October 2018

The Art Of Relevance Sneak Peek: Rock And Roll Family Edition

Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance . I loved the piece... but I...

Let's say your organization has a mission to increase X (art, healthy kids, clean water, community cohesiveness, etc.). Is it more eff...

Six years ago, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation set out on an ambitious quest. They wanted to help museums and galleries across the UK make s...

Co-pilot sadly not attending these events. One of the basic criteria for relevance has to do with effort. The more effort it takes to at...

The first thing I noticed about Temple Contemporary were the chairs. Desk chairs and theater seats, sleek modsters and dilapidated stuf...

By Amar Toor Communications together with Digital Officer, Directorate for Education together with Skills Image credit: Nathan Dumlao/ ...

Museum technology nerds: this post is for you. I've been thinking recently about distributed content experiences--ways for people to...

By Amar Toor Digital Communications Officer, Directorate for Education together with Skills Image credit: Alex Kotliarskyi/ Unsplash ...

I've been traveling a lot recently, exploring the ideas behind The Art of Relevance with colleagues around the US. Here are two artifac...

by Alfonso Echazarra Analyst, OECD Directorate for Education together with Skills Photo credit: Jacob Plumb/ Unsplash During the 1...

At every talk I give about The Art of Relevance , no matter the audience, there's one question I always hear. Librarians and museum di...

By Marie-Helene Doumet Senior Analyst, OECD Directorate for Education together with Skills Photo credit: Austin Pacheco/ Unsplash For...

When you hear the word "community," what do you envision? I see people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, and income levels. I...

by Joshua Polchar Policy Analyst, Directorate for Education together with Skills Photo credit: Shutterstock We could last on the brin...

One of my organization's core values is radical collaboration. We believe that partnerships build a stronger museum and a stronger com...