NEMA | Annual Conference Sessions

Conference-At-A-Glance

Wednesday

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open

8:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Opens

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome Coffee in Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Making the Most of Media & Technology in Exhibits on a Budget
The New Hampshire Membership Challenge: Strategies for Growing Membership that Work
Riding out the Storm and Sustainability: Getting Your Museum Through Economic Hardship and Beyond
The Romance and the Reality: Curating at Small Museums
Vision = Value: Linking Mission to Marketing
Where to Find Exhibit Art?

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Opening Session:
Building Social Capital
Keynote Speaker: Lewis M. Feldstein, President, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Opening Luncheon

12:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Directors and Trustees Lunch Program
It’s a Green Day!

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Dessert and Coffee in Exhibit Hall
Hosted by Tru Vue, Inc.

1:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Afternoon Off-Site Sessions

Afternoon in Lowell - Everything Old Is New Again
Afternoon in Manchester - Exhibit Development: The Team Process

1:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Double Session

Marketing in Web 2.0: Using Social Networking to Promote Your Museum and Engage Audiences

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

The Care and Curation of Contemporary Collections for Small Museums
Change Brings Opportunity
Essentials for Cultural Collections: Space Planning and Environments
Looking Through a New Lens: Interdisciplinary Programs (even on a small budget)
Reinventing Your Site: How One Small Museum Repackaged Itself
Small Museum—Big Partner: Maine and NASA on Their Way to Pluto

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Hear ye, Hear ye: “Sustainable” Historic House Museum Is Not an Oxymoron
How to Win Friends and Influence People
How Well Do You Know Your Audience?
Impress the Press!
More Than Just a Pretty Label: Designing Exhibitions for Different Learning Styles
Things You Should Know! Legal Issues for Small to Mid-Sized Museums
Want to Meet More of Your Independent Museum Professional (IMP) Colleagues? Try “Speed Dating!”

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Opening Reception

Evening Events

Directors and Trustees Dinner at the Currier Museum of Art
An Evening at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

Thursday

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open

8:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Opens

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Wake-up Coffee in Exhibit Hall

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
IMP PAG Breakfast Meeting

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Morning Off-site Sessions

Playing the IPM Game at Historic New England's Collections and Conservation Center
Tackle Restoration or Put in a Parking Lot? at the Nashua Historical Society

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Double Sessions

Finding Your Path
Youth Curators: A Team Approach to Creating Exhibitions

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Collaborations: Improving Performance in the Nonprofit Sector
Cutting to the Chase
From Liquor Liability to Unrelated Business Income Tax: Legal Concerns in the Use of Museum Facilities
IMLS Update: Funding, Research and Trends
Into the Mainstream: Interpreting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History
Volunteer Docents vs. Paid Interpretive Staff

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Hosted by Cherry Valley Group

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

The Basics of Effective Grant Writing
Beyond the Cocktail: Understanding and Engaging Young Professionals
Designing Your Insurance Program: An Insurance Handbook
Interpretive Writing
Make-overs: Extreme and Otherwise
We Were Here: Making New Hampshire’s Black History Visible

12:45 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Lunchtime Professional Affinity Group Sessions

Children's Museums
Curators
Education
Exhibitions
Historic Site Management
HR & Volunteer Management
Membership, Development, Public Relations & Marketing
Museum Directors Discussion
Registrars

1:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Afternoon Off-Site Session

Designing New Educational Experiences at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Closing Reception and Raffle Prize Drawing

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Access for Everyone: Using Universal Design to Create a Better Visitor Experience
Forging New Models for Reaching School Audiences
"Miles to go before we sleep": Using Survey Results to Improve the Visitor Experience
Museum Mapping Projects: Charting a New Course
The Museum’s Role in a Community Crisis: Worcester’s Beetle Battle
Promises of Leadership: New Directors Conundrums
Restrictions on the Use of the Proceeds of Deaccessioning: Is the Ethical Rule Ethical?

4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Newcomers Reception
Hosted by Tufts University Museum Studies Program

Evening Events

A Night at the Museum—Lowell National Historical Park
A Cosmopolitan Adventure in the Heart of New Hampshire—The Amoskeag Millyard in Manchester

Friday

8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Registration Open

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Wake-up Coffee

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Double Sessions

Managing Copyright Issues for Museum Archives and Library Materials
Open Space Session

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Best Online Practices in the Museum Webspace
Clean This Old House 101
Letting Go: (en)lightening Staff
What You Need to Tell Your Architect
Working with Video Professionals to Promote Your Museum

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
Hosted by Andrew Penziner Productions LLC

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

Graphic Design Options for Organizations Large and Small
Green Outside-the-Box
Is There A Change In Your Future?
To Share or Not to Share – Is a Collaborative Collections Storage Facility a Storage Solution?

12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Closing Lunch and Annual Meeting