This week the informal science education community lost a dear friend and colleague. Alan J. Friedman passed away on May 4th. I had heard about his illness only a few days earlier. He had learned of it only two

Lately I have been thinking about how intentional practice seeped into my consciousness. “Seeped” feels like the right verb for a concept that is still evolving and taking shape, admittedly at a slow but

Sometimes when learning surfaces slowly, it is barely visible, until one day the world looks different. Responding to that difference is the first layer of that complex process often labeled as learning. The

The quarter-century mark feels like the right time to take stock of where RK&A is, and at the very least, think about what we have learned along the way. Reflecting on the past is a task that feels

Every day I am reminded how much power passion has—for those who feel it—we are driven to do what we love; for those who have the pleasure of hearing others talk about their passion—we are struck by the

In July, we moved our office. Even though we were just moving across the street, moving is moving. Books, articles, reports, journals, files (I’m not paperless as much as I try), drawer contents—

This week I’d like to share thoughts about evaluative thinking, in part because two weeks ago I was part of a session at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) annual conference in Baltimore titled

In my last post, I refrained from sharing examples of impact statements because I wanted readers to ponder the idea for themselves (always a very useful activity) but promised I would delve

I follow Max van Balgooy’s blog Engaging Places. Last week he posted “Rethinking the mission statement”

It’s that time of year—federal grant deadlines for NSF, IMLS, NOAA, NEH, and NEA are looming large, and many informal learning organizations are eyeing those federal dollars. While government

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