Summer 2008
Trends in Museum Education

• A “Perfect Storm”: The Impact of NCLB and Transportation Costs on School Visitation at Museums by Kay Simpson
• Giving Everything You’ve Got: It’s All About Access by Anne Butler Rice
• Audience Development Through Cyberspace: WAM’s Online Forum by Martina Tanga

Spring 2008
The Green Movement in Museums

• Great! We’re Going Green! Now What? by Sarah S. Brophy and Elizabeth Wylie
• Small Museums, Real Impact by Amy Montague
• Building our Largest Exhibit – Our Green Building by Neil Gordon
• “Green” Museum Projects in New England

Winter 2008
Museum Leaders and Tomorrow's Challenges

• On Being Executive Director of a Museum by Emily Curran
• The Director's Position as a Second Career by Mark R. Thompson
• Reflections on the Road Ahead
• NEMA Keynote: What Makes a Museum? It's Not as Easy as It Sounds by Harold Skramstad

Fall 2007
Technology and the 21st Century Museum

• Putting Your Collections Online: Is It Possible? by Cindy Mackey and Anne Vosikas
• Blog Addison: A Peek Behind the Curtain by James Sousa
• Technology Fundamentals: An Interview with Jim Olson by Michelle Stahl
• Self-Guided Audio Tours and Small Museums by Susan A. Kaplan
• Beyond the Case Statement: Your Grant Proposal by Marc Osten, Susan Myrland, and Katrin Verclas
• Museums Online
• Glossary of Terms

Summer 2007
Museum Attendance Trends Update

• NEMA 2007 Museum Attendance Survey
• New England Museum Success Stories
• Metrics of Success in Art Museums by Maxwell L. Anderson
• Understanding Our Audience and Supporters through Attendance Trends by Flavia Cigliano
• Exploring the Current and Future of New England Museums and Digital Culture by Trevor Nesbit

Spring 2007
Collections Planning

• Collection Planning Overview by Raney Bench
• Short Term Collections Planning by Valarie J. Kinkade
• Museum Collecting for the Long Term: The Basics by Paul O’Pecko
• Donor PR 101 by Kate Viens

Winter 2006-07
Advocacy and Museums

• Make the Most of a New Post-Election Landscape by Ember Farber
• Why Aren’t We at the Table? by Dan Hunter
• An Advocacy Caveat: Pay Close Attention to Your Sources of Support by Scott Stevens
• Connecting the Cultural Sector with Local Government and Business by Jerry S. Moore
• What You Can and Cannot Do by Jason Hall     

Fall 2006
The Creative Economy

• Museums in the Creative Economy by Beate Becker
• The Preservation of Innovation at Slater Mill by Francine Murphy-Brillon
• The Farnsworth Art Museum and the Creative Economy by Lora S. Urbanelli
• Vermont’s Creative Communities Program by Helen Labun Jordan
• Massachusetts Launches Landmark Cultural Facilities Fund by Greg Liakos
• The Creative Industries in New Hampshire
• The Creative Cluster in Connecticut reported by An-Ming Truxes

Summer 2006
Increasing Cultural Diversity

• Engaging Latino Communities by Maria F. Cabrera
• Opening Doors, Inviting Diversity by Sheryl Mays
• Fefa’s Market by Janice O’Donnell
• To Each Its Own Spirit: The Approach and Appropriate Care of Native American Collections by Linda Coombs

Spring 2006
Marketing Your Museum

• Basics of Marketing by The New York Foundation for the Arts
• Public Service Announcements by The New York Foundation for the Arts
• The Power of Ten by Nora Maroulis and Tony Maroulis
• Advertising by The New York Foundation for the Arts
• The Brightest Marketers Do Their Research, First by Amy Athey McDonald
• Measuring Effectiveness by David A. Karns and Zahava D. Doering
• Marketing Exhibitions: Will They Come? by David A. Karns and Zahava D. Doering
• Experience Marketing as an Overall Strategy by David A. Karns and Zahava D. Doering
• Direct Marketing for Museums by Jamie Clements
• What’s All the Buzz About E-marketing? by Maren Brown
• Buzz Marketing Brainstorm by Dresden Engle
• Anniversaries as Marketing Tools: Why Bother? by Jeanne Yocum and Harron Ellenson

Winter 2005-06
Disaster Planning. Are You Ready?

