Dr. Steven Snyder is the President & CEO for the Fleet Science Center in San Diego, CA. Since taking on the role in 2013, Steve has redefined the Fleet’s role, taking it from a science center in Balboa Park to a community organization dedicated to helping all San Diegans achieve their place in our sharedContinue reading “How do we change a museum’s relationship with its building? Interview with Steven Snyder”
Author Archives: Rebecca Shulman
How do we address the power dynamics of philanthropy? Interview with Lisa Cowan
Lisa Cowan is Vice President of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation; in this capacity she helps with strategy, development and oversight of foundation programs and grantmaking. Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a SeniorContinue reading “How do we address the power dynamics of philanthropy? Interview with Lisa Cowan”
TOP FIVE IDEAS for Online Programs
These ideas come from Julia Lazarus, an experience designer and cultural project producer interested in creative audience engagement, public humanities program development, and strategic cultural planning. She is currently a fellow with the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Previously, she served as Assistant Director of Online Learning & Innovation at Brown University’s School ofContinue reading “TOP FIVE IDEAS for Online Programs”
TOP FIVE IDEAS for leveraging digital platforms and thinking
This post is the first in a series of interviews with individuals who have ideas for how museum professionals might leverage this moment to think or work in new ways, or how we might do our work more efficiently and effectively. This post is from Nik Honeysett, CEO of BPOC, a San Diego-based, non-profit consultancyContinue reading “TOP FIVE IDEAS for leveraging digital platforms and thinking”
How do we reinvent museums?
Over the past few months, while struggling with the devastating economic impact of coronavirus on museums, some of the most interesting and useful conversations I have had have been about reinvention. How do we use this moment to identify ways we can be better? How do we emerge from this situation with a clearer visionContinue reading “How do we reinvent museums?”
What objects or works of art have resonance for you now?
Art and objects teach us about historical moments, give us comfort, and connect us. What might we collect in a virtual exhibit to illuminate and help us through our experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic? I asked a number of people to share an object or work of art that has resonance for them right now.Continue reading “What objects or works of art have resonance for you now?”
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Interview with Dean Heffta
Dean Heffta is a consultant who specializes in leadership, strategic vision, and performance training. He is the host of Communication On Point podcast and trains using the Process Communication Model developed in the 1970s, and since used by NASA and Pixar. Recently I heard Dean speak in a webinar offered by the Peoria Chamber ofContinue reading “What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Interview with Dean Heffta”
How do we become comfortable with uncertainty?
Over the past week, I have heard from friends and former colleagues from around the country and beyond. While these connections are the silver lining in the enormous, dark coronavirus cloud, so much of the conversation is about lost jobs, fear for laid off employees, the sound of ambulances going by, and radical uncertainty. Personally,Continue reading “How do we become comfortable with uncertainty?”
Join me for Drinking About Museums – Monday, March 30th at 5pm
A week ago (but it feels like months) Thinking About Museums blogger Ed Rodley suggested that a day of virtual drinking with colleagues would be good for our museum-loving souls. I am one of 55 people globally who offered to host virtual cocktails. So please join me at 5pm Central Time tonight, with this ZoomContinue reading “Join me for Drinking About Museums – Monday, March 30th at 5pm”
What do we do now?
This is a week for reaching out; for me, that includes working on a post for Museum Questions, after a very long absence. This is a week when, while spending time isolated, we learn we are not alone. This short episode of “The Daily” shares how the tone of the internet has changed over theContinue reading “What do we do now?”
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