Partnership power : essential museum strategies for today's networked world / Marsha L. Semmel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Semmel, Marsha L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums and communities--United States.

Museums and communities.

Community education.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 357 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

"Situates museum-related partnerships, collaborations, and networks within today's dynamic, ever-changing environment-with the increased emphasis on museums to demonstrate measurable impact in their communities and in view of exponential technological changes and in addressing such significant societal challenges as civic polarization, demographic change, economic inequity, and global warming."--Amazon

Contents:

My partnership journey / Marsha L. Semmel

From a museum basement to a city of learning: Pittsburgh's remake learning network / Gregg Behr

Partnerships as the great good place / Elyse Eidman-Aadahl

Partnerships, not mergers / Peter Ellsworth

Us versus them: how to bridge boundaries to discover new partnership frontiers / Chris Ernst

Partnering with the public / John H. Falk

Meaningful partnerships and the eight "Ates" / Kate Goodall

Why museums must turn outward to find the right partners / Richard C. Harwood

Mapping collaborations / David La Piana and Melissa Mendes Campos

Growing a strategic partnership mindset within a new museum: staff perspectives on the Office of Strategic Partnerships at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture / Marsha L. Semmel, from interviews with Nicole Bryner, Marion McGee, Allison Prabhu, and Auntaneshia Staveloz

Partnerships for STEM beyond the school day / Ronald L. Ottinger and Cary Sneider

Museums can take a lead in cultivating vibrant learning ecosystems / Katherine Prince

Seeking synergy: strategic partnership development as organizational practice in informal education organizations / Rafi Santo

The People's University / Marsha L. Semmel, from interviews with Felton Thomas, Jr.

From "they" to "we": a study in collaboration / Balboa Park Cultural Partnership Team under leadership of Peter Comiskey, with Kristen N. Mihalko

Partnering in digital resource creation / Nik Honeysett

In pursuit of freedom: a partnership grows in Brooklyn / Deborah Schwartz

Habla Español? / Tammie Kahn

Partnerships in transforming a neighborhood and learning landscape / Suzanne McCaffrey and Jane Werner

A museum turns outward / Marsha L. Semmel, from interviews with Joe Hastings and Kristen Leigh

Growing a network of small cultural organizations: Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network and Virginia Africana / Marsha L. Semmel, from contributions and interviews with Althemese P. Barnes, Audrey Davis, and Phyllis Ford

Be our guest! / John Wetenhall

The Jewish Museum of Maryland: catalyzing neighborhood revitalization / Marsha L. Semmel, from interviews with Marvin Pinkert and Lindsey Thompson

An institutional commitment to a new model of community collaboration / Elisabeth Callahan and Karleen Gardner

Partnership 3.0: the case of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry / Marsha L. Semmel, from interviews with Nancy Stueber, Kyrie Kellett, Lauren Moreno, and Marcie Benne

Growing the "Experiment Station" through new partnerships / Marsha L. Semmel, from interviews with Dorothy Kosinski and Suzanne Wright

Resources: diving deeper into partnerships and networks

A final word: better together? Ten considerations for successful strategic partnerships / Marsha L. Semmel.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5381-0315-X