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One From Each Category: Part 1
Sometimes I find myself fixating on one category of change, usually technology, since it gets so much coverage in the press. Who can resist news about robots and 3-D printing? (Or 3-D printing that kind of turns a little girl into a … -
Opportunities and Challenges with Reproductions
As I travel the country talking to museumers, one of the most frequently asked questions is “in the future, will people still value ‘real’ things?” People wonder, naturally enough, whether constant exposure to virtual worlds, … -
Peering into the Future of the Workplace
Last Friday I moderated a virtual breakout session for the Smith Leadership Symposium, organized by the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership. Their focus this year was on organizational innovation, and in preparation for the event, I provided … -
September Suggestions: Spice up your Scanning
Time to reinforce my relentless message: even when it seems like a guilty pleasure or a waste of time, you should carve out space each day to study a least one short piece of news, read a blog post, or watch a video that is not directly … -
The Future of Museums, and of AAM
There’s been plenty of buzz, this past week, as AAM launches its metamorphosis into the American Alliance of Museums. In this guest post, president Ford W. Bell shares his vision for the future and how the changes at AAM will help museums … -
The Fractal Taxonomy of Museums
I’m about to break my own rule, and talk about nouns. Specifically, names. Hyper-specifically, AAM’s name. You may have heard the buzz over the last week, as people notice that our web page quietly announced “The Association is now the … -
Catching up with Jeannette Ickovics: 2011 Feeding the Spirit Keynote Speaker
Can a museum win the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Childhood Obesity Challenge? With your help, maybe yes. Read on. Last winter, Jeannette Ickovics from the Yale School of Public Health talked to us about the exhibit Big Food: Health … -
Scanning for Political Futures
Though I’ve worked in D.C. for over ten years, I know very little about politics. I’m a biologist by training. My colleague and partner-in-scanning, Phil Katz, is a historian. This inevitably shapes our reading, if only because we … -
Forecasting Giving to Museums in 2012 Through the Giving USA Data
Museums watch current economic trends with a combination of fear and fascination. Every major source of museum income has been undermined in recent years, including private philanthropy (which accounted for a median of 36 percent of museum … -
Catching up with: Gregory Rodriguez, 2009 CFM Lecturer
On Dec. 9, 2009, over 150 people trudged through a chill evening to the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., to hear LA Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez speak on “the new mainstream”—the growing Latino population of the U.S. which, as …
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