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Friday Oct 3, 2014

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 9:00-9:50 1 Utilizing Your Square Footage Art Hupp Project Principal glaserworks Sometimes we don't need more space, we just need to be smarter about using Chris the space that we have. Art Hupp, a Project Principal, Designer, Project Manager and Project Architect with glaserworks, has extensive experience in complex University, Urban Design, Historic Renovation and Museum Design projects. In this session Art will discuss techniques and approaches to making better utilization of our museum spaces.

2 Collections that Bite: Hazardous Materials in Your Collections Jennifer Souers Chevraux Education Outreach Officer Intermuseum Conservation Association This double-session presentation will provide an overview of safety threats Chris within artifact collections and their causes. Many objects in collections are ones we handled in our childhood at our grandparents' house and may be complacent about what risks they poise to our health. The goal is to raise awareness and inspire dialog among museum professionals that they need to be wary of the inherent dangers many benign looking artifacts may contain.

Scott Bradley Curator National Museum of the United States Air Force 3 Common Core: How Do Historical Organizations Fit In? Molly Uline-Olmstead Project Director, Educational Ohio History Connection Common Core. It's in the news and the word is on the street, but there is still Mark Partnerships and Outreach Department great confusion. What is Common Core? What does it mean for museums? How can museums use Common Core to help them attract school groups and make their museums more attractive to schools?

4 Showing Off: Creating Online Exhibits (SOA) Suzanne Maggard Reference/Collections Librarian University of Cincinnati Archives and Rare Books Library Are you looking for ways to engage new users with your collections? Online Jillian exhibits can help promote your collections to users of all ages. Are you worried you do not have the technical skills to create an online exhibit? This session will explore low tech options for creating online exhibits that will tell the story of your collections. Participants will gain practical advice for creating online exhibits from choosing items from your collections to evaluating options for putting your exhibits online from free website publishing platforms to paid online exhibit hosting services. Participants will also learn about tools, applications, and plug ins available for enhancing online exhibits.

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 10:05-10:15 1 Grantwriting, Fundraising, and Donor Cultivation Ricki Chanault Executive Director Fairfield Medical Center Foundation This wide-ranging workshop will address grant writing and donor cultivation by Leslie answering these questions: Where does one find grant makers? How do I write a grant for my historical society (and what do I need to have ready as I start)? What are best practices for donor cultivation and – after they’ve given – for donor stewardship? What are tried and true (and inexpensive) ways to recognize donors?

Scott Bradley Curator National Museum of the United States Air Force 3 Beyond the Basics - Using Photoshop for Design Leann Rich Manager of Education & External Mahoning Valley Historical Society Adobe’s Creative Suite of products allows users to design sophisticated Leann Relations publications for print and web. Learning just a few of the tools available in Photoshop can really add flair to printed materials. Participants will get a primer on general design concepts and printing standards; learn how to combine photos, text, layers, masks, and effects; find out the different options for getting the software; and take home a list of several online resources that can help further your skills. Leann Rich, Education & External Relations Manager for the Mahoning Valley Historical Society is a self taught daily user of Photoshop and InDesign.

4 Simple Custom Enclosures for Cultural Heritage Collections Miriam Nelson Head of Preservation Ohio University Interested in learning how to construct basic enclosures to preserve your Jillian Workshop (SOA) (Double Session) valuable collections? In this session participants will learn how to build two custom enclosures, the Tyvek envelope and the 4 flap box. Session participants will be shown how to create each enclosure from start to finish and will be given pre-cut samples on which to practice. A good fit can play as large a role in preservation as the quality of materials we use and these custom enclosures can be produced with minimal equipment and time. Limited to 20 participants.

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 11:20-12:10 1 What Style Is It, Really? Petra Knapp Cleveland Restoration Society Amy Walking or driving by historic buildings can be fun, but it’s even better if you know how to describe them! If you have ever swerved, or stopped traffic, to look at an historic building, this session is for you! Architectural historian Petra Knapp will lead a discussion on American architectural styles and features, and Community Surveyor give you the tools you need to better understand our built environment! Kimberly Barnard Community Surveyor Cleveland Landmarks Commission Rebecca Torsell Community Surveyor Piqua Public Library 2 Navigating Copyright Law Sandra Enimil Director Copyright Resources Center at OSU Libraries Working in the museum field inevitably means working within copyright laws. Mark Join Sandra Enimil, Director of the Copyright Resources Center at OSU Libraries, as she shares insight into the basics of copyright law and fair use.

