Heads up, Tufts – this is an AMAZING workshop, and there are still spaces left. I attended the session in Atlanta at the beginning of March, and it was a useful, practical, and ridiculously fun intro to the world of project management. I’ve already taken skills that I learned in the workshop back to my day job. Best of all? It’s free. And they give you a $200 travel stipend. So what are you waiting for? More info below.

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Spaces Still Available for AASLH Project Management Workshop

Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO
April 12-14, 2011
AASLH is offering its Project Management for History Professionals workshop at the Missouri History Museum, April 12-14, 2011.

  • Workshop is one of twelve nation-wide workshops
  • 35 total hours of formal project management training
  • 24 hours of onsite workshop training
  • 11 hours of follow-up live webinar training
  • Qualifies professionals in the history field to sit for the project management certification exam through Project Management International (PMI).

The workshop is free for participants through a generous grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A $200 travel stipend is awarded to workshop participants when the follow-up webinar training is completed.

The goal of the program is to improve how history museums operate by:

  • Bringing in the expertise of certified project management trainers from outside of the discipline to teach the fundamentals of project management to history professionals;
  • Instructing history professionals in best practices for establishing project requirements and planning and organizing work to meet them;
  • Teaching skills that strengthen the processes history professionals apply in their everyday work including exhibitions, education programs, fundraising initiatives, special events, outreach activities, and collections-based projects.

These skills developed at AASLH’s Project Management Workshop are critical to the development of improved processes and, therefore, an institution’s improved ability to serve its community.

There are a limited number of slots still available for the workshop. Applications for the workshop will continue to be accepted until all workshop slots are filled.

Visit the Project Management Website for more information or contact:

Steve Hoskins
AASLH Project Coordinator
Hoskins@aaslh.org