2018 Conference
Conference Sessions Handouts
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Wednesday Session
8:00 – 8:30 am
NEMA Conference Preview
8:45 – 10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions
- The Art of Preservation
- Assessing Museum Impact
- Larping, Simulation, and Gaming
- The Museum As a Site of Resistance
- The Museum That Cried “Should”
- Project Management for Museum Professionals
- Refresh Your Mission, Revitalize Your Brand
- The STEAM Dream Team
- Succession Planning
10:30 am – Noon
Keynote Session
1:45 – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Beyond the Keychain
- Looking Ahead
- Continuing Education
- History Ain’t Dead
- How Digital Publishing is Helping the National Baseball Hall of Fame Reach Audiences Beyond Cooperstown
- Low Pay, No Pay & Poor Pay: Say No Way!
- Tales from the Not-so-Ivory Tower
- Technology Plan 101
1:45 – 3:15 pm
Story Telling Session
- Object-Based Learning for All
- What Would Clara Think?
- Voices That Bring the Revolution to Life
1:45 – 5:15 pm
Off-Site Sessions
- Old-Fashioned Identity Nightmare or Ahead of the Curve?
- The Real Deal: P. T. Barnum’s Legacy in Bridgeport
- “With Scarcely a Rival,” The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
3:45 – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Best Practices for Working with Technologists to Create Visitor Experiences
- Diamonds Are Nice, but… Making Museum Anniversaries Mean Something
- The Future of Museum Education
- Let Me Take a Selfie
- Museum Teaching Lab
- Tickets, Tea & Toilets: Saga of a Welcome Center
- Power Dynamics & Workplace Culture
- Whiteness and Museum Education
5:30 – 6:30 pm
- “Moving On” Mentoring Conversations
Thursday Sessions
7:30 – 8:30 am
Independent Museum Professionals Affinity Group Breakfast
8:45 – 10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions
- Best Practices: Moving Us Forward or Holding Us Back?
- Beyond the School Visit
- Break the Budget Bubble
- Emerging from Financial Distress
- DeCordova_Integration_FAQ_.pdf
- portland_harbor_merger.pdf
- how_to_know_if_you_are_headed_towards_decline.pdf
- Free Membership at Five Years
- Going Out to Welcome In
- Is that a Picasso in your Dorm Room?
- Lincoln in Negative Space
- Puzzling Through the Past
- Uncovering Your Inner Compass
9:30 – 10:00 am
Demonstration Station
- Rethinking Whitehorne House Museum
10:45 – 11:30 am
Mindfulness Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Story Telling Session
- A Three-Way Success Story
- Get Your Niche Museum Out of its Nook
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Cultural Crossroads & Intersections
- How Visitor-Centered Are We?
- The Leadership Partnership
- Multi-Sensory Experiences
- Museums in Puerto Rico
- So You Want to be a CEO?
- Teaching or Learning?
- Trauma & New England Museums
11:30 am – Noon
Demonstration Station
- Promoting and Selling Your Book
12:15 – 2:15 pm
PAG Lunches
- Children's Museums
- Curators
- Educators
- Exhibitions
- Historic Sites
- Membership, Development, Public Relations, and Marketing
- The Museum Directors’ Discussion
- Registrars and Collections Care Specialists (RACCS)
- College & University Museums
12:30 – 5:15 pm
Off-Site Session
- An Afternoon at the Fairfield University Art Museum
1:45 – 5:15 pm
Off-Site Session
- Welcome to Our House; Access to History
2:45 – 4:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Building Evaluation Capacity
- Evaluation_Capacity_Building_NEMA_2018.pdf
- ECB_resources_handout.pdf
- Museum_ECB_Checklist.pdf
- SmiragliaBaum_Museum_Evaluation_chapter.pdf
- Ch-ch-Changes
- Finding Your Voice on Social Media
- Getting Started on Your Digitization Project
- High Times in the Museum
- Protest of Power: When the People Curate
- Talk Dirty to Me
- Mechanical_Surface_Cleaning_of_Textiles_-_Canadian_Conservation_Institute_CCI_Notes_13_16_-_Canada.ca.pdf
- Dry_Cleaning_Museum_Textiles.pdf
- Cleaning_textiles_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum.pdf
- Talk_Dirty_to_Me_Powerpoint.pdf
- MTS_Handout--Vacuuming_Textiles.pdf
- Slippery Slopes...Ethical Concerns for Museums
- What Lies Beneath?
- Workshop About Workshops
2:45 pm
Massachusetts Education Meet-up
MA_educators_meet-up_notes.docx
3:30 –4:00 pm
Demonstration Station
- Toward an Integrated Business Model to Create Mental Health Literacy via a Museum-Without-Walls
Friday Sessions
8:45 – 9:15 am
Demonstration Station
- Hiding the Veggies: Gathering Guest Feedback in Seamless Ways
9:30 – 10:00 am
Demonstration Station
- The Outsiders: Makers & Creatives Working with History Outside the Museum
8:45 – 10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions
- Collaborative Programming for Adults of All Abilities
- Collections Care Information Resources
- The Impact of AI on the Museum Sector
- “It Can’t Be Done” to “We Can Do It”
- Leveraging Limited Assets
- Managing Big Changes
- NEMA’s Next 100 Years
- Planning, Luck, and Teamwork
- Reimagining the Historic House Museum
- Re-Imagining the Future!
10:45 – 11:15 am
Demonstration Station
- Tiny Book Show with The Creativity Caravan
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Creating Better Museum Experiences Through Holistic Planning
- Integrating Skill Building into Museum Programs for Children and Caregivers
- Moving Your Department Forward through Restructuring
- Out from the Shadows
- Packing, Tracking, and Stacking
- Queers in the Museum
- Rebranding for Change in Small to Midsize Museums
- Stop, Collaborate, and Listen
- What Really is the Museum of the Future?