Conference Audio Recordings
92nd Annual NEMA Conference
November 3 - 5, 2010
Springfield, Massachusetts
Missed a conference session? Want to re-live an inspiring talk? Now NEMA gives you the tools to carry the conference experience with you throughout the year. Just choose a session from the list, then click the “play” button to get started. Or take the session with you by clicking “Download MP3” and loading it onto your mobile device. Either way, it’s fast and FREE!
Wednesday
Can Museums Be Activists?
Director and Trustee Luncheon Program: Cultural, Educational, Social, and Business Entrepreneurs: Cut from the Same Cloth, Seeking Different Outcomes, hosted by Studio Two
For the Future Good of Museums: Why Curators, Scholars, Educators, Designers, and other Museum Professionals Must Give Up the Library and Become Museum Directors
Its More Than Just Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies for Small Museums
Keynote Session with AAM President Ford Bell and BC Professor Carlo Rotella, "The Hook for the Resell": Creative Individuals, Cultural Institutions, and the Postindustrial City
Lions and Lambs Strategic Alliances
Thursday
Low Tech? No Tech? No Problem!
Multi Sensory Opportunities for Adults in Art Museums
Restrictions on the Use of the Proceeds of Deaccessioning: The Discussion Continues
Friday
Using Standards to Take Your Museum to the Next Level
Wednesday
Can Museums Be Activists? Download MP3 (39.07 MB)
Chair: Laura Roberts, Principal, Roberts Consulting, MA
Speakers: Christine Hammond, Executive Director, Children's Museum of SouthEastern Connecticut; Katherine Kane, Executive Director, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, CT; William Spitzer, Vice President, Programs, Exhibits, and Planning, New England Aquarium, MA
Director and Trustee Luncheon Program:
Cultural, Educational, Social, and Business Entrepreneurs: Cut from the Same Cloth, Seeking Different
Outcomes, hosted by Studio Two Download MP3 (43.83 MB)
Speakers: Dorothy Chen-Courtin, a noted cultural entrepreneur who founded her nonprofit consultancy, and her husband, Patrick Courtin, a business entrepreneur in high tech industry.
This session is also available on YouTube™
Part #1
Part #2
Part #3
Part #4
Part #5 Post session interview conducted with Dorothy and Patrick.
For the Future Good of Museums: Why Curators, Scholars, Educators, Designers, and other Museum Professionals Must Give Up the Library and Become Museum Directors Download MP3 (42.20 MB)
Chair: Marilyn Hoffman, Principal, Museum Search & Reference, NH
Speakers: Tracey Baetz, Executive Director, Brick Store Museum, ME; Dennis Kois, Executive Director, DeCordova Sculpure Park + Museum, MA
Its More Than Just Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies for Small Museums Download MP3 (35.24 MB)
Chair: Rebecca Zimmerman, Museum Educator, Connecting Essex LINCs (Teaching American History Grant), MA
Speakers: Beth Beringer, Education Consultant for Salem Maritime NHS & Essex National Heritage Commission, Salem Maritime NHS, MA; Courtney Richardson, Director of Education & Public Programs, Cape Ann Museum, MA; Maryann Zujewski, Education Specialist, Salem Maritime Historic Site & Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Salem Maritime NHS, MA
Keynote Session with AAM President Ford Bell and BC Professor Carlo Rotella, "The Hook for the Resell": Creative Individuals, Cultural Institutions, and the Postindustrial City Download MP3 (41.74 MB)
Welcome from Gail Nessell Colglazier, President, New England Museum Association
An Interview with AAM President Ford Bell
Keynote Speaker: Carlo Rotella, Author, Journalist, American Studies Scholar
“The Hook for the Resell” Creative Individuals, Cultural Institutions, and the Postindustrial City
The keynote session is also available as a video provided by the Official Video Producer of the NEMA Conference Dvee Media. Click here to watch.
Lions and Lambs Strategic Alliances Download MP3 (37.49 MB)
Co-Chairs: Susan Robertson, Executive Director, Gore Place, MA; Mark Thompson, Regional Director, Southern Maine, Maine Maritime Museum
Thursday
Low Tech? No Tech? No Problem! Download MP3 (32.10 MB)
Chair: Jane Bowers, Exhibitions Curator, Wenham Museum, MA
Speakers: Laura Howick, Education Director, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA; Denise LeBlanc, Director of Science Education & Community Partnerships, The Discovery Museums, MA; Melissa Westlake, Curator of Education, Historic Newton, MA
Multi Sensory Opportunities for Adults in Art Museums Download MP3 (35.34 MB)
Chair: Wendy Dodek, Adjunct Educator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Speakers: Emily Silet, Curatorial Educator, DeCordova Sculpure Park + Museum, MA; Ellen Soares, Docent Manager, Peabody Essex Museum, MA
Restrictions on the Use of the Proceeds of Deaccessioning: The Discussion Continues Download MP3 (37.35 MB)
Chair: Lawrence Yerdon, President, Strawbery Banke Museum, NH
Speakers: Brian Allen, Executive Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, MA; Mark Gold, Partner, Parese & Sabin, LLP, MA
Friday
Using Standards to Take Your Museum to the Next Level Download MP3 (39.12 MB)
Chair: Cynthia Robinson, Director, Museum Studies Program, Tufts University, MA
Speakers: Flavia Cigliano, Executive Director, Nichols House Museum, MA; Nina Zanieri, Executive Director, Paul Revere House, MA
November 3 - 5, 2010
Springfield, Massachusetts
Missed a conference session? Want to re-live an inspiring talk? Now NEMA gives you the tools to carry the conference experience with you throughout the year. Just choose a session from the list, then click the “play” button to get started. Or take the session with you by clicking “Download MP3” and loading it onto your mobile device. Either way, it’s fast and FREE!
