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Hi all,

I posted to this list a while back about a book I'm working on focused on the civic mission of museums- in a nutshell how we, as a field, fulfill our civic mission, serve the public and our communities, and help foster engaged and thoughtful citizens during polarized times. The section I am working on now involves some of the soft skills of engaged citizenship- self-awareness, efficacy, the mental habits of citizens, and I would love to chat with folks who have programs, exhibitions, community chats, etc... to learn more about your work. Specifically I am looking at a couple of categories:

1) Civic Mindset with the Self: How do we teach, share, promote Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Self-Efficacy?
2) Civic Mindset- connecting to the community: How do we work with our communities to shift from independent individuals to interdependent communities? I am interested in learning from you about your innovative, effective programs on this front.

Thank you in advance for any responses and best wishes for a lovely Labor Day.

Cheers,
Tony

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Anthony Pennay
Chief Learning Officer
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
Simi Valley CA
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Hi,
Modeling to your community through your program what you want them to learn is from my perspective the best way to accomplish what you want to achieve. It might take time and not be obvious.

example - if you want show people how to listen to each other instead of having a q&a after a talk, break people up into groups of 6 people, ask them to talk about what they heard, and if they have questions to ask one per group.

We did that during a program at the MIT Museum for many years, and it helped the audience to really listen and think. I think.

Josie Patterson
(Retired!) Marketing Director
MIT Museum
Original Message:
Sent: 08-30-2019 04:36 PM
From: Anthony Pennay
Subject: Civic Mission of Museums Part 2

Hi all,

I posted to this list a while back about a book I'm working on focused on the civic mission of museums- in a nutshell how we, as a field, fulfill our civic mission, serve the public and our communities, and help foster engaged and thoughtful citizens during polarized times. The section I am working on now involves some of the soft skills of engaged citizenship- self-awareness, efficacy, the mental habits of citizens, and I would love to chat with folks who have programs, exhibitions, community chats, etc... to learn more about your work. Specifically I am looking at a couple of categories:

1) Civic Mindset with the Self: How do we teach, share, promote Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Self-Efficacy?
2) Civic Mindset- connecting to the community: How do we work with our communities to shift from independent individuals to interdependent communities? I am interested in learning from you about your innovative, effective programs on this front.

Thank you in advance for any responses and best wishes for a lovely Labor Day.

Cheers,
Tony

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Anthony Pennay
Chief Learning Officer
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
Simi Valley CA
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Original Message------

Hi,
Modeling to your community through your program what you want them to learn is from my perspective the best way to accomplish what you want to achieve. It might take time and not be obvious.

example - if you want show people how to listen to each other instead of having a q&a after a talk, break people up into groups of 6 people, ask them to talk about what they heard, and if they have questions to ask one per group.

We did that during a program at the MIT Museum for many years, and it helped the audience to really listen and think. I think.

Josie Patterson
(Retired!) Marketing Director
MIT Museum