3 How to Build an Effective Board Todd McCormick Curator/Director Logan County Historical Society Many groups struggle to ensure that they have effective board members who Todd take their fiscal and policy responsibilities seriously. Is your board effective? Todd McCormick of the Logan County History Center explains how to build a board of trustees who are well-informed about what they should (and shouldn’t) do. 4 Simple Custom Enclosures for Cultural Heritage Collections Miriam Nelson Head of Preservation Ohio University Interested in learning how to construct basic enclosures to preserve your Jillian Workshop (SOA) valuable collections? In this session participants will learn how to build two custom enclosures, the Tyvek envelope and the 4 flap box. Session participants will be shown how to create each enclosure from start to finish and will be given pre-cut samples on which to practice. A good fit can play as large a role in preservation as the quality of materials we use and these custom enclosures can be produced with minimal equipment and time. Limited to 20 participants.

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 12:15-1:30 Lunch and Keynote Alan Canfora Director Kent May 4 Center The longstanding Kent May 4 Center Director is Alan Canfora -- the recognized Mark leader of the May 4 Movement for Kent State truth and justice based in Kent, Ohio. Alan Canfora was a leader of the 1970 Kent State students' anti-war revolt, an eyewitness and casualty of the shooting incident and the acknowledged leading expert about the Kent State tragedy of May 4, 1970.

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 1:40-2:30 3 What is That!? - and How to Read Artifacts Andrew Richmond Vice President and Auctioneer Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers A panel of three experts will help you identify a mystery artifact from your Andy collection. Bring photographs of artifact to be identified - or the artifact itself (at your own risk). Even if your object stumps the panel, panelists will still be able to offer advice on how to examine or "read" an artifact so you can continue your quest to find out what it is. Panelists: ; , Lancaster, and TENTATIVE: Andrew Richmond, Vice President, Garth's Auctioneers and Appraisers, Delaware. Limit artifacts to one per organization, please NOTE: Cobbled together this draft based on our annual meeting conversations and nice chats with Julie and Cliff. Julie would prefer to present on Friday because of daughter's expected sports commitments on Saturdays this fall.

Cliff Eckle Curator of History Ohio History Connection Julie Parke Executive Director Decorative Arts Center of Ohio 2 StEPs to a Great Museum Lynne Newell, PhD Volunteer Athens County Historical Society and Museum AASLH has a program called STePs, or Standards and Excellence Program for Todd History Organizations. StEPs guides small museums and sites in assessing policies and practices, strengthening daily tasks like caring for collections, planning exhibits, and working with a board. Athens County Historical Society & Museum welcomes a discussion about this important process.

Jessica Cyders Curator Athens County Historical Society and Museum 3 Reviving Cemeteries: Making Them Relevant in Local History Misti Spellman Education Director The Castle How are cemeteries relevant in local history? Join Misti Spillman as she talks Leslie about cemetery projects she has done over the past 3 years and the current cemetery she is working on now. This session will cover research, restoration and the cemetery toolkit guide she created for beginners in this field. The session will also focus on how to involve the community and bring awareness to the importance of historic cemeteries.

4 Sharing Treasures from the Archives (SOA) To Be Announced (Award Winner) To Be Announced (Award Winner) To Be Announced (Award Winner) “I Found it in the Archives” is a nation-wide contest started by the Society of Jillian American Archivists in 2006 to promote archives by involving people who have successfully used their collections to find families, heritage, and treasures. Contest participants give testimony to the value of archives in written essays and video submissions. In place of SAA’s national contest, the Society of Ohio Archivists conducted a state-wide “I Found it in the Archives” contest in Ohio this year. We’ll celebrate the story of this year’s contest winner, hear about challenges and successes in promoting archives through this contest from SOA Archives Month “I Found it in the Archives” subcommittee members and institutional participants, and assess the value of this promotion to strengthen and build relationships with archives users.

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 2:50-3:40 1 Management 101 Dr. Steven Austin Stovall Associate Professor of Management Wilmington College This session introduces the fundamentals of management to the new Ruth supervisor or the manager wanting a refresher. From how to hire and fire to discipline and performance reviews, major topics of management are discussed and participants will walk away with several handouts containing specific information to help them in their supervisory roles. 2 Speed Networking Amy Rohmiller Program Coordinator, Local History and Ohio History Connection Meet your colleagues in this fun and interactive event! Participants rotate to Amy AmeriCorps meet each other over a series of short, introductory meetings--each meeting lasts a couple of minutes. At the end of each interval, the organizer rings a bell, clinks a glass, or blows a whistle to signal the participants to move on to the next meeting. An excellent way to introduce yourself and to meet new friends and colleagues!

