Wednesday, June 26, 2013
One Small Step for Detroit, One Giant Leap for Museum Ethics (Maybe)
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Over the past three years, the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) has served as the museum poster child for the debate on the public value o...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Great Participatory Processes are Open, Discoverable, and Unequal
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When I was in college, I spent almost all of my free time in the slam poetry scene. A few years and a few hundred open mics into that expe...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Memo from the Revolution: Six Things I've Learned from our Institutional Transformation
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This past weekend, I had the opportunity to give one of the closing talks at the Theater Communications Group annual conference in Dalla...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Guest Posts and Old Favorites Coming this Fall to Museum 2.0
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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...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Facebook as Staff Backchannel: A Simple Way to Promote Transparency and Intimacy
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A month ago, one of our front-line staff members, Sarah Groh, came to her supervisor and me with a concern. Sarah and some of her collea...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Thinking about User Participation in Terms of Negotiated Agency
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Early this month, I got the chance to hear legendary game designer Will Wright (Sim City) give a talk. I've followed Wright's work...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
AAM 2013: Let's Talk in Baltimore
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I'm heading to the American Alliance of Museums' annual conference this weekend, and I'm psyched to reconnect with friends an...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way
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Like a lot of organizations, my museum struggles with two conflicting goals: The museum should be for everyone in our community. It...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Open Thread: Your Stories of Risk and Reward
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What's the biggest professional risk you've taken? What happened after you took the risk? In three weeks, Kathleen ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Museums, Divided Attention, and Really Bad Commercials
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Ready for something ridiculous? Check out this inane AT&T commercial about a woman whose absorption in her smartphone is so great that...
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