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Overlooking local museums

by David Grabitske on April 29, 2009 · 4 Comments · in Marketing, Visitation, Volunteers

“As they are for home-town residents everywhere, the local attractions always are just ‘there,’ with seemingly plenty of time to stop in.  Trips to distant attractions beckon, and we don’t discount the road trip’s enduring appeal.  But somehow time to visit the local sites never seems to materialize, and its always in the wake of [...]

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Economic Thunderstorms

by David Grabitske on March 30, 2009 · 2 Comments · in Fundraising

“The financial crisis, through which the country has so lately passed, has had a calamitous, but it is to be hoped, temporary effect upon Minnesota.  [It has] been variously ascribed to the excessive inflation of the banking system – to the large importations of foreign goods – and to general heedless speculation and extravagance of [...]

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Redeployment

by David Grabitske on March 25, 2009 · 4 Comments · in Fundraising, Local History Standards, Nonprofit Issues

On Wednesday and Thursday last week the American Association of Museums held a webinar to address the nation’s financial crisis as it relates to cultural organizations. One concept that emerged was “redeployment.” We’ve often heard that we must “do more with less” or more recently that we should “do less with less.” Commentators however suggested [...]

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