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 New for 2010!
AAM Podcasts
AAM Professional Development is launching a new series of AAM Podcasts that will feature conversations, interviews or debates with leading practitioners in the field; highlight exciting new programs and exhibits; provide useful management or leadership tips; or offer special previews of new publications from The AAM Press. AAM Podcasts are presented in collaboration with LearningTimes, proud sponsor of 2010 AAM Online PD. AAM Podcasts will be made available over a range of channels for listening and/or downloading.
AAM PODCAST PREVIEW: Fireside With Ford
Episode #1: State of Museums 2010
In this episode, AAM president Ford Bell talks with Greg Stevens about the economy, increased visitation, the rise in volunteerism, demographic shifts, serving our communities, collaboration, the important role that advocacy plays in communicating the value of museums to our legislators, and more.
Download the Pilot Episode
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About Ford Bell
Ford W. Bell began as president of the American Association of Museums in June, 2007. A prominent educator, nonprofit executive and Minneapolis civic leader, he brings to AAM a record of scholarship, commitment to community engagement, proven leadership and a passion for museums as places of lifelong learning and inspiration.
Bell has a longstanding relationship with the museum community. He helped raise $103 million as co-chair of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts “Bring Art to Life” capital campaign, completed in 2006 and served as chair of the organization’s board from 2003 to 2005. His grandfather, James Ford Bell, was a leading supporter of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota, renamed in his honor in 1966. Ford Bell served on the Advisory Board for that museum from 1983 to 2007.
Certified as a veterinary oncologist, Ford Bell credits his many childhood visits to the Bell Museum with fostering a lifelong love of nature and science. Bell has more than 30 years experience as a nonprofit executive, board chair, donor, trustee and educator. A candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006, he previously was president and CEO of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, a prominent clinical cardiovascular research organization and a nationally recognized provider of community heart health education. From 1982 to 1995, Bell served on the staff of the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine, where he taught and did clinical research in comparative oncology.
He has advocated for science learning, conservation and community health initiatives through his affiliation with a wide range of organizations, including Project EarthSense and the JASON Advisory Committee, a public-private elementary and secondary school science education initiative. An educator for much of his career, Bell also served as a trustee of Connecticut College in New London. CT from 1998 to 2007. A native Minnesotan, Bell is married and has four children. He lives in Potomac, Md. |
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