{"product_id":"leaning-into-value-becoming-a-user-focused-museum-paperback","title":"Leaning Into Value: Becoming a User-Focused Museum - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn H. Falk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaning into Value: Becoming a User-Focused Museum \u003c\/i\u003eprovides guidance to museum leaders struggling to navigate today's often tumultuous, ever-changing economic, political, leisure and educational landscape. Provided is a concrete framework for maximizing institutional success, a continuous \u003ci\u003eValue Realization\u003c\/i\u003e process that enables museum leaders to effectively: 1) \u003ci\u003eCalibrate\u003c\/i\u003e the needs and interests of their current and potential users; 2) \u003ci\u003eArticulate\u003c\/i\u003e how and why they create value so they can foster enduring relationships with users; 3) \u003ci\u003eCreate\u003c\/i\u003e an ever-evolving series of products and services that consistently deliver unique value to an ever-more diverse set of constituencies; and finally, 4) \u003ci\u003eValidate\u003c\/i\u003e their activities through empirical processes that promote evidence-based decision making and catalyze measurable, year-on-year improvements in their organization's community value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Falk has a nearly unparalleled level of name recognition amongst museum professionals worldwide and enjoys a reputation as a leading researcher and thinker about museums. In acknowledgment of his accomplishments, he has received a number of prestigious awards, including the 2023 Bloop 50 Award celebrating the work of the fifty key individuals internationally whose creativity, passion, and drive has helped shape and improve museums, the Western Museums Association's (2022) Leadership Award for Significant and Lasting Impact, the Distinguished Career Award (2016) from NARST: A worldwide organization for improving science teaching and learning through research; the Oregon State University, University Outreach and Engagement Vice Provost Award for Excellence, Innovation-Partnerships Award (2016); the Council of Scientific Society Presidents Award for Educational Research (2013) and the American Alliance of Museums John Cotton Dana Award for Leadership (2010). In 2006 the American Alliance of Museums included Falk on their list of the 100 most influential museum professionals of the past 100 years. \u003cbr\u003eOver his career, Falk has held a number of senior positions, including at the Smithsonian Institution, Oregon State University, where he is now the Sea Grant Professor Emeritus of Free-Choice Learning, and the Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI), an internationally recognized museum-serving non-profit, which he founded and directed for decades. \u003cbr\u003eJohn Falk is consistently ranked as one of the top social scientists in the world. He has written more than two hundred and fifty scholarly articles and chapters and more than a dozen books in the fields of museum studies, psychology, business, leisure and tourism, biology and education. His ability to synthesize complex ideas and research drawn from multiple disciplines into engaging storylines is a hallmark of his work. He has thoroughly researched and developed the ideas to be presented in \u003ci\u003eLeaning into Value\u003c\/i\u003e and directly builds on three of his earlier published books \u003ci\u003eThe Value of Museums: Enhancing Societal Well-Being\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), his more theoretical, scholarly book on the same topic: \u003ci\u003e Born to Choose: Evolution, Self \u0026amp; Well-Being \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and his museum-focused business book \u003ci\u003eThriving in the Knowledge Age\u003c\/i\u003e (with Beverly Sheppard, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52487171047731,"sku":"9781538181430","price":86.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JPxb_xz8499781538181430.webp?v=1759841711","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/leaning-into-value-becoming-a-user-focused-museum-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}