Dr. Lauren Vargas focuses a lot of her work with institutions on the strategy and design of their digital ecosystem -- including how to engage and build communities. This was increasingly important with the pivot to digital programs in the pandemic and our conversation explores best practices for engaging and empathizing with that community; how to…

Sina Bahram, President of Prime Access Consulting, provides insight into how to approach accessibility when designing a distance learning program. From platform providers to the learner experience, we dive into best practices, practical tips, and more. But most importantly, he advises, "start small and [don't] be overwhelmed by all of the things...…

Kristin Smith, Project Manager at the North Carolina Museum of Art, shares her experience of creating an online course for educators about social emotional learning (SEL), including the structure of the course; the benefits and challenges of teaching this content online; and why museums have a responsibility to create ways for visitors to learn abo…

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Emily is joined by a special co-host to breakdown the big take aways from season two. Season Two interviewed museum leaders from around the world about how different departments interpreted the word ‘Distance’ in the COVID-era.

Esme Ward, Director of the Manchester Museum, is setting out to create the most inclusive, imaginative, and caring museum in the world. In this conversation, we zero in on her efforts to care for her staff, audiences, and collections through embarking on a journey of repatriation. "God knows I'm passionate about museums, but you know, I do worry th…

In this conversation, I speak with the four program co-chairs of the Museum Computer Network (MCN)conference about how they approached planning their virtual conference, what they’re worried about, and whether conferences in the future will be more or less virtual. MCN in November spans two weeks. Other virtual conferences are four weeks. One day. …

Reopening is more than creating safe physical spaces for visitors and staff. It can be an opportunity to “reorient the place of museums” in society and how they engage with issues of white supremacy, white fragility, and social justice. Waqas Jawaid and Andy Chen, Co-Creators of Isometric Studio in Brooklyn, NY, created a Reopening Toolkit for Muse…

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Ian Ellard, Head of the V&A Academy at the V&A in London, shares his experience of rapidly switching to distance learning as a result of COVID-19. Ellard was about to launch a new, cohesive adult learning program: the brochure was ready to print, the new logo was approved, all they had to do was hit ‘send’. “But public health had other plans.” List…

Kat Harding, PR and Social Media Manager at the North Carolina Museum of Art, shares a deep dive into their approach to #MuseumFromHome. This popular initiative by museums from around the world has allowed visitors to stay in touch with the institutions they love - and access new collections - during the pandemic.…

In the wake of the shutdown, Scott Stulen, CEO and President of the Philbrook Museum of Art, had to act quickly. Projects that would take months, took hours. A new idea presented in the morning was up and running by the afternoon. In this conversation, Scott reflects on the role of museum leadership during these tumultuous times. From collaboration…

Erika Sanger, Executive Director of the Museum Association of New York (MANY), is balancing the desire and need to re-open with the reality of a national health crisis. In this conversation, we talk about how she’s led museums to navigate this difficult time by offering information, resources, and virtual meet ups. We also cover the economic realit…

How have museums responded to the “COVID Moment”? In this episode, Josh Goldblum, CEO of BlueCadet, talks about how museums are having to rethink the visitor experience. With museums closed and faced with re-opening, Goldblum believes museums can evolve their thinking by looking to other industries such as journalism, or companies such as Disney an…

Museum Buzz is back with Season Two! In this season Emily interviews guests from around the world to unpack one buzzword from different perspectives. That buzzword is "Distance." We'll look at it through the lens of interpretation, re-opening, exhibition design. But also a little more abstractly: Can museums afford to distance themselves from the p…

Ethos co-founder and CEO Peter Colis wants to make buying life insurance feel less like “getting medically and financially strip searched”. He says the industry is so old fashioned that just being on the Internet is a major innovation.

LD Mangin, the CEO of the advertising security company Confiant, says it’d be best for his clients if his company was a public utility. You know - the good kind of monopoly.

