Please send me a call for proposals.  Thank you.  Lisa Breslof

At 10:42 AM 2/21/03 -0600, you wrote:
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>The Association of Midwest Museums (AMM) Program Committee has evaluated the
>first round of over 50 proposals for its conference (theme is "Building the
>Museum") in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from November 5-8, 2003.  While we feel the
>quality and quantity of the proposals were very high, there are several
>topics for which we would like to see session submissions. The following
>list reflects these areas and specific topics. The deadline for the next
>round is March 17.
>
>We are particularly encouraging sessions from our region, which includes
>Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana,
>but qualified proposals from outside our region will not be refused. (Please
>be aware that compensation is not provided for presenters.)
>
>For questions, please contact me (see below) or Beth Shea, AMM Program
>co-Chair, at [log in to unmask]
>
>The Call for Proposals can be obtained from me directly or at
>www.midwestmusems.org. E-mail and fax submissions are acceptable.
>
>Looking forward to seeing you in November at a great conference on a great
>lake!
>
>Dawn Scher Thomae
>AMM Program co-Chair
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>phone: 414.278.6157
>fax: 414.278.6157
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>
>Suggested topics and areas for second round of AMM session proposal
>submissions. (List is not organized by preference and some subjects can be
>combined into one session)
>
>·     Earned Revenue - Museum Stores, Facility Rental, etc.
>
>·     Balancing the Museum Mission and Earned Revenue
>
>.       Topics specifically pertaining to directors/presidents/CEOs
>
>·     The key to a successful museum store
>
>·     Professionals in Private Practice - Career Building?
>
>·     When the Governor (or Mayor, etc.)  Cuts the Budget - how are
>museums dealing with the tough economic times in positive ways
>
>·     Museum Security issues
>
>·     Hiring the Right Employee the first time.
>
>·     Strategic Planning for small museums
>
>·     Planned Giving
>
>·     Learning from profit-mind ventures
>
>.       Topics specifically pertaining to development/fundraising like
>special events
>
>·     After the grant (how to keep a program going - sustainability)
>
>·     Strengthening Your Museum's Financial Future
>
>·     Rejuvination and the job/balancing priorities esp. in a job that
>doesn't pay well
>
>·     Time Management/or 7 Keys to Personal Effectiveness (something
>         to help develop us as individuals versus the institution)
>
>·     The front line: is your museum a welcoming place?
>
>·     How to get (and maintain) repeat visitors
>
>·     Evaluating Online Learning
>
>·     Basic collections management and/ or registration workshop
>
>·     The challenges of caring for living collections
>
>·     Troubleshooting copyright issues.
>
>·     Legal Issues
>
>·     Conservation
>
>·     Dealing with deaccessioning
>
>·     Stabilizing the museum-HVAC/sunlight/collection protection
>
>·     How to build (and maintain) a teaching collection
>
>·     Great tours
>
>·     Producing profitable programs
>
>Exhibits
>·     Writing Effective Labels
>
>·     The Technology of Labeling - You can write a good label, but how
>         do you produce one - cheaply or top of the line?
>
>·     Integrating Evaluation into Exhibit Development Exhibit Process
>and Development
>
>·     Traveling exhibits from A to Z
>
>·     Mount-making workshop
>
>·     Exhibit Lighting: What is available and the dos and don'ts for
>design and collection conservation.
>
>·     Exhibits in a changing world or What does the museum visitor of
>today really want to see in museums?
>
>·     Hot topics in exhibit development.
>
>·     Mobile Computing in Museums: Costs, How to, How Successful
>
>·     Visitor ID systems integrated into exhibits in Museums: Costs,  How
>to, How Successful
>
>·     New High Tech Equipment to design exhibits with exhibits for
>museum exhibit designers
>
>·     Virtual Reality for museums exhibits: Costs, How to, How
>Successful
>
>·     Effective exhibit design/production on a shoestring budget
>
>·     How to get financial/administration/board support for exhibit
>maintenance
>
>·     Collaboration between museum to design, develop and share an
>exhibition
>
>·     How to develop and implement multimedia productions for exhibits:
>Costs, How to, How make them successful.
>
>·     How to do low cost/time prototypes for testing exhibit ideas.
>
>
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Lisa Breslof, M.S.Ed
Supervising Museum 
Instructor 

Department of Education
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024
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Fax: 212-313-7182
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