We need your expertise!

The Visitor Studies Association Professional Development Committee is 
requesting proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with this 
year’s annual conference. We seek workshop leaders from a broad range of 
fields to present half-day or full-day sessions that are lively, 
interactive, and offer participants the opportunity to broaden their 
knowledge and skills in studying or enhancing the experiences of 
visitors in a wide range of institutions. This year, pre-conference 
workshops will be held on Saturday July 23 and Sunday July 24, 2011.

What might you offer?

Suitable topics relate to the field of visitor studies and cover content 
such as: questionnaire design; interviewing techniques; surveying on the 
web; or unique qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Specifically, 
last year conference attendees requested topics including: dissemination 
strategies, reporting findings, advanced statistics, and beginner survey 
design. All workshops should provide participants with background 
information (e.g. a bibliography) and should address, where appropriate, 
ethical considerations and sensitivity to diverse audiences.

The details…

VSA is excited to announce that the 2011 meeting will be a joint 
conference with the Association of Midwest Museums (AMM). We plan to 
provide a diverse workshop slate to meet the needs of newcomers, 
including AMM attendees, as well as experienced evaluators. As such, 
each of the workshops needs to be clearly tailored to either a beginner 
(101) level or an intermediate/advanced (301) level.

We encourage workshop presenters to consider offering half-day 
workshops, or to structure full-day workshops into two half-day 
workshops, one with a 101 focus and the other with a 301 focus.

As always, workshops should also address at least two Visitor Studies 
Professional Competences.

Deadline for Submission: November 29, 2010

Download the full call: 
http://visitorstudies.org/news/173/76/VSA-2011-Conference-Call-for-Workshops 


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Erik Ledbetter
Executive Director
Visitor Studies Association
PO Box 10668
Rockville, MD 20849-0668
v. 301 762.1450
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www.visitorstudies.org
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