutorial in futures studies was on the sneaky nature of change. How can we notice change as it creeps up or springs upon us? We can actively look for bits of information that give hints of the future. This information may …
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