NEW:
Advocacy Days in Albany - You're
Opportunity to Get Involved - Make Your Appointments NOW
ARTS DAY: Wednesday, February 24th Joint legislative hearing on funding for the New York
State Council on the Arts,
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Legislative Office Building. You
can submit written or YouTube testimony, or ask to testify in
person. YouTube and oral testimony needs to be brief
(about 3 minutes is good). To sign up to give testimony,
contact Greg Meyer, Director & Counsel, New York State Senate,
Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks &
Recreation and Legislative Director, Office of Jose M.
Serrano;
Phone:(518) 455-2798/(212) 828-5829;
gregorygmeyer@gmail.com.
We are asking the Legislature to hold funding
for arts grants in the 2010-2011 budget LEVEL at $41.6
million.
At the same time, we need to say thank you as we recognize the
support the Legislature has shown to the arts in the recent
past. Last year the legislature added back more than $3
million to the NYSCA Local Assistance budget. We must also
continue to defend the investment the state makes in funding
the arts.
In this environment and in this economy, we must demonstrate
how state funding helps communities and families and
contributes to the economy and social vitality of the state.
At the same time, we must recognize the pain and distress
around us as the economy plays havoc with those families and
communities.
Tourism Action Day:
Tuesday, March 2nd Sponsored by the Tourism Industry Council, of which MANY
is a member, this year's event is a luncheon in the Hart
Lounge at the Egg (Empire State Plaza) from 11:30 a.m. - 1
p.m., which you can bookend with visits to legislators.
For information and to register:
http://www.nyshta.org/Calendar.asp
NEW:
GET ONBOARD! MANY and NYS ARTS Sponsor Special Museum Section in Legislation Gazette To
coincide with Arts Day on February 2nd, MANY and
NYS ARTS are joining forces to create a special section on museums
and cultural organizations for the
Legislative Gazette, a weekly newspaper published in Albany
covering state government. Photos
and brief articles are needed that illustrate the educational
and economic impact your institution makes in your
community/region. Email your submissions directly to MANY at
info@manyonline.org.
NEW: AAM
3-Part Live Web Conference - There's a Prize for MANY Members!
Executive Suite: Planning for Leadership Transition
February 9, 10, 11
2-3:30 p.m. (EST) each day
Explore the challenges of succession planning, executive
leadership and fostering leaders throughout your museum.
NEW: Report
to the Field: Deaccessioning Bill (A6959-A/S4584-A)
MANY's latest report details the results of our recent
deaccessioning survey. Download Here
(PDF, 153KB)
NEW:
Taking Stock: A look at the economy’s impact on NYS museums in 2009
MANY's latest report documents an industry buffeted by financial crisis and growing demands for exhibitions and programming. Written by MANY program consultant, Joan H. Baldwin, Taking Stock is drawn from a year's worth of surveying covering the period October 2008 to September 2009. Download Here
(PDF, 166KB)
NEW:Sustaining
Museums Section Offers Resources We've compiled a list of
websites, tool kits and articles to help your organization
weather a rocky 2010. We'll update the section as
needed. Read More
Check Out What's News at the
MANY Blog
> It's only January and the deaccession debate is well
underway -- check out the discussion from our favorite
journalists and bloggers
2010
NYS Museums in Conversation Conference: the conference
where YOU get to talk!
Next year’s conference is all about what inspires you about
museums and the 2010 conference keynoters know inspiration
well. MANY and conference partner, the Upstate History
Alliance, are pleased to announce that the new president and
CEO of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Georgina Ngozi,
will be the opening keynoter and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
President Alan Chartock will be the closing keynoter at
the 2010 conference next April in Albany.
For up-to-the minute conference, registration and hotel
information, visit our new Museums in Conversation
website!
MANY
Testifies on Deaccessioning Bill at Senate Cultural Affairs
Meeting MANY
Director Anne Ackerson and Board Vice President Michael
Botwinick were invited to testify at the May 6, 2009 meeting
of the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee meeting, chaired by
Jose Serrano. Adding testimony were the bill's Assembly
sponsor, Richard Brodsky, and Steven Kern, Director of the
Everson Museum in Syracuse. View the YouTube of the meeting.
Read and use MANY's testimony.
Succession Planning Webinars
Available The PowerPoint and companion audio presentation from MANY's recent webinars on leadership development and transition planning are now available!
EMERGENCY SUCCESSION PLANNING
What if your museum's CEO was suddenly unable to fulfill his or her leadership role? Would senior staff know how to carry on? Has succession planning been discussed at your institution?
Museum consultant Laura Roberts leads a webinar that will take your organization through the planning and development of an emergency succession plan. Designed for CEOs, Board Members and Senior Staff Members, this webinar will help to initiate a dialogue on preparing your museum for an unplanned disruption in leadership.
BUILDING LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION
Leadership departures mustn't always be abrupt; all CEO's must retire or move onto their next opportunity at some point in their careers.