Wednesday
Can Museums Be Activists?
Director and Trustee Luncheon Program: Cultural, Educational, Social, and Business Entrepreneurs: Cut from the Same Cloth, Seeking Different Outcomes, hosted by Studio Two
For the Future Good of Museums: Why Curators, Scholars, Educators, Designers, and other Museum Professionals Must Give Up the Library and Become Museum Directors
Its More Than Just Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies for Small Museums
Keynote Session with AAM President Ford Bell and BC Professor Carlo Rotella, "The Hook for the Resell": Creative Individuals, Cultural Institutions, and the Postindustrial City
Lions and Lambs Strategic Alliances
Thursday
Low Tech? No Tech? No Problem!
Multi Sensory Opportunities for Adults in Art Museums
Restrictions on the Use of the Proceeds of Deaccessioning: The Discussion Continues
Friday
Using Standards to Take Your Museum to the Next Level
Wednesday
Can Museums Be Activists? Download MP3 (39.07 MB)
Chair: Laura Roberts, Principal, Roberts Consulting, MA
Speakers: Christine Hammond, Executive Director, Children's Museum of SouthEastern Connecticut; Katherine Kane, Executive Director, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, CT; William Spitzer, Vice President, Programs, Exhibits, and Planning, New England Aquarium, MA
Director and Trustee Luncheon Program:
Cultural, Educational, Social, and Business Entrepreneurs: Cut from the Same Cloth, Seeking Different
Outcomes, hosted by Studio Two Download MP3 (43.83 MB)Speakers: Dorothy Chen-Courtin, a noted cultural entrepreneur who founded her nonprofit consultancy, and her husband, Patrick Courtin, a business entrepreneur in high tech industry.
This session is also available on YouTube™
Part #1
Part #2
Part #3
Part #4
Part #5 Post session interview conducted with Dorothy and Patrick.
For the Future Good of Museums: Why Curators, Scholars, Educators, Designers, and other Museum Professionals Must Give Up the Library and Become Museum Directors Download MP3 (42.20 MB)
Chair: Marilyn Hoffman, Principal, Museum Search & Reference, NH
Speakers: Tracey Baetz, Executive Director, Brick Store Museum, ME; Dennis Kois, Executive Director, DeCordova Sculpure Park + Museum, MA
Its More Than Just Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies for Small Museums Download MP3 (35.24 MB)
Chair: Rebecca Zimmerman, Museum Educator, Connecting Essex LINCs (Teaching American History Grant), MA
Speakers: Beth Beringer, Education Consultant for Salem Maritime NHS & Essex National Heritage Commission, Salem Maritime NHS, MA; Courtney Richardson, Director of Education & Public Programs, Cape Ann Museum, MA; Maryann Zujewski, Education Specialist, Salem Maritime Historic Site & Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Salem Maritime NHS, MA
Keynote Session with AAM President Ford Bell and BC Professor Carlo Rotella, "The Hook for the Resell": Creative Individuals, Cultural Institutions, and the Postindustrial City Download MP3 (41.74 MB)Welcome from Gail Nessell Colglazier, President, New England Museum Association
An Interview with AAM President Ford Bell
Keynote Speaker: Carlo Rotella, Author, Journalist, American Studies Scholar
“The Hook for the Resell” Creative Individuals, Cultural Institutions, and the Postindustrial City
The keynote session is also available as a video provided by the Official Video Producer of the NEMA Conference Dvee Media. Click here to watch.
Lions and Lambs Strategic Alliances Download MP3 (37.49 MB)
Co-Chairs: Susan Robertson, Executive Director, Gore Place, MA; Mark Thompson, Regional Director, Southern Maine, Maine Maritime Museum
Thursday
Low Tech? No Tech? No Problem! Download MP3 (32.10 MB)
Chair: Jane Bowers, Exhibitions Curator, Wenham Museum, MA
Speakers: Laura Howick, Education Director, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA; Denise LeBlanc, Director of Science Education & Community Partnerships, The Discovery Museums, MA; Melissa Westlake, Curator of Education, Historic Newton, MA
Multi Sensory Opportunities for Adults in Art Museums Download MP3 (35.34 MB)
Chair: Wendy Dodek, Adjunct Educator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Speakers: Emily Silet, Curatorial Educator, DeCordova Sculpure Park + Museum, MA; Ellen Soares, Docent Manager, Peabody Essex Museum, MA
Restrictions on the Use of the Proceeds of Deaccessioning: The Discussion Continues Download MP3 (37.35 MB)
Chair: Lawrence Yerdon, President, Strawbery Banke Museum, NH
Speakers: Brian Allen, Executive Director, Addison Gallery of American Art, MA; Mark Gold, Partner, Parese & Sabin, LLP, MA
Friday
Using Standards to Take Your Museum to the Next Level Download MP3 (39.12 MB)
Chair: Cynthia Robinson, Director, Museum Studies Program, Tufts University, MA
Speakers: Flavia Cigliano, Executive Director, Nichols House Museum, MA; Nina Zanieri, Executive Director, Paul Revere House, MA