2020 -2023 Consultant, specializing in startup cultural and civil-society initiatives and digital strategy @ Freelance
2015 -2019 Co-founder and Associate Director and Head of Digital @
2016 -2018 Juror, 100 and Change @ MacArthur Foundation
2013 -2017 Open Culture Advisory Board @
2008 -2015 Director, Web and New Media Strategy @
2004 -2008 Chief, Information Technology and New Media @
1997 -2003 Head, Information Technology, Web and New Media, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery @ Smithsonian Institution
Michael Edson Education
Harvard Business School
(Global Strategy Specialization (HBS Online))
2021-2022
Museum Leadership Institute
(Executive leadership — culture and museums)
2017-2017
Wesleyan University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
1983-1987
Sidwell Friends School 1979-1983
Michael Edson Skills
Research
New Media
Cataloging
User Experience
Museums
Digital Libraries
Metadata
Museum Collections
Nonprofits
Library
Archives
Information Architecture
Digital Media
Social Media
CMS
Digitization
Museum Education
Content Management
Editing
Digital Asset Management
Michael Edson Summary
Michael Edson, based in Washington, DC, US, is currently a Salzburg Global Fellow at Salzburg Global Seminar. Michael Edson brings experience from previous roles at Europeana, Getty Leadership Institute, Council on Library and Information Resources and Museum of Solutions. Michael Edson holds a 2021 - 2022 Harvard Business School. With a robust skill set that includes Research, New Media, Cataloging, User Experience, Museums and more. Michael Edson has 2 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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