This week Museum Masters Pod comes to you with the second part of our dissertation series. Allison Kopplin speaks on her master's dissertation which examines museums and prison partnerships. Allison talks about how these partnerships are formed, the challenges they faces, and why more partnerships like the ones she examines are slow to grow.

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We start off our two weeks of dissertation discussion with Mary Akemon, and her dissertation on how museums use YouTube. Mary does A LOT of talking about things like watch time, the FREE resources allocated by YouTube, and the pitfalls of museums not creating YouTube content for their visitors and online audiences. As always, please review and let us know any comments or suggestions!

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Today we talk about the American Alliance of Museums and the Museum Association. Some of the questions we pose are about the resources provided and what we expect from these organizations if we plan to become paying members.

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This week we talk about membership in the museum. What kinds of memberships exist? Should we, as museum professionals be reworking how we approach memberships? How much should they cost? Who do we need to be marketing to? We boast about Nina Simon, from the Museum 2.0 blog for helping us shape this discussion.

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The Museum Masters podcast delves into the realm of LGBT exhibitions. Allison specifically lays out the process — focusing on extensive focus groups with allies and LGBT community members for an exhibition at the British Museum. Listen in to learn about the importance of including members of a minority community in development, and about how museums can make permanent and temporary exhibition more representative of the LBGT community.

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Season 2 is a go! For our first episode, we chat about the National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities. What it is, how it functions, and why its in jeopardy. Allison and Mary sign off with some ways to contact your representatives and fight for the arts and history. Enjoy!

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Allison and Mary are currently tackling applications for jobs! In this episode, the pair discuss what they put on resumes, types of job descriptions they look for, and even the current state of museum hiring!

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Selfies and photography in Museums: Good or Bad? Allison and Mary discuss what selfies are, the use of SnapChat, the price of Geo-filters, as well as the "Selfie Museum" and how visitors are using selfies to engage. Thanks for listening, and remember to review if you've enjoyed!

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