by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog, Board Development, Community Engagement, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Outreach, Planning, Publication, Whole Place Preservation
by George W. McDaniel for The Southern Edge Magazine, Winter 2018 One day in the mid-1990s, I drove from my home in Summerville to Bacon’s Bridge over the Ashley River and spent several hours enjoying the tranquil beauty and deep sense of history the place...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2017 | African American History, Board Development, Community Engagement, Governance, Historic Preservation, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning
Los Angeles’ African American Firefighter Museum New MAP Review Identifies Community Needs by George W. McDaniel As a Museum Assessment Project (MAP) Peer Reviewer for Community Engagement, I visited the African American Firefighter Museum for...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jun 10, 2017 | African American History, Board Development, Community Engagement, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Public Speaking
It Could Happen to You: Collecting in the Face of Tragedy American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting – May 2017 UPDATED AUGUST 2017 This past May, I participated in an important session at the annual conference of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)....
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2017 | Board Development, Community Engagement, Governance, Interpretation, Operations, Outreach, Planning, Publication
UPDATED 10/11/17: The recent event in Las Vegas and the current political climate underscore how important it is for organizations to get engaged with their communities. My essay in this edition is timely in that it deals with these issues in a candid and...