Joyful Museums

03/02/2017

I'm tracking museum worker engagement over time!
Please help by filling out the 2017 survey.

Are we happier at work than in 2016?
Looking for a new job?
Feeling less safe in your office?

Let me know! Thanks in advance!

I’m continuing to track museum worker engagement and I need your help. Will you spend 10 minutes completing the survey? I want to gather data from you, my fellow colleagues in the field, that will allow us all to see trends, identify areas for improvement, and track progress in our efforts to make w...

07/01/2016

Happy Friday of a long weekend!

A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John shares some little known facts about museums around the wor...

06/28/2016

Ladies, should we up and move to Seattle?

Women have not only shattered the glass ceiling at the region’s art museums, they are influencing the shows that are mounted, the artists who are commissioned, and the people who are hired.

06/27/2016

Fascinating/depressing new study out:

"Marriage and fatherhood significantly increase male artistic workers earnings--without any such premium for female artistic workers."

06/06/2016

A post after my own heart!

If you’re struggling to find joy in your work, it’s important you take the time to figure out why. Because you're worth it.

06/03/2016

"Multitasking increases stress hormones and adrenaline."

Here are some of the most important reasons that multitasking is bad for you. A quick tip: Don't try to do anything else while you read them.

06/02/2016

A gentle reminder.

It’s hard to say no to great opportunities, even when you don’t actually have time for them or they’re not in line with your top priorities. Let’s face it: Most of us succeed early in our careers by saying yes to almost everything. We’re afraid to say no, so we overcommit. But learning to say […]

06/01/2016

These are true and kind of hilarious.

Things We All Do When Checking Email Open an email, read it, then mark it as Unread so you deal with it later. Reread the email you just read because you w

06/01/2016

ICYMI: Here's an awesome recap of our AAM session last week. So much shared! Still so much to do!

Anne Ackerson, Joan Baldwin, Jessica Ferey, and Marieke Van Damme presented about gender equity in museums at the American Alliance of Museums, May 28, 2016.

05/31/2016

I've got you, friends!

05/31/2016

I've been experimenting with this and I think it is working? At the very least, I'm more aware of my productivity levels day to day.

05/30/2016

Listing your failures -- depressing and/or cathartic? It reinforces the "learning from your mistakes" mentality and could highlight patterns. Might also prep you for an interview.

I heard about the failure resume earlier this year in a presentation given by Tina Seelig of Stanford University (she got the idea from a professor at Penn State University).