For my September column in Twin Cities Business Magazine, I interviewed futurist Cecily Sommers. She was the opening keynote presenter at this year's Dance USA conference, which was held in Minneapolis

Initially published on my Artsjournal blog, Speaker

Something new is launching in Minneapolis next week! I'm excited to announce Hothouse, a 12-week pilot co-working project I've created as MIA Entrepreneur in Residence. In collaboration with Hunter Palmer Wright, Venture Innovation Director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Hothouse will explore whether and how the museum can foster a creative co-working space that is inspired by the museum’s collections, capabilities, and setting but operates independently as a lively incubator and convener. The pilot will demonstrate new ways the museum can use its assets, including its facilities, collection, and staff, for imaginative new civic purposes, and will encourage civic connectors and animators to draw on the museum’s resources to power their individual and collective work and impact.

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Organizations of every size have all kinds of enterprise information they don’t catalogue for sharing with the public. In fact a lot of website sections called “About Us” are a sort of corporation yard that is both disorganized and ugly. I speak from experience, having combed dozens of these sections over the years for a variety of purposes. Read on to learn more about the Tate's website and its exemplary "About" section. 

Christine Dwyer of RMC Research and I just completed an inquiry into the capacities that participating organizations reported as having discovered and acquired as a result of ArtsLab, and published a report about our findings. I hope you can take time to read the report and be in touch with questions and reactions.