fws cutting edge presentation
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Presentation at "Cutting Edge Topics in Visitor Services" workshop, US Fish and Wildlife Service, September 12, 2012. Download for best experience and read the notes for sources and links. There are three embedded YouTube videos, which may not play in the downloaded version (if not, follow the provided links).TRANSCRIPT
Click to edit Master text stylesLessons from the Future of Museums
Delivering Interpretation and Education Programs Beyond Boundaries
Philip M. Katz, American Alliance of Museums
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Designed to ...• Prod museums to look to the future with
a longer time frame.
• Find, interpret, digest and deliver trends data.
• Help museums collaborate with communities/society to address needs.
• Cultivate connections between museums and all sectors.
• Encourage risk-taking and innovation.
www.aam-us.org @futureofmuseums
Center for the Future of Museums
Click to edit Master text stylesWorld’s quickest intro to futurism
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source: Julie Ajinkya, Toward 2050 in California (Center for American Progress, March 2012).
Demographic realities (population)
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Courtesy of Reach Advisors
Demographic realities (museum visitors)
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Declining arts participation
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Matched by declining participation in outdoor activities
Demographic realities (outdoor activities)
Click to edit Master text styles“TrendsWatch 2012”
• 7 Trends• Examples• What does this mean for
society?• What does this mean for
museums?• Museums might want to
consider• Further reading
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 1: Harnessing the Crowd
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 1: Harnessing the Crowd(Citizen Science, History, etc.)
and a history example
two more science examples
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 2: NPO No Mo’ (Threats to Nonprofit Status)
PILOTS = Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Now Includes
Taxes!
= one alternative?
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 2: NPO No Mo’ (Threats to Nonprofit Status)
1. The same budgetary forces are drying up the funding for parks, natural sites, other outdoor facilities of all kinds!
2. Tied to a general devaluing of the public sphere.
3. Feeding a search for creative new funding and management structures?
How is this relevant to FWS sites?
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 3: Takin’ it to the Streets(Mobile, Distributed Experiences)
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 3: Takin’ it to the Streets
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 4: Alt Funding
Click to edit Master text stylesDiscursion: Wired or Wild?
33% of Americans would rather give up sex than cellphones (at least for a week)
68% of smartphone owners say they “Cannot Live Without” the devices
57% of the U.S. internet population (age 8-64) will own a smartphone by early 2013
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 5: Creative Aging
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 6: More than Real
AR in Action!
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And Dinosaur Bones at Drexel3D Printed Artifacts from the Met
Discursion: What’s Real?
Telepresence robots at the National Museum of AustraliaDigital Van Goghs in Amsterdam
Real Reenactor Surreal?
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 7: New Educational Era
From this ...
... to this?
Click to edit Master text stylesTrend 7: New Educational Era
Declining Confidence in America's Public Schools
Dramatic Rise in Homeschooling
source: A2
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eschooling
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How do these trends play out (if at all) in the Fish and Wildlife Service?
What other trends are affecting your work?
Where do you see your site in 25 years?
3 Questions for You
Click to edit Master text stylesFor more trend information
visit CFM at www.aam-us.org
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Philip M. Katz Assistant Director, ResearchAmerican Alliance of Museums [email protected]
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