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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
[log in to unmask]
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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