• Emergency: If You’re First from AIC
• Disaster Planning by Beth Lindblom Patkus and Karen Motylewski
• Contents of a Disaster Plan from Southeastern Library Network
• Disaster Plan Exercise by the California Preservation Program

Fall 2005
Museum Ethics for a New World, Part 2, Staff

• Ethics: Essential Treatment Helps Inspire Collaborative Success by Paul Fontaine
• Ethics and the Museum Collection
• Exhibition Ethics in the Non-collecting Museum: Looking Through the Other End of the Telescope and Finding Someone Looking Back by Harry Philbrick
• IMPs and Ethics by the IMP PAG Working Committee
• How Much Donor Involvement is Too Much? By the Association of Fundraising Professionals

Summer 2005
Museum Ethics for a New World, Part 1, Boards

• Developing and Following a Code of Ethics by Diane Kopec
• In Principle, In Practice: Ethical Museum Governance under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by Jane Piasecki
• Panel Proposes Measures to Strengthen Nonprofit Accountability
• Board Orientation: The Cornerstone of Board Development
• The Accreditation Commission’s Expectations Regarding An Institutional Code of Ethics
• How do we Safeguard Against Conflict of Interest?
• Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty, and the Duty of Obedience
• Removing a Board Member

Spring 2005               
Collections Storage Solutions

• Funding for Collections Storage by Cathi Comar
• Preparing your Collection for Temporary Storage by Linda Delone Best
• Planning a Storage Facility that Meets Your Museum’s Needs
• Making Storage Collections Available to Researchers and the General Public by Ned Lazaro

Winter 2004-05
Exhibit Trends

• Exhibit Survey—results from survey conducted November 2004
• Critical Thoughts About Design by Kevin Coffee
• The Magic of Your Own Changing Exhibit by Gail Ringel
• Borrowing and Lending Traveling Exhibits by Jonathan Shay
• Hiring an Exhibit Design Consultant for the First Time? Tips from a Designer’s Perspective
  by Douglas Simpson
• Exhibit Collaborative Builds the Right Environment by Sally Anne Giedrys
• Education and the Traveling Exhibition by Julie Bernson

Fall 2004
Earned Income

• The Museum Meets the In-Laws: Developing a Successful Facility Rental Program
• The Museum and the Caterer: A Value-Added Relationship By Jim Lawler
• Vending Machines Provide Food, Beverages and Possibly Profits By Arthur M. Manask
• Achieving Success in Your Museum Store By Judy Flam and Arch Horst
• Focus Your Promotion Efforts with a Marketing Plan By Becki Swinehart
• Candlelight, A Glass of Wine and UBIT: A Food and Facilities Tax Primer By Jeffrey Hurwit

Summer 2004
Museum Membership Programs

• Questions & Answers from Museum Membership Staff
• Membership Programs in New England's Museums
• Making the Grade: Measuring the Efforts of Your Membership Program by Dana Hines
• 29 Ways to Get & Keep More Members: Nuggets of Knowledge Every Membership Manager Should Know by Dana Hines
• Seven Characteristics of Highly Successful Membership Programs by William Mott
• Are Museum Memberships Tax Deductible? by Barry G. Szczesny
• The Do's and Don'ts of a Successful Membership Survey by KDV
• 10 Reasons Why You Should Be Marketing to Grandparents by Katherine Khalife
• Mini-Survey on Why Donors Support Museums and What Influences Their Philanthropic Choices?
• Mini-Survey of Museum E-Newsletters

Spring 2004
The Educational Mission of Museums: Beyond School Times

• Beyond School Time in Action, in New England’s Museums
• An Interview with Michelle Seligson by Kathleen Hart, Harvard Family Research Project
• The Role of Cultural Institutions in After-School Programs by Jennifer Davis and David Farbman, Massachusetts 2020
• Afterschool Programs and Museums by Patricia M. Barnicle
• Museum/After School Collaboration: Partnering for a Common Cause by Tim Porter and Virginia Vogel Zanger
• After School Programs at the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT – excerpted from survey responses by Christine Jewell

Winter 2003-04
Museum Collections

• Collections Planning—Results from the National Colloquium by Elizabeth Merritt
• Annual Maintenance Programs for Outdoor Sculpture by Katie Holbrow
• Overview of Legal Issues for Digitization by Melissa Smith Levine
• Reflections on Museum Collections, Passion & Principles by Harvey Green, Northeastern University
• Signature Objects for Museum Exhibits by Karin Goldstein

Fall 2003
Around the Region in 80 Days – Museum Projects

• Saving Maine’s Colors: Collaborative Strategies in Flag Conservation and Exhibition at the Maine State Museum by Laureen LaBar, Maine State Museum and Gwen Spicer, Delmar, NY
• Do Natural History Collections Belong in Art Museums? by Jane Winchell, PEM
• SPNEA and MASS MoCA: Mix it Up by Carol Iacobucci & Kenneth Turino, SPNEA
• Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Organizational Change Kathleen Spector, First Light Enterprises
• To Tour or Not to Tour: The Mixed Benefits of Museum Sponsored Travel by Michael Induni
• Asking the Right Questions: Getting the Most for Your Publications Dollar by Brian D. Hotchkiss, Vern Associates, Inc.

