RK&A staff frequently present at professional conferences and our work is often published in museum journals. We have highlighted some of our publications and presentations.

RK&A Published Works

“Transforming Museums—To What End?”
by Randi Korn
Published in proceedings for Transforming Museums Conference, Seattle, WA [2008]

This article suggests how museums might begin to address funders’ requests to provide evidence that museums are achieving their missions by first looking inside their organization and changing how they think about their work and how they do their work. We have provided a copy of the article. [48KB PDF]

“Achieving Mission Through Intentional Practice”
by Randi Korn
Published in Dimensions [May/June 2008]

This brief article is a call to action for museum staff to work together to clarify their museum’s intent, align practices and resources to support the museum’s intent, and to engage in reflective inquiry to learn about the ways in which their museum is achieving impact. We have provided a link to the article.

“A Case for Holistic Intentionality”
by Randi Korn
Published in Curator: The Museum Journal [April 2007]

This article describes what it means for a museum to work within a cycle of holistic intentionality. A museum carefully articulates its intentions in terms of impact; works within an inclusive, process-oriented infrastructure; and regularly uses reflective practice strategies, enabling all staff to continually improve their efforts to achieve impact. We have provided a copy of the article. [103KB PDF]

"Studying Your Visitors: Where to Begin"

by Randi Korn
Published in History News [March/April 1994]

Randi Korn wrote "Studying Your Visitors: Where to Begin," published in the March/April 1994 edition of History News. The article introduces audience research and evaluation to museum professionals and describes the different types of exhibition and program evaluation. The American Association of State and Local History has given permission to reprint this article. We have attached a copy. [118KB PDF]

RK&A Presentations

American Association of Museums Annual Meeting [2008]
Denver, CO

“Any Title, Any Level—Growing the Leader in You”
Randi Korn, Chair
Randi Korn led a dialogue among three museum leaders in three different positions (educator, project manager, and curator) at three different points in their careers (twilight, mid-career, and developing) to discuss their leadership experiences in their respective institutions.

“Examining the Role of Leadership to Affect Institutional Change”
ACE Everett, Chair
ACE introduced Emlyn Koster and two leadership experts to discuss critical success factors to affect organizational change in the context of a major reinvention at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Additional Resources

We have attached a selected list of published works by Randi Korn and other members of her staff. [18KB PDF]

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