A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work ......
A Graphic Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced. Adapted from the acclaimed ......
While new directors learn how to manage and lead museums as part of their professional training and career development, the skills and knowledge required to work with boards---which are instrumental to a museum director's work---must somehow be acquired on the job as one's career progresses. What Every Museum Director Should Know about Boards is ......
While new directors learn how to manage and lead museums as part of their professional training and career development, the skills and knowledge required to work with boards---which are instrumental to a museum director's work---must somehow be acquired on the job as one's career progresses. What Every Museum Director Should Know about Boards is ......
How to Work Within International Development Organizations to Make a Dif
A how-to and inspirational guide for everyone, no matter their age, who wants to make a difference in the world through their professional life - from ensuring access to quality schools and clean water to healthcare and safer communities. So many talented young people receive a great education and set out to make a difference in the world. Yet, ......
Recruiting and Managing Volunteers in Museums is back with a highly anticipated second edition! A decade after the first edition's release, this updated handbook offers fresh insights into the world of museum volunteers and their vital contributions to the success of organizations, both big and small. In the past 10 years, the world has undergone ......
Recruiting and Managing Volunteers in Museums is back with a highly anticipated second edition! A decade after the first edition's release, this updated handbook offers fresh insights into the world of museum volunteers and their vital contributions to the success of organizations, both big and small. In the past 10 years, the world has undergone ......
This practical handbook is a proposal for transforming museum tours. The target audience is museum guides, docents and interpreters who are interested in facilitating conversations about seen and unseen meanings in artworks, objects, and artifacts. The goal is to engage visitors in meaning-oriented inquiry which involves "doing" and not just ......
This practical handbook is a proposal for transforming museum tours. The target audience is museum guides, docents and interpreters who are interested in facilitating conversations about seen and unseen meanings in artworks, objects, and artifacts. The goal is to engage visitors in meaning-oriented inquiry which involves "doing" and not just ......
Interpreting Christmas at Museums and Historic Sites is a comprehensive guide to the interpretation of Christmas for manager, curators, and educators at house museums and historic sites in the United States. It shows how Christmas celebrations evolved to today along with regional differences to help create a distinct and accurate presentation for ......
Interpreting Christmas at Museums and Historic Sites is a comprehensive guide to the interpretation of Christmas for manager, curators, and educators at house museums and historic sites in the United States. It shows how Christmas celebrations evolved to today along with regional differences to help create a distinct and accurate presentation for ......
The Oral History Manual, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive and user-friendly book designed to take novice or experienced oral historians through the entire life cycle of creating an oral history project, from idea through planning, interviewing, caring for, and making oral history interviews accessible. It includes updated information on: ......
The Oral History Manual, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive and user-friendly book designed to take novice or experienced oral historians through the entire life cycle of creating an oral history project, from idea through planning, interviewing, caring for, and making oral history interviews accessible. It includes updated information on: ......
An Introduction to the History, Functions, and Aspirations of Museums
This book explores the histories and functions of museums while also looking at the current standing of museums and their ongoing efforts toward relevance, resiliency, and future-proofing. Section I examines the beginnings of museums with chapters dedicated to art and design museums; natural history and anthropological museums; science museums; ......
An Introduction to the History, Functions, and Aspirations of Museums
This book explores the histories and functions of museums while also looking at the current standing of museums and their ongoing efforts toward relevance, resiliency, and future-proofing. Section I examines the beginnings of museums with chapters dedicated to art and design museums; natural history and anthropological museums; science museums; ......
Museums have unequaled brands in the world of learning and culture. They have earned the recognition and loyalty of their many audiences. The challenge is sustaining image, loyalty and support as audiences shift, grow, and change. Museum Branding: Reimagining the Museum is a forward-looking survey of museums as they navigate the present, and plan ......
Museums have unequaled brands in the world of learning and culture. They have earned the recognition and loyalty of their many audiences. The challenge is sustaining image, loyalty and support as audiences shift, grow, and change. Museum Branding: Reimagining the Museum is a forward-looking survey of museums as they navigate the present, and plan ......
A globetrotting Gold Rush heiress. An awkward Paris schoolmaster. A celebrated French actor. And a museum of history and art in California's Central Valley. What do they have in common? They are all connected by an oil painting, a still life called Flowers and Fruit, that may or may not have been painted by the post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin. ......