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Year Three as a Museum Director. Thrived.

Museum 2.0

I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. I arrived in 2011 with the explicit directive to execute a turnaround. I''ve never worked in such a supportive, energized, active environment. Three years later, we''re out of turnaround and into growth mode. She is right.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History.

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4 Important Membership Trends Every Museum Needs to Consider

Connection Cafe

According to Nielsen, 81% of global respondents feel strongly that companies should help improve the environment. shoppers say they’ll change their consumption habits to benefit the environment. With these numbers, museums and nonprofits simply cannot afford to ignore delivering on their commitment to the environment.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

NTEN

I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. We want to work with the real, tangible history, but draw on all the technologies and forms of play that get folks involved and excited.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

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This was particularly directed at MN150, which featured visitor-nominated milestones of Minnesota history, and Children of the Lodz Ghetto, which invites users to conduct original research on the path taken by thousands of children during the Holocaust. How do you interpret individuals' extreme loss in the context of a larger event?

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