In this discussion, museum consultant Laura Roberts will focus
on how to create a a plan for developing the leadership talent
on your staff and board and will help you to custom design a
plan for your institution. Designed for CEO's, HR Managers, or
Department Heads and Board chairs.
Labor Data Available from MANY's
Economic Health Index Poll
Click Here for a
synopsis.
IMLS Reauthorization
As many of you know, we have been engaged in a longstanding
conversation about how best to approach reauthorization of the
Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Office of Museum
Services, which is due to occur by September, 2009.
Read More
MANY Leadership Development and Succession Planning
Tools
With funding assistance from the New York State Council on the
Arts and the Corning Foundation, Inc., MANY is pleased to
announce the following programs for institutions and
individuals engaged in issues of leadership development and
succession planning.
Succession Planning Portal - See Left-hand Navigation Bar
Whether you are a board member, executive director, staff
member, emerging leader or volunteer, if your organization
faces leadership change the information listed here provides
answers to the myriad questions that emerge during leadership
transition.
Resources are divided in four sections:
·
Change at the Top,
that is devoted to executive transition;
·
Being the Best, Encouraging the Best,
information on talent development for boards, executive
directors, and individual staff members;
·
Giving Back,
articles and Web sites on mentoring-how to be one and how to
get one;
·
Double X and Leadership,
information on what it means to be a woman in the non-profit
world and more particularly in the museum world.
This portal contains links to a variety of Web sites other
than our own, many of which are not museum-related. We hope
you will find this information useful, and that it leads you
to new and imaginative ways of thinking about leadership.Comment boxes at the end of each section to describe your
own experience or respond to what you have read.
New Listservs
MUSEUMDIRECTORS: This discussion
list is for museum directors to share leadership and
management insights, to exchange information about governance,
HR and development best practices, and to generally support
one another in an increasingly challenging environment. It's
often lonely at the top - whether you're directing a small
shop or a multi-layered institution - we all benefit from
opportunities talk about what we do with our peers. Directors
from all sizes and disciplines of institutions and with all
levels of tenure are encouraged to subscribe and participate.
To subscribe, send an email to: MUSEUMDIRECTORS-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@home.ease.lsoft.com
MUSEUMSUCCESSION:
This discussion list is
for institutions that are addressing issues of
leadership transition, staff and board development, and
executive search. Come share your insights, exchange
information and ask lots of questions! Let's create some
great models together for building and growing a museum's
human capital. To subscribe, send an email to
MUSEUMSUCCESSION-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@home.ease.lsoft.com.
Corning Incorporated
Foundation
Managing in Tough Times, a Bridgespan Group Report Tough
times force hard choices. And these are rapidly becoming the
toughest times most of us have ever seen. Even for nonprofit
leaders who are accustomed to 'making much of little,' the
repercussions of the unfolding economic downturn are likely to
pose unprecedented challenges. It’s hard to imagine that many
(if any) of us in the sector will escape unscathed.
Read the
report
Green
Museums Wiki
Share and learn -- that's what it's all about
at Sarah Brophy's wiki.
Greening not just for the big institution or
the newly constructed one anymore. Going green is on the
minds of all sizes of museums.
Check out our resource page.
Abandoned
Property Law for New York State Museums
To read MANY's summary of the law,
click
here.
Mapping Museums in New
York State
Thanks to the work of
Kevin Heard of the Binghamton University GIS Department and
Joann Lindstrom, a graduate of the University's Masters in
Public Administration program, we now have tools to help us
better understand the geographic impact of museums across the
state, as well as the distribution of museum
disciplines. Click the images below for the detailed
maps:
All Museums
Museums by Type
Detailed
maps are 3300 x 2550 pixels - scroll to see all areas
of the maps.
Internet Explorer users: Use the image control in the
lower right corner to expand and shrink.
Firefox users: click maps to expand and shrink.
Trends
We Think Are Important Trends come and trends go, but our list -- along
with its implications for museums -- cites major issues that
are both new and long-unaddressed.
Learn More
Fundraising is important for all of us. ShopforMuseums.com is an online fundraising program where
anyone in your community can do their everyday online shopping and have a percentage of their purchase
amount donated to your museum at no extra cost. Registration and participation is free.
There are over 300 stores to shop including Target, Staples, CompUSA, and Lands End. Additional
stores can be added by request. And now’s the perfect time of year to visit the site, get
registered, and start promoting this benefit to your members!
Use the Amazon.com Portal at the Upper Left to Shop Online
and Help MANY Earn Extra Cash
Now MANY members along with their friends and family can help MANY earn extra income each time they
shop online at Amazon.com. Just begin your online shopping trip at MANY's homepage.
Click on the Amazon icon located in the lower left corner of the homepage. MANY will receive a small
commission from your purchase -- at no extra charge to you!
New York State Education Department Annual Report
Museums, Historical Societies & Similar Cultural Agencies
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