When it’s all written in advance, video game content is static. But Neha Sampat, CEO of Contentstack, says game developers can now create content on the fly and, in a way, play along with you.

IoTium CEO Ron Victor says the Industrial Internet of Things will be worth “somewhere in the trillions” - and also “could be the next form of war.”

“The Second Machine Age” coauthor, MIT research scientist, and TED speaker is back. Andrew McAfee explores a powerful, counterintuitive concept in his new book, “More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next.” Prepare to question your beliefs about the future of our planet.…

Rubikloud co-founder & CEO Kerry Liu talks technology to help grocers waste less. “If you previously threw away, let’s say, 10 percent of your fresh produce, you could theoretically now throw away only 5 or 6 percent of it.”

A human conversation on conversational AI with Bryan Stokes, VP, Product Management at Vonage. “I don’t think they will care, in the younger generations, whether they’re talking to a bot or whether they’re talking to a person,” he says. “It’s just going to be them communicating.”

Don’t look now - seriously, if you’re behind the wheel, stop looking at this - but data science could help defeat distracted driving. Rob Nendorf, Director of Data Science at Arity, is driving toward a safer future. Along the way, he’s become a safer driver himself.

It’s clear that data can be used for bad. But ThoughtSpot Chief Data Strategy Officer Cindi Howson is a champion of #Data4Good. The movement tackles inequality, cancer, suicide, and more.

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The documentary Chasing Perfect follows Frank Stephenson’s car design legacy for MINI, Ferrari, McLaren and more. Now, he’s making one that flies - and making science fiction come true.

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Talespin CEO Kyle Jackson wants workers to study soft skills in virtual reality. Our conversation starts with Barry, the virtual human programmed to be fired, and ends with world building in the TV show Westworld.

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Want to live to 150? KenSci CEO Samir Manjure sees a future of super-long lifespans, radically changing the way we work, learn, and even love.

Kyle T. Westra, author of The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy, will challenge your view of the modern marketplace. Turns out more transparency isn’t always better. And the much-maligned middleman is alive and well.

“What we really represent is an awareness raising campaign against lazy language.” Balancing serious commentary and tongue-and-cheek humor, the season finale of Museum Buzz ends with a conversation about...buzzwords! Together with Jim Fishwick from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Tilly Boleyn from the Science Gallery Melbourne, we re…

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Digitizing physical spaces like warehouses can help the robots that work in them. But Locix CEO Vik Pavate is more focused on helping humans.

“...it is impossible to know where the threat will come from and it’s impossible to know how that threat manifests itself,” says cybersecurity CEO Ray Rothrock of RedSeal. “How do you recover from an attack and not go down?” His answer: apply a resilience mindset from the physical world to deal with digital danger.…

The phrase “smart city” could make you think of autonomous cars cruising past holographic billboards - a tantalizing techno-topia that’s just over the urban horizon. But you know what’s really smart? Solving problems with technologies that are already within our grasp. Gaby Rowe, CEO of Station Houston, is helping her city take an intelligent appro…

“If you give me your butt a few seconds, I’ll turn it to a useful piece of information.” If that quote doesn’t entice you to listen to this episode, nothing will. Martin Zizi is the CEO and founder of the biometrics company Aerendir. The big idea: micro-vibrations from a person’s body can authenticate a person’s brain.…

“It’s easy to make assumptions, and that’s how we end up with museums that aren’t relevant to their public.” The future of museums is relevancy and Jim Richardson, founder of the MuseumNext conference and museum news website, identifies the top priority museums should invest in to stay relevant. Tune in as we discuss audience research, digital tren…

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An interview with Chris Cabrera, CEO and Founder of of Xactly. The company uses data to help businesses build better compensation plans - and AI to predict when star salespeople are in danger of quitting.

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What do students taking tests have in common with soldiers tying tourniquets? They both need to recall specific information - but they may have been taught it in a way that wasn’t best for their brains. Cerego, co-founded by Andrew Smith Lewis, is using AI to help change that.

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