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The Power of Pretzels

VQ Strategies

Clearly these were meant to be distributed as we were 30,000 feet above Ohio perhaps, partway into my flight between Newark and Denver. As I sat on the plane, I thought about all the passengers flying to Denver simply to make connections to their final destinations. For them, understanding their options was top of mind.

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Six Museum-Related Blogs You Might Not Know About That Are Really Good

Museum 2.0

I believe that the museum blogosphere is still underdeveloped and there's lots of room for people to share their inspiration, experience, and ideas. Diane is still getting her "blog legs" and the posts are a bit haphazard, but she's one of the most brilliant minds in arts innovation, and I can't wait to see where this blog goes.

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Treat Your Website Project Like an Investment Rather than an Expense

Tech Soup

After more than 13 years working with nonprofit and cultural institutions, like the Denver Botanic Gardens , our firm has seen that these problems are epidemic. Mind Shift: Expense Versus Investment. It's also trusted by institutions like Greenpeace, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Red Cross, and the White House.

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Empowering Staff to Take Creative Risks

Museum 2.0

Last week, at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums in Houston, I was honored to chair a fabulous panel on empowering museum staff to take creative risks ( slides here ). Beck beautifully described her entry into museum work. What kind of support do you need to be confident about taking a risk in your work?

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Weekend Reading: 2012 Trends and Young Adult Programs

Museum 2.0

The folks at the AAM Center for the Future of Museums have been experimenting with sharing ideas in several ways over the past couple of years--through their blog , their weekly newsletter , and a series of research reports. Each article includes museum examples along with a broader look at the trend.

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Back to Blogging with a Roundup of Terrific Articles

Museum 2.0

And thanks to you for engaging with their posts and with the reruns from the Museum 2.0 She knits together nostalgia and activism with a level of nuance rarely found in debates about the value of museums, libraries, and other cultural spaces. ArtsFwd is hosting a national innovation summit for arts and culture October 20-23 in Denver.

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The Lab at Belmar: Museums Coming Soon to a Mall Near You?

Museum 2.0

Start an exploratory project to open a small, probably struggling, museum? Forget your grand dreams and try to weave awesome strangeness into your regular museum job? In Denver there's another way. It involves an exotic museum bedfellow, the suburban real estate developer. It's a hip, energetic place.

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