3 Conservation, Preservation, Care & Handling Basics Jennifer Souers Chevraux Education Outreach Officer Intermuseum Conservation Association In this introduction to conservation and preservation, learn about the Andy environmental and other threats to your collections, the importance of on- going preventative care, when to call in the professionals, and what resources are available from your regional conservation center

4 Ask An Archivist – SOA Society of Ohio Archivists Panel (SOA) Society of Ohio Archivists Society of Ohio Archivists Jillian Have questions about your archival collections but not sure where to turn? Come to our ask-an archivist session for help! A panel of experts from the Society of Ohio Archivists from a variety of archival settings is eager and waiting to answer your questions on a variety of topics such as preservation, processing, digitization, exhibition, and records management. Saturday Oct 4, 2014

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 9:00-9:50 1 Walking Tours using Mobile Apps Ryan Reider Graduate Student Ohio University Put your guests in their walking shoes! Learn how graduate students at Ohio Mark University turned a paper version of Historical Athens into a mobile walking tour. The augmented reality game uses mobile media learning to engage its users in a quest to learn about the history of Athens by walking through the city in a virtual tour. Historical Athens follows the Historical Society’s paper version of the walking tour. By introducing characters and places using a map interface that is part of a larger narrative, users learn about navigation. Characters and plaques in the game share facts about their stories from the ‘first-person’ perspective allowing players to gain information about the lives and buildings that make up downtown Athens.

David Telega Graduate Student Ohio University Jody Monk Graduate Student Ohio University 2 Teen Programing in Museums Shelly Casto Director of Education Wexner Center for the Arts Attracting teenage youths to museums is sometimes challenging. Although Mark many organizations have been able to attract teens into volunteer and internship positions at their museums, it has proven much more difficult to develop programming that attracts teens to museums as visitors. Learn how one museum, the Wexner Art Center has successfully developed programs specifically geared to excite teenagers and get them involved with the educational aspects of the museum.

3 The History Fund: Grants for Museums, Too Andy Verhoff History Fund Grant Manager & Historical Markers Coordinator Ohio History Connection The History Fund is the Ohio History Connection's newest grant program. It Andy started in 2012 and museums are applying - has yours? What does the History Fund fund, and how do you apply? How are funds for the grant raised? Come learn how the History Fund can help your organization and start thinking about projects! 4 Mastering Effective Meetings Kate Smith Director Spring Hill Historic Home Ever find yourself dreading your next meeting? Or wondering if this is going Kate to be another meeting where it seems that the only thing that was decided was when to hold the next meeting? This session will help you break out of the rut of ineffective meetings by sharing advice and tools on how to master effective meetings that boost effectiveness and efficiency and make a real difference in your organization's performance.

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 10:05-10:15 1 You've Saved it…Now What? Frank Quinn Director of Preservation Heritage Ohio You've heard the all too familiar story: a band of passionate individuals work Ruth together to save the community landmark from demolition, only to falter when it comes to sustaining the landmark after the preservation victory. Frank Quinn of Heritage Ohio will share examples of how preservationists prevented their landmarks from languishing, in the process thinking through different and innovative strategies.

2 Recruiting and Empowering Your Volunteers Andrea Brookover Executive Director Fairfield Heritage Association For many of our organizations, volunteers are absolute essential to our Leslie success. However, we often run into obstacles and difficulties as we try to recruit, empower, and retain our volunteers. Andrea Brookover, the Executive Director of the Fairfield Heritage Association will share tools to help you boost your volunteer recruitment and tips on how to empower volunteers which will lead to their success and theri commitment to the organization. 3 Social Media Trends: Why Should Your Wendy Zucal Executive Director The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum Panelists will give a beginner's overview of four social media platforms and Wendy Museum Care? share how your organization can find their use beneficial: Wendy Zucal, Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, Facebook; Mandy Altimus-Pond, Massillon Museum, Youtube; Jacob Masters, Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, Instragram; and Amy Rohmiller, Ohio HIstorical Society, Google Analytics. Moderator Kate Smith, Springhill Historic Home.

Mandy Altimus-Pond Archivist Massillon Museum Jacob Masters Manager of Brand Relations and Consumer Engagement The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum Amy Rohmiller Program Coordinator, Local History and AmeriCorps Ohio History Connection Kate Smith Director Springhill Historic Home 4 Conducting Public History: What Sources are Tutti Jackson Research Services Ohio History Connection The world of primary source documents can sometimes be overwhelming and Mark Available and Where Do I find Them? intimidating to beginning researchers. This introduction to conducting historical research and will help participants understand what types of records and sources are available to the public and where those records can be found.

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 11:20-12:10 1 Ohio Archaeology: A Fifteen-Thousand-Year Brad Lepper Curator of Archeology Ohio History Connection In this version of a popular OHS’s speakers bureau program just for local Andy Human Odyssey historians, Brad Lepper, Curator of Archeology at the Ohio History Connection, Columbus surveys Ohio prehistory from the original discovery of Ohio to the dawn of the historic era. Many local historical organizations have pre-historic materials in their collections, which inspire many inquiries. A generous portion of time after Dr. Lepper’s remarks is given over to answering participants questions.

