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Monday Musing: Prequel to a Museum
Monday musings are my way of sharing “brain blorts”: brief, off-the-cuff thoughts about something I have read recently, both to help clarify my thinking an in the hopes of generating discussion and response. I give myself 15 … -
Futurist Friday: RoboKindness
Here are some facts on autism in the US, from the advocacy group Autism Speaks: Autism now affects 1 in 68 children and 1 in 42 boys Autism prevalence figures are growing Autism is the fastest-growing developmental disorder in the U.S. … -
Research Roundup: SurveyingThe Employment Landscape
With today’s post, ACLS Public Fellow (and CFM Futurist-in-Training) Dr. Nicole Ivy launches a new occasional feature on the blog: a roundup of recent research relevant to her work and (we hope) to yours. As part of my wonderings about … -
It’s Debatable
Nicole and I just got back from Atlanta, where we attended our first Association of Professional Futuristsmeeting. (In what we felt like was a fair cultural exchange, we led a bunch of the attendees over to the High Museum of Art on Friday … -
Recommended Social Media Sources on Social Justice
Today’s post is by Dr. Nicole Ivy, ACLS Public Fellow & CFM Museum Futurist-in-Training. In this earlier post Nicole outlined the issues she will be tackling in her 2 year stint at the Alliance. Follow her on Twitter: … -
A Modern, Morbid, Cabinet of Wonder
Post-2008, it is difficult to make the books balance for even the most well-established museum. Which makes me particularly interested in those hardy souls who brave the odds to start a new museum. What niches do these new museums fill? … -
Futurist Friday: Send in the Drones
This week smart drone manufacturer 3DR is premiering Life After Gravity, an original sci-fi series described as “a thriller on a global scale—intergalactic, really—about the blessingsand poisons of extraordinary power, the many … -
Radical futures – new realities
The future is too big a place to explore alone, so I am always delighted to share the work of other groups and individuals peering ahead into the Cone of Plausibility. Today on the Blog Sharon Heal, director of the UK Museums … -
Museums as 21st Century Databases
In August, Jeff Inscho blogged for CFM about the launch of the Carnegie Museums’ new Innovation Studio at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. This week his colleague David Newbury, who leads development on the Art Tracks project for Carnegie … -
Shaping the Future of Learning
Back in 2007, when I started writing CFM’s business plan, I looked for other futures-oriented organizations to adopt as models for our work. One of the first I came across is KnowledgeWorks, a nonprofit dedicated to exploring and helping …
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