***Board of Directors 2021-2023***
The ARCS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the newest members of the Board elected by the ARCS membership:
Sydney Briggs
Associate Registrar
The Museum of Modern Art
Sebastián E. Encina
Collections Manager
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan
Adriane Tafoya
Registrar and Senior Collections Manager
McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Kara S. Vetter
Director of Cultural Resources
Museum of Us
***#ARCSchat June 1 with John Simmons***
The Collections Continuum: Where do we go from here?
We haven't arrived, but where have we been? More than a year after global lockdowns have forced all of our collections and institutions to rethink nearly every operating protocol, we look back at what the road traveled says about the road that lies ahead.
To put our world in context for us on this last chat of the season, collections encyclopedia (with a specialty in natural history collections) John Simmons joins us on #ARCSchat to lay out some scenarios for the future of collecting institutions based on what we can learn from trends of the past. John has authored multiple books including Things Great and Small: Collections Management Policies (2nd ed. 2017), Foundations of Museum Studies: Evolving Systems of Knowledge (2014, with Kiersten Latham), Herpetological Collecting and Collections Management (3rd edition, 2015), Museums: A History (2016), and the chapter on "Collections Management: History, Theory, and Practice" in The International Handbook of Museum Studies (2015). Perhaps most notably, he has co-edited the 6th edition of Museum Registration Methods (with Toni Kiser).
June 1st, 1:00 p.m. ET
Live on the ARCS YouTube Channel
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ARCS Leadership Series: Leading Museum Teams in a VUCA World
May 27th & June 17th, 2021 1:00 p.m. ET
Leading teams in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world is an ongoing challenge for nonprofit and museum professionals. The pandemic complicated these challenges, moving us to strengthen our skills in resolving problems, leading teams and engaging opportunities to enhance our organizations. This 3-part webinar series will feature interactive sessions that introduce and apply perspectives on leading, communicating, and facilitating teams in nonprofit organizations and museums to help meet these complex challenges.
May 27 Session 2: Connecting Leading & Communicating
Expanding upon our work in Session 1, Session 2 features an interactive workshop that explores the connections among leadership, communication, and leadership styles. Drawing upon these connections, we will discuss the ways in which those leadership styles and communication skills impact how we lead others in the museum and nonprofit context.
June 17 Session 3: Leading & Teaming in a VUCA World
Given the challenges in the nonprofit and museum world today, keys to success will be our abilities to leverage the strengths of a variety of specialists to solve complex problems. Session 3 focuses on how to apply your leadership strengths and communication skills discussed in Sessions 1 and 2 to team (as a verb; Edmondson, 2017), toward achieving nonprofit and museum goals.