2019 Conference
Conference Sessions Handouts
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Tuesday Pre-Conference Sessions
- Public Art: Affordable, Accessible, Sustainable at Middlebury College Museum of Art
- nema_preconf_sculpture_tour_conservation_mgmt_tool_working_objects.pdf
- conservation_of_working_objects.pdf
- Resources_for_Developing_a_Conservation_Management_Tool.pdf
- Grow Where You’re Planted: Engaging Art and Science in Conservation
Wednesday Sessions
8:00 – 8:45 am
NEMA Conference Preview
8:45 – 10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions
- Inclusive Audience Engagement in a Gallery Setting
- NEMA_Verbal_Descriptions.docx
- NEMA_2019.pptx
- Inclusive_Audience_Engagement_Resources_2019.docx
- Engaging_Active_Learners_Handout_2019_-_for_merge.docx
- Introduction to Analyzing Open-Ended Audience Data: Impact Beyond the Numbers
- Reimagining Meaning in Membership
- Setting and Achieving Goals for the Yale Peabody Museum
- Statewide Collaborations: What’s in it for me?
- The “We” of Board Chair-CEO Leadership
- The Art of Race and Relationship Building
- What Is the Place? Why Am I Here?
- What Went Into It and What We’re Learning: Two IMLS Collections Stewardship Projects in Vermont
- Paper_Condition_survey_form_from_Shelburne_Museum.pdf
8:45 – 10:15 am
Story Telling Sessions
- Vision/Action: Mobilizing Cultural Communities to Tackle Climate Change
- Boating for Everybody
9:30 – 10:00 am
Demonstration Station
- VR, AR, and Spatial Computing: Engaging Museum Visitors with Immersive Technologies
1:15 – 2:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Giving Teachers What They Want: How to Foster Deeper Connections Between Sites and Schools
- Hands-on Learning for Grown Ups
- Otto Dix’s The Pregnant Woman (1931): Female and Male Responses in the #MeToo Movement
- Strategic Planning and ME: An Easy 1-2-3 Approach to Metrics, Evaluation, and Connecting the Dots
- Successful Network Building & Partner Relationships
- Special Technology Offer for NEMA Members
- You Say Tomatoe, I Say Tomato: Dealing with Communication and Conflict
1:15 – 2:15 pm
Story Telling Sessions
- A New Twist on Living History & Visitor Engagement: A Case Study at Chimney Point & Mount Independence State Historic Sites
- Who Moved My Museum? Keeping Your Stakeholders Engaged During Times of Change
1:15 – 4:45 pm
Off-site Sessions
- Champlain Longboats: All in the Same Boat at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
- Energy Commons - Toward a Sustainable Us
- “Free & Safe:” Social Justice at the Rokeby Museum
- Rising from the Ashes: UVM Redesigns its Natural History Museum after a Fire
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Demonstration Station
- Mini PD: 20 Minutes of Training with Your Volunteers and Staff Every Day!
2:30 – 3:15 pm
Mindfulness Break
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- “Is This Thing On?”: Exploring Communication Strategies for Small Museums
- Engage All Ages: Strategies to Engage Students and Families in Museum Programs
- Historical Interpretation in the Woods: On-Line Mapping for Your Museum
- It’s Never Too Early to Start Planning for the Holidays at Your Historic Site
- Making Sense of Numbers: Storytelling and Finance at Museums
- Pitching Camp: The Hidden Benefits of Summer Camp Programs
- Real IMPact (or, The Value of IMPs)
- Working Together Equitably: Reframing our Thinking from “What’s in it for Me?” to “What’s in it for Us?”
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Story Telling Sessions
- Wearing Our Heritage: A Case Study in Decolonization
- Maybe It’s Just Not a Place for Me: Fostering Inclusive Cultural Critique
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Audience, Access & Across-Sector Collaboration
- Cato & Dolly: Engaging Audiences and Sharing Unheard Voices Through Theatre
- From the Inside Out – How to Engage Your Public Within and Beyond the Museum’s Wall
- Getting Their Foot in the Door: Strategies for Mentoring and Working with High School and College-Age Volunteers, Interns, and Staff
- Healing Spaces: Museums Respond to the Opioid Epidemic
- life_balance_wheel.pdf.docx
- Suggested_Resources_List.docx
- TheArtofHope_flyerFALL2019FINAL.pdf
- Emotionally_Intelligent_Leadership_Presentation.pdf
- On the Road: Rewards and Challenges of Off-Site Exhibits
- Protecting Collections in an LED Lighting Age
- Quality over Quantity: Telling the Story of Your Museum Volunteers with Strategic Impact Measures
- What IS in it for me?
4:15 – 4:45 pm
Demonstration Station
- Herstory Unsanitized
Thursday Sessions
7:30 – 8:30 am
Independent Museum Professionals Affinity Group Breakfast
8:45 – 11:30 am
Off-Site Session
- Share and Share Alike: Community Exhibit Spaces
8:45 – 10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions
- All Hands on Deck! Delivering That Rich Museum Content Virtually!
- Boundless Museums: Breaking Down Barriers for All Visitors
- Fundraising For All of Us - It’s a Team Effort!
