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Fostering Innovation part 3: focusing on diffusion
In the introduction to this series I shared my working definition of “innovation,” and in part two I shared observations on Who are the Museum Innovators based on the Alliance’s experience with Innovation Lab for Museums. In that post, I … -
Fostering Innovation Part 2: Who are the Museum Innovators?
You can read part one of this series here. Lately, I’m taking inspiration from a researcher in the ‘60’s: Everett Rogers, and his book “Diffusion of Innovations.” (Hat tip to Richard Evans of EmcArtsfor bringing Rogers to my attention.) … -
Fostering Innovation: Part 1
One of CFM’s assignments is to encourage museums to innovate, the logic being that if the future is going to be significantly different from the present, museums are going to have to adopt new ways of operating. It’s particularly important … -
Innovation Lab for Museums
This article originally appeared in the March/April 2013 edition of Museum magazine. Fourth of A Four-Part Series Following is the final installment in our chronicle of the Alliance’s Innovation Lab for Museums. a grant-funded … -
Finding Community: Engaging Diverse Audiences in a Historic House
In April, 2007, a small but influential group of historic house professionals, association and foundation staff gathered at Kykuit, the historic Rockefeller Estate in Pocantico Hills, NY, for the Forum on Historic Site Stewardship in the … -
Will You Know Innovation When You See It?
Last week my virtual self gave a brief intro via Skype to Phelan Fretz’s session on Innovation at the NEMA meeting in Burlington, Vermont. Phelan (who is the executive director of the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington) … -
KidShare: Collecting, Presenting, and Preserving Children’s Culture
The Madison Children’s Museum is one of three participants in the current round of Innovation Lab for Museums, funded by the MetLife Foundation and presented by EmcArts in partnership with the Alliance. In today’s post, Brenda Baker, MCM’s … -
Innovation Lab: Second of A Four-Part Series
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2012 edition of Museum magazine. When the AAM Board founded the Center for the Future of Museums in 2008, one of their charges to the staff was to “[e]ncourage museum … -
Natural History Museums as Superman’s Crystal Palace
Today, guest blogger Henry McGhie (seen below), Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology at the Manchester Museum, shares his thoughts on how museums can empower visitors to become superheroes, and describes the museum’s unorthodox … -
Innovation Lab for Museums, Round 2
MetLife Foundation, EmcArts and AAM issued a press release yesterday, announcing the second round of participants in Innovation Lab for Museums. I’m pleased that these three projects continue the pattern, established in round one, of …
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