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  • Tweeting about the Future

    Hello future peeps. I’m enormously encouraged by the reception for TrendsWatch 2017. People have been sending me links to great articles related to this year’s topics (empathy, criminal justice reform, artificial intelligence, migration …
  • Your Guide to the Future at the Annual Meeting 2017

    The cherry blossoms have unfurled in DC—that’s my cue to post CFM’s annual guide to futures-related sessions at the AAM annual meeting. Advance registration closes April 10, so if you haven’t signed up to join us in St. Louis May 7-10, …
  • Museums: NYT Special Edition

    Last week the New York Times released its annual special section on museums. I LOVE curling up with the print version of these stories for a good read. The NYT gives non-subscribers access to a limited number of content pieces (articles, …
  • FutureLab: Hiring Bias

    Since the start of my fellowship over 18 months ago—and certainly before that–the Center for the Future of Museums has been exploring new hiring practices and thinking about how companies are disrupting the hiring process to create …
  • Dealing With Disruption

    Each year I look forward to Museums Advocacy Day as an opportunity to focus my futurist lens on political trends. In the past, I’ve invited attendees to consider the future of nonprofit status in the US, the future of education, and even …
  • Museum Work as Socially Engaged Art

    Hi, Nicole here! During January’s inaugural leg of the Future of Education Road Trip, my fellow fellow Sage Morgan-Hubbard and I were wowed (and not a little moved) by our meeting with Socially Engaged Artist daniel johnson at …
  • Introducing TrendsWatch 2017

    It’s TrendsWatchtime! Those of you who know to keep an eye on the CFM page at this time of year may have noticed that this year’s issue quietly made an appearance on the Alliance web site last Friday. You can download your free PDF copy …
  • Monday Message to CFM’s Followers

    Happy Monday, peeps.  We’ve quietly “soft launched” this year’s TrendsWatch report on the Alliance web site. I’ll be posting a longer introduction later this week, but I wanted to send this early …
  • Reflections on the SE Future of Education Road Trip with SEMC Executive Director Susan Perry…

    Greetings! Sage here from CFM to explore our Future of Education Road Trip once again, this time in the context of the entire Southeast region with the Southeastern Museums Conference director Susan Perry, who was a great resource to us in …

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