In the early 1990s, downsizing became the hot trend throughout the for-profit corporate world. Companies would make deep employee cuts, causing profits (and often stock prices) to rise, making senior executives temporarily look like heroes. While this focus on...
Question from Reader – Our Museum is going to close for six months. Should we keep posting on social media? Answer- First, sorry to hear that your museum is going to close temporarily. I know this is a tough decision. The short answer is an absolute, yes! It would be...
In the early 1980s, the Texas State Department of Transportation was spending over $20 million a year picking up highway litter. After researching the situation, they found that most people littering were blue-collar men in pickup trucks throwing bottles and cans out...
I’ve recently had a few conversations with museum leaders concerning team decision making struggles. With the world changing at breakneck speed, we are all tasks with starting new initiatives, changing existing programs, and in some cases, doing away with...
Creating Life-Changing Digital Programs for Your Museum – 15 Minutes Earlier this month, I gave a 15-minute talk at the SAQA Fiber Art Symposium 2020. The title of the presentation was “Creating Life Changing Digital Programs for Your Museum.” In the presentation, I...
