Last year, when I released  The Art of Relevance , people asked if there was an audiobook version in the works. It honestly hadn't cro...

I've been traveling a lot recently, exploring the ideas behind The Art of Relevance  with colleagues around the US. Here are two artifac...

Imagine a concise, well-designed report on audiences for cultural activities in a large urban city. Imagine it peppered with snappy graphi...

This week, I was on the radio  talking museum inclusion (with Michelle Obama!) and committed the cardinal sin: defining a term using the t...

It's that time of year. Scrambling at work, socializing afterwards... which, if you are a torn extro/introvert like me, can involve a l...

You know those people who drop morsels of brilliance like a little kid scattering bread to ducks? I was surrounded by them last week. I...

This week, a kitchen sink of inspiring bits. Museums, Politics, and Power is a new blog that lives up to its name. It presents global p...

Exhibit labels. Promotional text. Grant proposals. For many arts/museum professionals, writing text in 100-word chunks is a daily activity...

Dreaming of a summer filled with learning, community engagement, and sea lions? Time to stop dreaming and start doing. This is the last ...

Let's say you want to transform an organization. What's more effective: drastic change with incremental progress towards that new ...

I know, I know. Any job with the word “coordinator” in it sounds like you might spend your time sorting socks into pairs. But this job is ...

There have been many times over the past six and a half years that my blogging has been strained by life and work. I've been proud tha...

I'm heading to the American Alliance of Museums' annual conference this weekend, and I'm psyched to reconnect with friends an...

I'm starting this post with an annoying, fabulous number: 73. That's the predicted high temperature today in Santa Cruz. It'...

Whether you're on vacation, making cookies with nephews, grinding out some work through the end of the year, or sitting in your kitchen ...

You know those times when you are looking for a blog that provides you with meaty analysis on contemporary issues in arts engagement? When...

Two great museumy reports to brighten your weekend: TrendsWatch 2012 . The folks at the AAM Center for the Future of Museums have been...

There is a long interview with me in this week's Good Times (Santa Cruz's leading weekly). I had a wonderful conversation with Geof...

I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. Yesterday, a lovely article came out in the ...

I'm reaching the end of my consulting days, with just one more day on the road before I dedicate myself to Santa Cruz and The Museum of ...