The podcast where Amy reveals how to make your museum more lovable than ever.
How do you get visitors through your museum doors? How do you keep them coming back and better yet, bringing a friend? How do you help them fall in love with your museum?
As a museum professional, I know the day-to-day phone calls, meetings, and urgent needs can leave you being reactive instead of proactive when it comes to connecting with potential visitors. What if you could proactively set up good internal and external communications habits that led to happy visitors and happy employees—without all the chaos?
I’m your host, Amy Kehs, a brand strategist and communications expert for museums. Over the last 30 years, I have worked for some of the most renowned and well-loved museums on the planet. On this podcast I'll share my process for establishing proactive communication at your museum, both external and internal. All it takes is one person to create change—you. This podcast is for anyone that works in a museum because we all have the same goal…to help people to love your museum!
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Ep. 24 — My London Museum Tour
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 23 — Featuring Mary Zell Galen
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 22 — Featuring Kira Pogge Brewka, The Authentic Communicator
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 21 — The Holidays at Your Museum
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 20 — The Love my Museum Planning Calendar
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 19 — Top 10 Takeaways from the Momentum Weekend Workshop
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 18 — Finding Your Momentum
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 17 — Top 10 PR Quotes and What You Can Learn From Them
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 16 — 10 Things for the “Plan Your Visit” Website Page
In this episode, Amy shares the 10 things you need for a successful “Plan Your Visit” page on your museum's website. This page is often your visitors' first experience with your museum and you want to make a good impression.
Ep. 15 — My Most Frequently Asked Question by Museums
Amy shares the question she is asked the most by museums and the answer.
Ep. 14 — How To Do a Communications Audit
In this really short episode, Amy walks you through a Do-it-Yourself communications audit for your museum. Doing a communications audit will give you that birds eye view of all of the places you use your brand messaging for your museum.
Ep. 13 — Media Relations At Your Museum
Today Amy is talking about media relations at your museum. She gives her best tips and talks about what she has learned after doing media relations in museums for 30 years.
Ep. 12 — Summer Vibes, Taking Breaks and Avoiding Burnout
In this episode, Amy tells the story of her first summer at a museum how her co-workers helped her with homesickness, and how they did a summer reset for fall. She shares 8 Summer Vibes tips for your summer.
Ep. 11 — Tacey Atkinson on Putting Customers First
Amy welcomes her first podcast guest, Tacey Atkinson of Customers First. They talk about the connection between employee attrition and customer retention. Tacey shares her tips for creating a customer-centric culture and how it can benefit your museum.
Ep. 10 — Brand Messaging for Your Museum
On this episode, Amy talks about the importance of a brand, especially brand messaging. The words you choose to represent your museum will tell the world what they can expect from your museum.
Ep. 09 — Creating Brand Love For Your Museum
What is brand love and why is it so important for your museum? Brand Love is Amy’s three-part strategy to help your visitors fall in love with your museum so much that they come back and bring a friend. In this episode, Amy gives an overview of each one and talks about the reason why you need all three for your visitors to become lifelong fans.
Ep. 08 — Metrics for Museums
Keeping track of your museum's numbers is so important. In this really short episode, Amy teaches you how to set up a spreadsheet so that you can begin recording your numbers today.
Ep. 07 — Practice Makes A Habit
In this episode, Amy talks about the last of the four pillars in the People First Framework—Practice. The People First Framework creates a new way to work at your museum, a way to work that will create a healthy workplace internally that you and your coworkers love. Like any skill that we want to work into our daily life, practice is essential. Practicing the processes that the People First Framework has created is key to making them become habits.
Ep. 06 — Processes Create Peace
Museum employees find themselves being reactive instead of being able to be proactive in their work. You are reacting to the next phone call or question or external email or request. At the end of the day, you think, "I didn't get anything done that I had to do today."
In this episode, Amy talks about process and how creating processes can set you up to be proactive instead of reactive at your museum job.
Ep. 05 — Planning the Planning
Planning is crucial for setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and managing time effectively. When done collaboratively with coworkers at your museum, it can be a game changer. In this episode, Amy talks about the impact that planning with your colleagues can have on productivity, and she gives you an agenda you can use for an annual planning workshop for your museum.