Web site reads page cannot be displayed. At 10:42 AM 2/21/03 -0600, you wrote: >***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~***~*** > >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 >------------ > >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. > > >_________________________ > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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