Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Taking OFBYFOR ALL Out for its First Live Call to Action [VIDEO]

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Last week, I had the great honor of launching the OFBYFOR ALL global initiative as the opening keynote speaker at MuseumNext in London. Th...
Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Want to Work at the MAH? Two New Jobs Building Community & Social Change

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The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History keeps growing and experimenting in our quest to build a stronger, more connected community. We ...
Friday, May 18, 2018

OFBYFOR ALL: Let's Build Organizations that are OF, BY, & FOR our Communities

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Today, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of a new global initiative, OFBYFOR ALL . OFBYFOR ALL is a framework to help civic and cu...
Wednesday, May 09, 2018

How Will You Turn Those New Ideas into Action?

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You've just come home from a conference. You finished a book. You aced that course. What are you going to do with all the notes in you...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

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This weekend was thrilling for me. The Washington Post covered the MAH's transformation as part of an article about museums engaging ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

The Art of Relevance is Now Available For Free on the Web (and Here's Why)

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It's finally here! You can now read all the chapters in The Art of Relevance for free online. I hope you'll enjoy this resource a...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Ten Tips for More Powerful Public Speaking

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I love presenting. Standing in front of an audience fills me with adrenaline and calm at the same time. The adrenaline comes from fear and...
Tuesday, March 06, 2018

This is What the Participatory Museum Sounds Like

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It's late in the afternoon. I'm cranking away on a grant proposal, when suddenly, a classical rendition of "All the Single La...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Are Participant Demographics the Most Useful Single Measure of Community Impact?

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Let's say you want your organization to be rooted in your community. To be of value to your community. To reflect and represent your c...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Introducing Community Participation Bootcamp at the MAH

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For the past five years, each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has hosted MuseumCamp . MuseumCamp is a professional deve...