Meet Emily
Emily Kotecki is the founder and principal of High Beam Strategies. Emily has been a museum learning consultant for over a dozen years, working with institutions ranging from Microsoft and the Smithsonian Institution to aquariums, city art museums, and regional history centers.
She derives immense joy from helping museums elevate their programs, engage audiences, and celebrate their impact on the world. To share proven practices more widely, she published two a free, downloadable resources:
She produces the podcast Museum Buzz which unpacks the latest innovations in museum learning through conversation and games, and hosts MuseumNext, a global monthly virtual conference on topics from digital collections to learning, social media to creativity.
Emily holds a master’s degree in museum education from The George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from American University.
She currently lives in Madrid with her husband and two children. While based in Spain, she works with clients across the U.S. and around the world.