I agree at 90% with Roger ;-) ICOM-US work very well to make more people aware, but also in Europe and around the world ICOM is not well recognized and this is a negative thing. I travel a lot around the world and I normally ask colleagues if they are aware about ICOM and, if yes, if they are happy or not. And, trust me, many colleagues are not aware about ICOM or don't thing that ICOM can help in their activity. Anyway the main thing is to increase networking try to exit from fix borders, need to network with many colleagues as is possible, independently if they are member or not of any association. And from there will be more easy to suggest to join a committee, an association etc. Mario Bucolo, Museumland.net On 7/24/07, Roger Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I believe Mario is indicating that the profile of ICOM in the States is > not as high as it is in Europe. > > To a certain extent this may be true, largely due to the excellent work of > the AAM which covers many of the same professional activities, but within a > different context. ICOM is known in the States > > Many of the office bearers of the organisation have come from North > America. > > However list members may not be aware that one of the most effective > chairman of MPR was US-based Janet Solinger. She built up a reasonably > large US membership during her tenure and my earlier email was a suggestion > to my US colleagues that they may consider a trip to Vienna. If they are > interested in mixing with Marketing and PR profesionals with a wide > collective experience, those who actually work within museums, then I would > whole heartedly recommend ICOM MPR. > > best wishes > Roger > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Mario Bucolo <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 24, 2007 5:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MUSEUM-L] Museums Marketing and Communication - a Golden > Opportunity > > > The main problem is that not all are aware about ICOM. It is very > important that ICOM will try an heavy penatration in the professionals > sector, to do this need major precence at all levels. > ICOM-United States work hard to make more people aware about ICOM > Also MPR Committee must to be more present, there are a lot of > professionals inside > > > I will be in Vienna, I will speech at CIDOC Conference Committee on 21 at > 10am > > > It will be a good meeting occasion also to discuss about the new list I > create > > > Museums Marketing and Communication List > > > http://lists.museumland.net/listinfo.cgi/mmcl-museumland.net > > all the best > > > Mario Bucolo, Museumland.net > > > > > On 7/24/07, Roger Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Greetings All! > > > > A golden opportunity for Museum Marketers and PR folks is the > > forthcoming > > ICOM conference in Vienna. See > > http://museumsnett.no/icommpr/html-files/conferences /programme.htm for > > ICOM > > MPR's marketing and PR programme. > > > > I note that "Branding museums" is a key note presentation by Carol Scott > > Carol Scott, who is the Manager of Evaluation and Audience Research at > > the > > Powerhouse Museum and the immediate past president of Museums Australia, > > the > > national professional association for museums and galleries. > > > > While ICOM MPR has a strong European connection but there are also a > > couple > > of interesting papers from Asian colleagues. > > > > It is well worth joining this group as they have annual conferences in > > very > > interesting locations. See > > http://museumsnett.no/icommpr /html-files/conferences/previous-list.htm. > > > > As a former Chair of this body I can assure you that these annual > > gatherings > > are most productive and a lot of fun! > > > > Lena Millinger is the Secretary of ICOM MPR. Her contact details are as > > follows: > > > > Lena Millinger > > Marketing Communications Manager > > Malmö Museer > > Box 406 > > SE-201 24 Malmö > > SWEDEN > > Tel +46 40 344404 > > fax +46 40 124097 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > best wishes > > Roger > > > > ========================================================= > > Important Subscriber Information: > > > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com /museum-l-faq/ > > . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending > > a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of > > the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message > > to [log in to unmask] . 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