**** Deadline for MPMA SESSION PROPOSALS ****
January 31 (EEK: that’s this Friday)
Check out MPMA’s web: _www.mpma.net_ (http://www.mpma.net/) for a
proposal form
MPMA’s 2014 Conference
Join MPMA in the Colorado Mountains this fall
Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado ---- September 28-October 2, 2014
******** Theme: innovation @ elevation -------a museum summit ******
Check MPMA’s web site for suggestions on topics and guidelines for a
successful session / workshop. http://www.mpma.net/
Look at the web site for topic suggestions –categories of topics and a
boatload of session topics are provided. Guidelines provide suggestions for
different session formats. You can also request a proposal form by responding
to this email or by contacting MPMA at the information below. Also, ask
MPMA for help with your session proposal: [log in to unmask]
(mailto:[log in to unmask])
We are looking for presenters on these topics:
a. Museum stores
b. Museum closings or museums on the edge: how are you doing?
c. Tips for the current economy.
d. Digitization:
e. Objects: ceramics, toys, glass, or whatever is in your
collection
f. Creativity in the classroom /connecting with classrooms
g. Marketing in the 21st century/social networking
h. Board development: challenges, orientation, boredom, terms
i. Rentals: your museum, your traveling exhibit
j. Historic House Museums: challenges
k. Preparing for a public hearing on your site
l. Scaling back that costly building plan
m. Grant tips or finding funding from unlikely sources
n. Volunteers: training, manuals, nurturing, to criticize or not
o. University museums: admin woes, selling objects, updating exhibits
p. Exhibit design on a small budget
Q. Tech on a low budget or Tech that you gotta have
If you would like to address any of the above topics, let us know and
we'll work with you. Contact us at [log in to unmask]
(mailto:[log in to unmask])
Need HELP??? If you are struggling to find panelists, go ahead and submit
anyway.
On the proposal form, tell us what the hold up is. We'll help you.
If you are unsure about your topic, submit anyway.
We'll help you finalize it.
MPMA: A Ten-state museum network
MPMA is the professional service provider to museums in ten states:
Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
7110 West David Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80128-5404
303-979-9358 / http://www.mpma.net/
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