2015 Conference

 

Conference Sessions Handouts


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Wednesday Sessions


7:30 – 8:15 am
NEMA Conference Preview

8:30 – 10:00 am
Concurrent Sessions

9:00 – 9:30 am
Demonstration Station
Working with a Conservator

9:45 – 10:15 am
Demonstration Station
Learn How to Make a $25 Mannequin!
DIYmannequininstructions.docx

10:15 – 11:45 am
Keynote Session

1:30 – 4:45 pm
Off-site Sessions

1:45 – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions

1:45 – 5:15 pm
Double Session

  • A Multisensory and Performance Art Approach to Engaging Underserved Museum Visitors

2:00 – 2:30 pm
Demonstration Station
Learn How to Use CreativeGround to Promote Your Museum and About NEFA’s New England Grant Programs

2:15 – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions

2:45 – 3:15 pm
Demonstration Station
Creating Unforgettable Collaborations between Museums and Theatre to Deepen Audience Engagement

3:45 – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions

4:00 – 4:30 pm
Demonstration Station
Seven Essentials While Creating Apple/Android Tour Guide Apps

Thursday Sessions


8:00 – 9:00 am
Independent Museum Professionals Affinity Group Breakfast

8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Off-site Session

  • Research, Conservation, and Restoration at Portland’s National Historic Landmarks

9:00 – 10:30 am
Concurrent Sessions

  • Creating a Major Gift Program in a Small Shop
    Major_Gifts_for_Small_Shops.pptx
  • Exploring Participatory Experiences
  • Foreign Language Teaching at Colby
  • The Future of Museum Education
  • Gender and Sexuality at the Museum: Inclusive Practice for Visitors and Staff
  • House Museums in Translation
  • (Not) Lost in Translation: Bridging the Gaps Between Museum Speak and Teacher Beliefs With Collaborative Research
  • Objects & Emotion
    ObjectsandEmotionHandout2015TisdaleNorris.pdf
  • Opening Pathways to Empathetic Experiences

10:00 – 10:30 am
Demonstration Station
The Office Workout: Get Your Space Organized & In Shape
10_Minutes.docx
deskappeal_quiz.doc


11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions

11:30 am – Noon
Demonstration Station
Training and Keeping Your Frontline Staff

11:30 am – 4:30 pm
Academic Museum Day at Bowdoin College

12:45 – 2:20 pm
PAG Lunches

  • Children's Museums PAG
  • Education PAG
  • Historic Site PAG
  • Library & Archives PAG
  • The Museum Directors’ Discussion  
  • Registrar’s PAG hosted by Huntington T. Block

3:15 – 4:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions

Friday Sessions

10:30 – 12:30 pm
Off-site Session
Exhibition Critique at the Children’s Museum & Theater of Maine

9:00 – 10:00 am
Career Conversation with Nina Zannieri

9:00 – 10:30 am
Concurrent Sessions

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions