Summer is here, and we are busy! Ashlen and Jules recap all the community events that have had them rushing all over town the last few weeks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Annual Campaign? What's that?! Ashlen and Jules discuss what they've learned about annual campaigns, and share plans for the museum's very first one. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

We took a longer than usual break between podcasts recently because we've been so busy! Jules and Ashlen take a little time to discuss what they've been up to and recent mistakes, challenges, and surprises --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Ashlen and Jules discuss the upcoming Association of Children's Museum conference --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss our first ever museum Nerf battle event --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss our most recent fundraiser, the Giggle Gala! Hear about the things that went right, the things that went wrong, and all the laughs along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Meet longtime friend of the museum and local stand up comedian Josh Alton --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Ashlen and Jules chat with Jacob Repp about LinkedIn, networking, and how to use social media to make real life connections. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

What does an executive director do? Everything? Nothing? Meetings? Is their job Beach? Listen as Jules and Ashlen try to define it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss our recent events, what went well, what could have been better, and how we can make them even more fun next year! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss our very first weird party --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss our very first real Giving Tuesday campaign. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Happy November! It's the month of Thanksgiving, so Julie and Ashlen discuss why they're grateful for the museum and our Giving Tuesday campaign for this year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Ashlen and Jules discuss our Halloween event, mysterious noises, and Beggar's Night --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Have you ever been rejected? Of course you have, it happens to all of us! Jules and Ashlen each share a personal story about being rejected, and discuss the many ways they've experienced rejection in the process of starting and growing the children's museum, and how they use it to make the museum better. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss our most recent Touch a Truck event: what went well, what we can do better, their favorite things, and why we wildly under counted our attendance this year --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss how our first year of summer camps went, what worked, what didn't work, and how we can make them even better next year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Meet long time museum visitor and first time Playfully Persistent Podcast guest, Joe Alton. He chats with Ashlen and Jules about music in the museum, music outside the museum, kids music, video game music, and more --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules' husband Brad and Ashlen's husband Matt visit the podcast to discuss all the ways they've gotten involved with the museum and been voluntold to help by their wives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen tell the story of using the internet to get a giant shelving unit out of our way --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Meet one of our first board members, and hear her best and funniest stories from the early days at the museum --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules discusses favorite museum stories from some of our board members --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Jules and Ashlen discuss the most popular museum exhibits, and suggest ways that museum visitors can bring some museum fun home with them. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message

Ashlen and Jules discuss meetings, parties, and tours at the museum --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dsm-childrensmuseum/message