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Dear Colleagues:

Since 2004, the American Association of Museums (AAM) has been a partner
in the "Nonprofit Listening Post Project" sponsored by the Johns Hopkins
Center for Civil Society Studies. The Listening Post is an ongoing study
of major developments in the nonprofit sector, with nearly a thousand
participants drawn from a variety of different fields: children and
family services, elderly housing and services, community and economic
development, theaters and museums.

AAM would like to invite your institution to represent the museum field
as a "Listening Post." As a participant, your museum will be asked to
respond to periodic "soundings" (short, on-line questionnaires) on
topics such as community partnerships, governance, and financial health.
The next sounding, which is scheduled for late-August/early-September
2007, will be devoted to advocacy and public policy. Participating
museums will receive early briefings on the results of this and future
studies. Typically, a museum's CEO serves as the primary contact with
the Listening Post Project. Your institution does not have to be a
member of AAM to participate in the project but does have to be in the
United States. 

The Listening Post Project is exploring some of the most important
challenges that nonprofits face today -- such as fiscal pressures, the
growth of for-profit competition, and new demands for accountability --
as well as the creative ways in which nonprofits are responding to these
challenges. The goals of the project include improving the ability of
nonprofit managers to understand the changes affecting their
organizations, disseminating timely information and best practices, and
improving public awareness of the nonprofit sector.

More information about the project is available at
<http://www.jhu.edu/listeningpost/>. If your museum would like to serve
as a Listening Post, please contact Phil Katz at AAM ([log in to unmask]
or 202-218-7687) or Nicole Feldhaus at Johns Hopkins University
([log in to unmask] or 410-516-4363) OFF-LIST.

Thanks,
Phil Katz

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Philip M. Katz
Assistant Director, Research
American Association of Museums
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