- Hot Issues and Deep Reflection: Programs to Enter the Heart of Hard Subjects
- Photographing and Digitizing Collections: Essential Approaches for Success
- Think Tank: Museums and Climate Change
- Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems Throughout the Museum
- Your Personal Mission: Connecting to the WHY Behind Your Work
8:45 – 10:15 am
Story Telling Sessions
- A Balancing Act: Revitalizing and Transforming the Historic House Museum through Authentic Engagement Experiences to Develop New Audiences & Growth
- Tapping into Social-Emotional Learning within Middle and High School-Museum Partnerships
9:45 – 10:15 am
Demonstration Station
- "Cato & Dolly," a performance by Plays in Place
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Are your Artifacts and Documents Protected? Climate Control Considerations for Small and Medium-Size Museums
- Civic Engagement and the Museum: Inspiring Our Audiences to Action
- Deferred Maintenance: Investing in the Upkeep and Care of Our Frontline Staff
- Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
- Join a Cultural Heritage Emergency Network? What’s In It for Me?
- Building_a_Cultural_Placekeeping_Network.pdf
- Join_a_Cultural_Heritage_Emergency_Network_LINKS.pdf
- PPTs_Join_a_Cultural_Heritage_Emergency_Network.pdf
- Pop-Ups vs Permanence: Are Temporary Exhibits the Future of Museums?
- Queer Possibility
- So You Want To Be A CEO?
- What’s In It For Museum Staff?
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Story Telling Sessions
- Hands-On Relevance
- The Cafeteria Project
10:45 – 11:15 am
Demonstration Station
- Designing Data-Based and Member-Friendly Benefits Strategies
11:30 am – Noon
Demonstration Station
- Basics of Moldmaking and Casting
12:15 – 2:15 pm
PAG Lunches
- Children’s Museums Finding our Niche!
- College and University Museum PAG Lunch
- Curators PAG
- Educators PAG
- Exhibitions PAG
- Historic Sites Open Mic Lunch
- Library and Archives PAG
- Membership, Development, PR & Marketing PAG
- The Museum Directors’ Discussion
- Registrars & Collections Care Specialists (RACCS)
12:45 – 4:00 pm
Off-Site Session
- College Museums and Collaboration: An Afternoon at UVM’s Fleming Museum of Art
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Creative Co-Curation Across Small Museums
- Don’t Guess, Assess! How to Incorporate Evaluation Practices into Museum Programming
- Dont_Guess_Assess.pdf
- ECHO_Staff_Climate_Survey.pdf
- Performance_Grid_Quadrant_Definitions_ECHO.pdf
- ECHO_Performance_Grid_Director-_Leadership.pdf
- Getting Serious about Performance Metrics
- Hack your Hiring
- Museum Salaries: Turning Talk into Action
- No Benefits Attached: Fundraising Strategies Beyond Membership
- Freedom__Unity_Program_Schedule.pdf
- Save_The_Date_FandU_2018_7_18.pdf
- Table_Captain_Packet_2018_7_9.pdf
- UnderwritingProposal_NatLife_2018_8_20.pdf
- NEMA-_No_Strings_Attached_Resources.pdf
- NEMA_2019_Presentation.pptx
- You Can Do It Too! Taking Your Collections from Obscurity to Accessibility
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Story Telling Sessions
- The Revitalizing Power of Professional Interpretation: The Web of Interpretation
- Making “Seekers and Scholars” the Mary Baker Eddy Library Podcast
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Career Conversation with Marilyn Hoffman
Friday Sessions
8:45 – 9:45 am
Concurrent Sessions
- Creating Community Through Summer Camps
- Donor-Centric Letter Writing Workshop
- Exhibition Planning ABCs* (Things to Address Beyond Content)
- _Partner_guideline_template.docx
- Dividing_Responsibilities_Template.docx
- Budget_Spreadsheet.xlsx
- NEMA_-_Exhibition_Planning_ABCs_-_NEMA2019.pdf
- Risk_Management.pdf
- 0000_Site_Survey.xlsx
- How Will Your Museum Commemorate the Woman’s Suffrage Centennial?
- Is NEH Funding Right for Me?
- Telling Other Stories: Adding More Voices to History Museums and Historic Sites
- Tips for Telling Your Story and Working with the Media
- Where Do I Start? An Introduction to Assessment Programs for Museums
10:00 – 11:00 am
Concurrent Sessions
- (Re)opening Doors: How One Museum is Experimenting with Audience Engagement After a Major Expansion
- Getting Ready for School with Degas and the Dinosaurs
- Intangible Histories – Making Meaning from Memory
- Successful Executive Searches: Innovative Strategies & Satisfied Stakeholders
- Tainted Money
- Using Audio to Decolonize Permanent Exhibits
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
- Community-Powered Podcasting
- Moving from Data Aware to Data Driven
- Museum Living Labs: When Museums Become Hubs for Technological Innovation
- Programming Outside the Museum Box
- Recharge and Reimagine: Creativity Break
- Strategic Planning for Independent Museum Professionals
- Unraveling the Stories: The Role of Oral Histories in Museums