The Museums Alaska Program Committee has recommended the following theme and keynote speaker for the 2013 MA Conference:
Collaborations: Coming Together for Museums
Keynote: Michael Gates
Michael is a trained archaeologist, conservator, and calls himself a History Hunter. He has published 3 books: Gold at Forty-Mile Creek, History Hunting, and Dalton’s Gold Rush Trail. He is retired from Parks Canada and is now a major force in advocating the Canadian government return (laid-off) staff to the Canadian parks. He worked for many years to professionalize their collections and exhibits process.
We’ve received a great number of conference session ideas and are looking forward to lining up panelists and participants. Please let us know by Friday February 22 if you have interest in participating in a session, workshop or have more ideas for sessions related to the theme. We believe the theme affords us a breadth of topics, from hands-on skills to joint advocacy efforts, and we hope to encourage collaborative delivery of conference sessions where we learn from each other. On our 30th Anniversary, we are inspired by a statement of one committee member: In a state so vast and remote, our greatest resource is each other.
Below is a listing of potential sessions. We look forward to hearing from you by the 22nd. Email the committee
REMINDERS:
The conference will be in Haines this year: Sept 25-28, 2013
Feb 15 is the last chance to be entered into a drawing for a free conference registration by joining/renewing your Museum Alaska membership (all memberships expire Dec 31).
Potential Sessions
Legal Issues in Collections Management: Federal & State Permits
Technology & Social Media 2.0: How to set them up and use them to make your work more productive
Museum Advocacy 101
Museum Publishing 101
Museum Marketing 101
Archaeology Collections Management
SketchUp for Museums
Storyboard
Engaging Visitors with Technology: A How-To
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Litigation Records 2 Decades Years after the Spill
AAM Accreditation: An Update
Museum Renovations, Upgrades, Expansions
Natural History Collections
Taxidermy Specimens in Collections
Museum Stores: art sales and general management
Museum leadership development
Museum Tips: 15 min tips from professionals
Filling out the AAM Standard Facilities Report
Museum Q&A
Alaska demographics
You Got the Grant. Now What? Strategies for Working with Funders
Potential Workshops
Emergency Preparedness / Disaster Preparedness Drill
Moving Collections
Museum Boot Camp
Grant submittal workshop
Exhibits – hands on (Sketch Up, Cases & Mounts, Installation)
