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Midwest Museums Assn announces conference program for July 14-17 in Madison, WI

Stephanie Klett’s AAM keynote: “Museums, Mayhem and The Travel Effect” is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 9:00 am. Klett is Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Tourism.

The Association of Midwest Museums announced the program for its 2013 conference.  The conference, Locally Grown, Community Created, is scheduled for July 14-17, 2013 at the Concourse Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin.  The program can be downloaded from the AMM Home Page  http://www.midwestmuseums.org.  This year’s program has sessions addressing new trends, emerging issues, and best practices in various administrative areas of museum operations.  Here is a sample of some sessions that will be featured at this year’s conference:

 

COLLECTIONS
  • What’s in a Name?  Cataloging Using Nomenclature 3.0
  • Locally Grown, Federally Regulated: How Small Local Museums Can  Leverage State and Federal Guidelines   to Benefit Their Collections
  • The Right Tool for the Job: Selecting a Collections Management System that Works for You
  • Disaster Response Plans: Today’s Issues
  • Reap Benefits: Grow Community Interaction through Shared Collection Databases
  • With Orders to Identify, Clarify and Classify: Collections Metadata in the Trenches
  • Telling the Story of the Civil War through Seven Local Collections: A Collaborative Project

EDUCATION

  • Reimagining an Educational Loan Program for the 21st Century
  • SPARK! Cultural Community Engagement for People with Memory Loss
  • Science Teaching Network: Embracing Change and Fostering Sustainability
  • Locally Grown, Internationally Known: Showcasing Community Voices in Mobile Content
  • Changing Times, New Collaborations
  • Evolution 101: Investigating How Education Programs are Designed, Repurposed, and Evolved
  • Local Partnerships Building Communities
  • The Living Laboratory
  • Enriching the Lives of Early Learners Through Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
  • App, App, and Away with Productive Partnerships
  • A Bright Future: Creating a New Generation of Committed Patrons
  • Nature Net: A Collaborative Environmental Education Network

FINANCE

  • The Bottom Line: Understanding Nonprofit Financials
  • Budget Basics: Creating and Managing Your Department’s Budget
  • Future Think

FUNDRAISING

  • Case Writing 101 Workshop
  • Fundraising in Turbulent Times
  • So the Capital Campaign is Over…But Fundraising Must Go On!
  • Trends in Fundraising
  • Future Think

TECHNOLOGY

  • Locally Grown, Internationally Known: Showcasing Community Voices in Mobile Content
  • Trends in Technology: The Digital Road Ahead
  • There’s an App for That
  • App, App, and Away with Productive Partnerships
  • Mobile Tours and Portable Content
Judith Rubin
Judith Rubin
Judith Rubin ([email protected]) is a leading journalist, content marketing specialist and connector in the international attractions industry. She reports on design and technical design, production and project management, industry trends and company culture. From 2005-2020 she ran communications and publications for the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). In 2013, she was honored with the TEA Service Award. She was development director of IMERSA and publicist for the Large Format Cinema Association, and has contributed to the publications of PLASA, IAAPA and the International Planetarium Society. Judith joined World’s Fair magazine in 1987, which introduced her to the attractions industry. She joined InPark in 2010. Judith earned a BFA from Pratt Institute. She has lived in Detroit, New York, Oakland, and now Saint Louis, where she is active in the local arts community.

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