greed and generosity: a meditation for museums

Keynote address by Nina Simon at Museum Association of New York, March 2009

greed & generosity
Nina Simon, Museum 2.0
nina@museumtwo.com
what can I steal?
graffiti
games
retail
screenwriting
theme parks
fiction
emotional experiences
transportation
slam poetry
how can I steal that to make museums more amazing?
stealing from the social Web
I see this change and I want it for museums
museums for meetups
"content is just something to have a conversation about."
-cory doctorow
we have the content!
museums need to be places of conversation
wing luke asian museum
community process
“Historically, COSI had been really focused all on attendance, and everything was skewed in that direction. But I was out there in the community raising millions, and to do that, we had to be putting forward a community-focused value proposition, demonstrating that COSI was a valuable community asset and investment.”
-David Chesebrough, CEO
what can I offer?
what's the most amazing thing you've seen recently that we can steal to improve museums?
greed
generosity
why aren't these knitters in a textile museum?
photo by william_couch, flickr
photo by Spencer Williams, flickr
photo by beagleskin, flickr
view presentation here: http://prezi.com/20023/