2 Getting Off to a Good Start with Digitization Janet Carleton Digital Initiatives Coordinator Ohio University Libraries Thinking about starting a digitization project? Not sure where to start? Janet Beth Carleton, Digital Initiatives Coordinator of the Ohio University Libraries, will discuss basic digitization principles and best practices to getting started on a digitization project. The session will also cover some suggestions for writing fundable grant proposals.

3 Being a Better Board Member Ohio Attorney General's Office Ohio Attorney General's Office Being on the board of a nonprofit is not an honorary position – it requires a Mark commitment to using charitable resources in the best possible way. Donors and beneficiaries of nonprofits expect leaders to ensure the sound administration of the organization. In this valuble and important session, a represtentive from the Ohio Attorney General's office will explain the legal requirements and duties of Board Members.

4 Sharing Time Mark Sundlov Manager, Local History Office Ohio History Connection In an Annual Meeting rendition of the Regional Meeting's popular "Sharing Mark Sundlov Time," Mark Sundlov, the manager of the Local History Office, will moderate a roundtable sharing of Ohio's best programs and exhibits. Participants are expected to come prepared to talk about their successful efforts of 2014 (bragging is encouraged!)

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 12:15-1:30 Awards Lunch

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 1:40-2:30 1 Collections Management 101: Caring for Your Jessica Cyders Curator Athens County Historical Society and Museum This session is designed for small museums with limited space and minimal Todd Collections When You’re Low on Space and budgets for managing their collections. The presenters will provide examples Short on Money and tools for preserving, storing and cataloging artifacts.

Donald Newell Collections Manager Athens County Historical Society and Museum 2 When Disaster Strikes! H. William Lawson Executive Director Mahoning Valley Historical Society Early in January, disaster struck the Arms Family Museum when a second Beth floor pipe cracked and water poured into rooms on the first floor. Bill Lawson, executive director of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society, will relate how his organization sprang into action putting their disaster planning into action. The other participant on this panel, Pat Smith, director of the Allen County, will explain how you can prepare a disaster kit for your facility to help you deal with the aftermath of an emergency.

3 Young Professionals Melissa Cash Social/Cultural Chair Young Professsionals of Columbus Leaders of museums are often frustrated by their inability to attract young Mark families into their museums as visitors, volunteers, and board members. This leaves them asking questions such as “How do we attract young professionals?” “How do we build longstanding relationships with young professionals that can lead to meaningful involvement with our museum?” Melissa Cash, the Social/Cultural Chair of the Young Professionals of Columbus will shed some light on this important questions.

4 Historic Housekeeping Lesley Poling Registrar Ohio History Connection Cleaning your personal home is much different than cleaning an historic Mark home or your collections. Using the incorrect cleaning techniques and supplies at your historic site can cause irrepairable damage--even by the most well-intentioned staff. In this session, learn the ins and outs, including the proper methods and supplies, for properly caring for your historic house and collections. Jessica Mayercin Assistant Registrar Ohio History Connection

Session Title Presenter(s) Presenter Title Presenter Organization Session Description Contact 2:50-3:40 1 New Grant Guidelines from the Ohio Patricia N. Williamsen Executive Director Ohio Humanities Council As an advocate for public humanities, the Ohio Humanities Council, through Beth Humanities Council its grants program, provides funding for exemplary programs and diverse organizations. This session led by Ohio Humanities Council Executive Director Pat Williamsen will help potential applicants understand the new grant guidelines and help them consider the six key questions that determine whether projects are eligible for Ohio Humanities funding.

2 Youth Camps 101 Liz Schultz Museum Education and Tour Coordinator Oberlin Heritage Center Day camps can be a great way to connect with youth, schools, and families in Beth your community while teaching history through hands-on fun. The Oberlin Heritage Center has been offering camps for over 15 years and Museum Education and Tour Coordinator Liz Schultz will talk attendees through running a camp from start to finish, including selecting appropriate themes and activities for your audience, staffing needs, promotion, registration, supplies, a typical day at camp, and follow-up.

3 Ohio’s New American Indian Dialog Jason Crabill Manager of Curatorial Services Ohio History Connection Partnerships with Ohio's post-contact Indian tribes have provided new Mark perspectives on how we operate our museums and sites. Learn how the perspectives of contemporary American Indians have broadened our view of Ohio History and how it can impact our sites in terms of exhibits, special events, programming and other opportunities.

Wendy Zucal Executive Director The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum 4 Getting More Bang for Your Marketing Buck Donna Grube Director Auglaize-Mercer CVB Looking for inexpensive ways to promote your site or special events? Learn Chris some tips and tricks that work. Donna Grube, Executive Director of the Auglaize & Mercer Counties Convention & Visitors Bureau will emphasize ways to collaborate with other history sites and partner with for-profits. She will also explain how to make the best use of programs, marketing and services provided by your local CVB.