The Next Wave
Next Wavers are drawn from the ranks of museum studies students and museum professionals who have been working in the field for ten years or less. The Next Wave has a vested interest in the long-term health of museums and in shaping their evolution. The people leading museums in twenty-five or thirty years will be drawn in large part from their ranks.
Next Wavers choose commitments they pledge to fulfill each year. These commitments support the CFM goals of disseminating information, promoting discussion and encouraging experimentation.
Commitments
By joining the ranks of the Next Wave, an individual commits to doing at least three of the following in 2009:
Next Wavers are drawn from the ranks of museum studies students and museum professionals who have been working in the field for ten years or less. The Next Wave has a vested interest in the long-term health of museums and in shaping their evolution. The people leading museums in twenty-five or thirty years will be drawn in large part from their ranks.
Next Wavers choose commitments they pledge to fulfill each year. These commitments support the CFM goals of disseminating information, promoting discussion and encouraging experimentation.
Commitments
By joining the ranks of the Next Wave, an individual commits to doing at least three of the following in 2009:
- Subscribe to (“follow”) the CFM Blog
- Comment on least one CFM Blog post
- Comment on at least one post appearing in another blogs, related to the future of museums
- Respond to a request from CFM staff for information and advice
- Record and post a brief video interview about your thoughts on the future of museums for the CFM “Voices of the Future” project
- Recruit and interview someone else for the CFM “Voices of the Future” project
- Contribute on-line comments to the CFM reports such as “Museums & Society 2034: Trends and Potential Futures”
- Contribute content to wiki-forecast “Museums and Society 2019”, based on the scenarios created by the Institute for the Future for the game Superstruct
- Participate in the CFM crowdsourced museum game competition (summer 2009)
- Recruit someone to join one of the Museum Futurist groups—Influential Advisors, Visionary Leaders or Next Wavers
- Propose a session exploring the future of museums and society for a national or regional museum association meeting
- Serve as a panelist or speaker on the topic of the future of museums and society at a national or regional museum association meeting
- Incorporate information on futures forecasting, scenario planning or use of long-term trends data into their institution’s planning