This speech is a modified version of the paper “Intentional Civility” and includes the worksheets. This is a useful paper for staff to look at their assumptions of normative behaviour in the
Here are two short video’s — one on Mike Spock’s leadership style and one on being the boss of the Visitor Center at the Boston Children’s Museum between 1970-1987. Both accurately reflect m
The bi-lawys of AAM and the practices regardling consultants did not reflect the changing world of work when I became a consultant in 1993. And having been an official in the AAM when salarie
In 2008, a group of us considered writing a book about the changing nature of museum work. The Museum Group of which I was (and still am) a member thought about book publication as a useful a
In 1999 I was asked to be on a panel in AAM about consultants. This is a short speech which accompanies a power point about the usefulness of consultants for directors and about the different
In 2002 I was invited to speak at the UK Museums Association held in Leicester and chose to speak about directors and creative thinking. I have written quite a number of pape
The chapter called MOVINGTHEMUSEUM was written about the Boston Children’s Museum move in 1979. It became part of the publication that I edited called INSTITUTIONALTRAUMA: The Effect o
This is a slide share I made for sharing in Ukraine when the revolution of Maidan had just ended and the civil war had just begun. It was clear that disaster reparedness was important and whi
Thje Paper “Being the Third on Your Block” was written for the Michigan Museum Association in 2009 and is about the process of change within and between museums. It was a pleasure to be invit
Council on Museums and Education in the Visual Arts., Barbara Y. Newsom, and Adele Z. Silver. The Art Museum as Educator : A Collection of Studies as Guides to Practice and Policy.