A little bit of everything in these upcoming workshops from NEMA; enjoy! (Remember that there is a reduced student rate for registering.) Managing Projects: How to Keep One Step Ahead of your Project Thursday, June 9, 2011 Co-sponsored by the New England Conservation Association Old …
Direct from NEMA and hot off the presses: NEMA’s Professional Affinity Groups provide you with timely, valuable workshops that address the challenges you face. Take charge of your professional development and join your New England colleagues at one of NEMA’s upcoming workshops or networking events. …
The registration deadline for this very interesting, very useful NEMA workshop is next Monday, so run to the website now to sign up!
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The Membership, Development, PR and Marketing Professional Affinity Group Presents:
Best of Times, Worst of Times: Making the Most of What You Have
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Fitchburg Art Museum
Fitchburg, MA
Registration Deadline: April 4, 2011
Registration Fee (lunch included): $50 NEMA members / $60 non-members / $40 students
Click here to register.
This year’s workshop sessions will demonstrate strategies for getting a lot accomplished with small staffs and small budgets. Learn to effectively promote and execute fundraising events; discover ways to prosper as a development department of one; and share ways to get the best publicity possible for your institution. A networking event will also be included in the day’s program.
9:00 am Coffee and Registration
9:30 am Welcome
PAG Co-chairs: Sue Schopp, Independent Museum Marketing Consultant, MA and Leigh Thomas, Assistant Director, Slater Memorial Museum, CT
9:45 am Publicity: Getting the Good, Dealing with the Bad
Michael Byrnes, Senior Account Executive, Matter Communications, MA
Do you wonder how your museum or historical society could get more good publicity? Or what formats, whether print or electronic, would work best for your particular institution? Do you ever have sleepless nights worrying about negative publicity? This session will give you plenty of ideas about how to get good publicity, and will also give you guidelines on dealing with less-than-ideal coverage.
11:00 am The Development Department of One
Lisa Johnson, Executive Director, Stanley Whitman House, CT
This session will focus on achieving the most success with the least staff. Whether you’re solely responsible for meeting your museum’s fund-raising goals or just trying to streamline your development operations, in this program you will discover best practices for prioritizing your goals and making the most efficient use of your time.
12:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Speed Dating! (A fun and not-awkward networking session)
In this session, you will have the opportunity to meet and speak with a wide variety of your colleagues. This is a wonderful opportunity to share your personal areas of expertise, as well as to solicit advice or ideas from other museum professionals who share your interests.
2:30 pm Sold! Successful Fundraising Auction Planning From Conception Until the Hammer Drops
Mim Fawcett, Executive Director, Attleboro Arts Museum, MA
Learn to get great visibility for your next museum function and pull it off without a hitch! This session will explore how to develop and execute successful fund-raising events. We will examine one museum’s process of planning their annual auction, and along the way will hear advice about marketing, setting (and reaching) achievable goals and coordinating day-of logistics.
3.45 pm Final Questions and Wrap-up
Click here to register.
All staff from institutional and corporate members are eligible for the member rate. Not sure if your organization is a member? Just call NEMA, 781-641-0013, to find out.
The registration deadline for this workshop is TODAY – so run, don’t walk, and sign up! *** Especially for Me: Innovative Ways Museums Can Support Visitors of All Abilities Monday, March 28 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Wistariahurst Museum Holyoke, MA Registration Deadline: March 21, …
This week’s professional organization information is about some very useful and specifically targeted workshops for young and emerging museum professionals. We’ve talked about them before, but the first one, called “LEARN,” is coming up soon and you don’t want to miss it. Information below. *** …
A few days ago we announced the NEMA spring workshop lined up, with special mini-workshops aimed directly at young and emerging museum professionals. Here’s more information on those workshops, the fun networking events taking place afterward, and how you can register. All information is courtesy of NEMA’s workshops page.
The NEMA Young and Emerging Museum Professionals (YEPs) PAG understands that new and emerging museum professionals have limited budgets to attend workshops, and frequently are unable to miss work for professional development and/or networking events. To break down these barriers faced by those with less than ten years in the field, and those who wish to network with new and emerging professionals, the YEP PAG Chairs have planned a series of workshops that break the mold. Learn, Laugh, Love brings together numerous individuals from various professional positions and levels of seniority, both of local and national stature, to encourage those who are just entering the field, especially career changers, students, and those who are seeking to further their current position, in three informal learning situations, where networking at peer to peer and peer to mentor level are key components. Register for all three and save!
All workshops will be held at Historic New England’s Otis House Auditorium.
LEARN: How to Interview “Big Wig” Speed Dating Style (March 23, 2011)
There’s no better way to learn but trial and error. Using the speed dating format, participants will have the opportunity to “interview” with seasoned museum professionals, including Directors, Curators, Educators, Board of Trustee members, and other senior ranking individuals. Each seasoned professional will be armed with a mixture of “favorite” interview questions collected from those who hire in the museum field; workshop participants will rotate between professionals, thus opening the door to meet and learn from those who have immense advice to share on the interviewing process, making the best first impression, and creating a lasting mark with interviewers that leads to a new position.LAUGH: How to Break into a Tricky Field in a Tough Economy (April 20, 2011)
Sometimes laughter is the best medicine, but how does an emerging museum professional break into a tricky field when museums are facing budget cuts and staff reductions? What does a museum want from a new hire? What skills are needed to be successful in the museum field in 2011? Should you go back to school, attend workshops, and learn how to post to Facebook? When is a job a great fit, and when should you run away if it isn’t perfect? These questions and more will be discussed, with an emphasis on making your current skills and abilities appealing to employers. Hear stories from seasoned professionals on starting off in the field, surviving layoffs, and transitioning to new positions. Translating job descriptions into inspiring cover letters and highlighting key resume accomplishments will also be discussed.LOVE: How to Build Your Resume through Internships, Articles, Conferences, and Presentations (May 11, 2011)
Climbing the museum ladder is definitely labor intensive, but it is a labor of love. Learn how to build your resume by gaining experience beyond traditional nine to five positions. Publishing, presenting, and volunteering are ways to uncover unknown or new museum positions, make contacts, and build a strong resume (and a strong museum professional!). Discover the strategic steps you can take to make yourself more appealing to future employers, and find the best route to positioning yourself for promotions and opportunities throughout the field.Directions to the Otis House will be emailed with your registration confirmation two weeks prior to the workshop.
Questions? Call NEMA, 781-641-0013.
After each event, the YEPs are holding a fun networking event at a local eatery. Here’s the list:
LEARN Networking Event, Wednesday, March 23
8:00 p.m., The Liberty Hotel
LAUGH Networking Event, Wednesday, April 20
8:00 p.m., The Red Hat
LOVE Networking Event, Wednesday, May 11
8:00 p.m. The Fours
You can register for the YEP events on the NEMA workshop website, and you can RSVP for the networking events on the YEPS Facebook page. (Or just click on the links for the events themselves to RSVP individually.)