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Museums in a Driverless Future
How many people get to your museum by driving their own cars? When they arrive, where do they park? If you are designing a new museum, or a renovation, what parking structures are included in your master plan? I hope today’s post … -
No Walls, New Ways: Giving up the Building to Connect and Create
Hi, Nicole here! When the Floating Museum project came across our scanning feeds, Elizabeth Merritt and I were both excited by the concept. We wanted to know more about the project and how it re-imagines where museums can do their work. … -
From Brown vs. Board to Ferguson: Fostering Dialogue on Education, Incarceration, and Civil Rights
In researching the chapter on criminal justice reform for TrendsWatch 2017, I was impressed and heartened by the number of museums working with incarcerated populations. Today’s post is by Patricia Sigala, Educator/Community Outreach … -
AI and the Future of History
If you could chat with any historical figure, who would you choose? That question (or a variants such as “who would you invite to dinner”) is used as a pick-up line, debated on the web, even used in in job interviews. Now, thanks to … -
Bidding Farewell to CFM’s First Fellow
In 2015 Dr. Nicole Ivy joined the Alliance as our first CFM Fellow, supported by a Public Fellowship from the Mellon Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. Training with CFM director Elizabeth Merritt, Dr. Ivy chose … -
The Portal: A Real-Time Conversation with People Forced to Flee Violence
In TrendsWatch 2017 I highlight Shared Studio’s Portals in the chapter on Empathy. These bi-directional video walls host virtual “face-to-face” conversations between people around the world, and have been used by a variety of institutions, … -
Futurist Friday: Wearable Warnings
A creative use of wearable technology (also, genius performance art): Dominque Paul’s outfit makes pollution visible. #wearabletech @PICGreen #sustainabil… -
Mapping Visitor Emotions to Make a Lasting Connection
Readers of the CFM Blog are also prime consumers of TrendsWatch, the Alliance’s annual forecasting report, which is available as a digital download and as a dynamic web version with real-time updates on this year’s trends. We are able to … -
To B Corps or not to B Corps—A Case Study
Some people think that because museums are nonprofits, they are not allowed to make money. Cue my mantra: nonprofit is a tax status, not a business strategy. A financially successful nonprofit can use surplus income to improve services, … -
Companies with Benefits, Part 2: B Corps or not B Corps, that is the question
Tuesday I blogged about Benefit Corporations—a relatively new kind of “hybrid” legal structure for mission-driven for-profits. Today’s post is about B Corps—companies participating in a certification program that measures their impact on …
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