Finding Resilience in Challenging Times
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of membership with the Alliance. Click here to learn more about membership! Museums must embrace new values if they are to survive into the next …
When Dual Leadership Works, 1+1=3
What is dual leadership and how does it work? Recently, over coffee, I asked these questions of Cheryl Donaldson Moses and Donna Jared, the Co-Executive Directors of the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery (FCMoD). They shared their thoughts …
Making it all about Them: the New Bedford Whaling Museum High School Apprenticeship Program
Each year AAM’s Education Committee (EdCom) Professional Network recognizes outstanding museum educators and supporters, programs and resources that exemplify excellence. The 2018 Award of Excellence in Programming was received by the New …
Join me in Detroit to Explore the Future of Immersive Practice
I’ve spent the past week designing some futurist exercises for a convening the Alliance is organizing at Detroit Institute of Arts, September 6-7. My colleagues and I are organizing Immersion in Museums: AR, VR or Just Plain R?, an intense …
Leadership, and Why You Need a SWOT Analysis (and a Personal Board of Directors)
Recently, I was poking around on LinkedIn, and found a couple of short posts that caught my attention. One was How to Do a SWOT Analysis on Yourself (and Why You Need One) by speaker, professor, and author Andy Molinsky; the other was Why …
American Alliance of Museums Honors National Museum of African American History and Culture With Chair’s Leadership Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2017 Arlington, VA–The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, announced today that it will present the Smithsonian National Museum of …
Museum Leadership, Organizational Readiness, and Institutional Transformation
This case study was a part of a series on museum leadership, developed for the career and leader-ship management workshop for participants in the International Program, held at the AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in May, 2016. This …
Museum Directors on Mentorship and Their Professional Journey
This article originally appeared in the March/April edition of Museum magazine. All museum directors started off as young people trying to find their way. Recently, in a series of interviews conducted for the book Eleven Museums/ Eleven …
Museum Leadership, Organizational Readiness, and Institutional Transformation
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2017 edition of Museum magazine. This case study was a part of a series on museum leadership, developed for the career and leadership management workshop for participants in the …
Reflections on AAM’s Board Diversity Training
Laura Lott is the President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums. As I have spoken and blogged about for the past year, I learned A LOT in just a few days at the 2016 Forum on Workplace Inclusion in Minneapolis last March. (By the …
