Early bird registration is available through May 15, 2009 for the 22nd Annual Visitor Studies Association Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, July 21 - 25, 2009. Register now and come together with fellow professionals to explore critical questions facing the world of informal learning today. Conference sessions reflect a wide range of strategies and methods for better understanding and addressing Relevance, Public Value, and Impact. Keynote speakers include: Maria Rosario Jackson, Director of the Urban Institute's Culture, Creativity and Communities Program; Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Emily Zimmern, President and CEO, Levine Museum of the New South; and Beverly Sheppard, President, Institute for Learning Innovation. There are more than 60 sessions, a Marketplace of Ideas, lively networking events, and much more to stimulate your thinking and increase your skills and knowledge. Prior to the conference VSA offers fourteen full and half-day workshops for all levels covering a broad range of topics including: Visitor Studies 101 - Evaluating Impact; Measuring Attitude; Audience-Based Inquiry; Prototype Testing with Mechanical Interactives; The World of Market Research; Strategies for Evaluating Websites; and more. For conference and workshop information and registration, please visit: <http://www.visitorstudies.org/> www.visitorstudies.org. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] Randy C. Roberts VSA Association Manager PO Box 14375 Columbus, OH 43214 (614) 670-7379 CyberDefender has scanned this email for potential threats. Version 2.0 / Build 4.03.29.01 Get free PC security at http://www.cyberdefender.com <http://www.cyberdefender.com> ========================================================= 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] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).