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11 easy ways to protect your museum from heap-sprawl
Peter Olson Peter Olson

11 easy ways to protect your museum from heap-sprawl

Throughout Minnesota, it’s the time of year for the great fall clean-up. When the days are getting shorter and the temps are dropping, Mother Nature tells us it’s time to prepare for winter. With the great Halloween Blizzard of 1991, it was more like she screamed it at us, but she got her point across. Blizzards and subzero temps are around the corner, so finish up those outside projects before they’re buried in snow until spring. Lake weather is behind us, so why not take a lovely autumn week for tidying up and getting organized?

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Intentional Founding Board Recruitment
Peter Olson Peter Olson

Intentional Founding Board Recruitment

“What can I do to make our board of directors more effective?” This persistent question will likely stay with a children’s museum through all stages of its lifecycle because it’s difficult for any mission-driven organization to be its “best self” unless its board of directors has what it takes to lead the way. It’s a big job.

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