Summer 2003 
Natural Evolution in Museums – Board Reflections

• The Value of Discussion
• Why We Value Museums by NEMA Board Members
• Observations on Mission & Values
• Mission, Vision & Value Statements From New England Museums
• A Few Words About Boards – recorded at a roundtable discussion of the NEMA board
• A Few Words About Defining Museums
• A Few Words About Future Leadership– recorded at a roundtable discussion of NEMA board

Spring 2003
2, 4, 6, 8, Why Should We Evaluate? Evaluation for Museums

• Outcome Based Evaluation – drawn from IMLS website
• Evaluation That Really Works by Julie Pokela
• Evaluation Stories from the Region
• Front-End Evaluation: A Vital Tool for Exhibit and Program Planning by Minda Borum
• Many Modes of Interaction with Visitors by Z. Dorring & A. Pakarik
• Ethical Considerations by Z. Dorring & A. Pakarik
• Instructions for Interviewers
• Glossary of Terms

Winter 2002 (available in .pdf format only)
Education, Enterprise & Economics: The Value of Museums

• The Public Value of Museums by M. Christine DeVita
• Museums Do Make a Difference in the Lives of Many, Many People by David Ellis
• Confessions of a Museum Junkie– by Ann Porter
• The Real Thing by Revell Carr
• Nonprofits and Governement: What You Can and Can't Do by Jason Y Hall
• Designing a Grants Filing System that Works by Henry Flood

Fall 2002 
Human Resources

• Going Up or Going Down? A Comparison of NEMA’s Salary & Benefits Surveys
• What Should Not Be Kept in the Regular Personnel File?
• Don’t Take Them for Granted: Holding On to Good Staff by Leigh Branham
• Pitfalls in Employee Selections by Leigh Branham
• Employment Interviewing Quiz
• Executive Transition: A Powerful Opportunity for Change – excerpted from 1997 interview of Sean Bailey reprinted courtesy PNN Online
• Tips for Supporting Staff Through an Executive Transition by Anne Butterfield
• New Research Reveals Interim Leadership Patterns – by David M. Tanner
• Preparing for the Interview: Strategies for a Successful Hire

Summer 2002 (available in .pdf format only)
If You Build It, Will They Come: Museum Attendance

• Museum Attendance Trends in New England
• Success Stories from New England States
• National and Regional Cultural Tourism Statistics
• A Look at the Future of Heritage, Culture and Arts Tourism – by Karen Ida Peterson
• Fifty-One Ways to Boost Attendance

The following articles were supplementary to the print issue and were posted online.

• More Success Stories from NE States on How to Boost Attendance
• A Look at the Future of Heritage, Cultural and Arts Tourism by Karen Peterson
• Keys to Successful Marketing for Cultural Heritage Tourism by Amy Webb
• An Introduction to Diversity's Importance for Museums by Tania Said and John T. Suau

Spring 2002 
Museum Education

• Museum Visits and Programs: What are the Perspectives of Teachers, Museum Educators, and Children? – by Nina Jensen
• Museum Education Practice & Policies – by George Hein
• In Search of Lifelong Learning – by John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking

Winter 2001 (available in .pdf format only)
Museum Stores

• Achieving Success in your Museum Store – by Judy Flam and Arch Horst
• Good Things Come in Little Packages: Making the Most of a Small Store Space – by Becki Swinehart
• NICHE: A Model of Museum Store Cooperation – by Heidi Norton
• Nonprofit Activities on the Web: Do the Old Rules Apply? – By Paula Cozzi Goedert
• Best & Worst Selling Items—A Very Unscientific Survey!
• The Art of Museum E-Commerce: What Store Managers Should Know – by Jennifer D. K. Brock

Fall 2001
Museum Volunteers

• Risk Management and Museum Volunteers – by Judy Ciampoli
• Care and Feeding of Volunteers – by Dr. Joan Bines
• What the Volunteer Protection Act Doesn’t Cover – by Adam R. Walker, Esq.
• Volunteer Recognition…On a Shoestring Budget
• Volunteers: The Staff that Small Museums Are Made Of – by Sunnee Spencer
• Training 101: An Introduction or Refresher on the Basics of Volunteer Training – American Association for Museum Volunteers
• Dismissing Volunteers – by Paula Meadows
• Master Volunteers – by Sarah Brophy