What’s In It For Me? 2019 Annual NEMA Conference Burlington, Vermont November 6-8, 2019 EVERY OBJECT HAS A STORY worth telling, worth finding. MAJOR COLLECTIONS, SINGLE ITEMS RECORD PRICES. Providing appraisal and deaccession services for museums and non-profit institutions. Appraisal Services 508.970.3299 [email protected] For buyers, consignors, and the passionately curious FIND WORTH AT SKINNERINC.COM How to Make the Most of NEMA 2019! WELCOME TO THE 101ST NEMA CONFERENCE CODE OF CONDUCT We’ve compiled the following details to ensure you NEMA has introduced a Code of Conduct for all of enjoy the 2019 NEMA Conference. its events, whether in person or online. All attendees agree to abide by the code in order for us to work CONFERENCE APP together toward inclusion, safety, respect, and Put the entire 2019 NEMA Conference at your professionalism. Please read the code at fingertips with our exclusive conference app. You’ll nemanet.org/code or at Walk-In Registration. have it all: access to session information, floor plans, evaluations, social media, and information about SESSION UPDATES Burlington. Download the Whova app from the What IS In It For Me? (originally scheduled Friday, App Store or Google Play. Open Whova, then search 11:15 am) will be Wednesday, 4:00 pm. A new session, for “2019 Annual NEMA Conference.” Click on the Recharge and Reimagine: Creativity Break, will be Friday conference, then click “Join Event.” If it asks for a 11:15 am. password, enter “NEMA2019.” CREATIVE RELAXATION CONCURRENT SESSIONS Recharge at our creative outlet! Visit the Poet Tree in Conference sessions can fill up quickly and are on a the Exhibit Hall to read, write, and reflect. first-come, first-seated basis. We suggest arriving at least 5 minutes prior to the starting time and having a SOCIAL MEDIA second choice ready. Please note the one-hour session Join the conversation on social media with blocks on Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning, #NEMA2019 and follow @nemanet on Twitter and which offer you more choices and more content! @nema_conference on Instagram. Share the fun of conference and tell the world why you love museums! CONFERENCE AMBASSADORS Need help navigating Conference? Look for one of our DEMONSTRATION STATION Conference Ambassadors. They’re the ones wearing Exhibit Hall the cheery yellow buttons and an equally cheery smile. The Demonstration Station is the place to get fast- They’ll be glad to help! moving, how-to tips on mastering the latest museum field trends. GREEN IS GOOD! We know you value the environment and so does NEMA CONFERENCE BOOKSTORE NEMA. Here are some of the ways we are “greening” Registration Area, Wednesday, Noon – 5 pm; the conference: Thursday, 8 am – 5 pm; Friday, 8 am – Noon • Tote bags you can reuse for shopping Browse the Conference Bookstore for great reads to • Biodegradable name badge holders add to your professional development library. • Biodegradable water cups • Less packaging for Thursday lunch NEMA ANNUAL LUNCHEON MEETING • Session handouts online (nemanet.org/handouts) Emerald Ballroom 3, Friday, 12:15 – 2 pm • Recycling bins Join us as we present NEMA’s Lifetime Achievement • Coffee mugs instead of paper Award celebrating the career of Marilyn Hoffman. Also celebrate the winners of the NEMA Excellence 2019 PUBLICATION AWARD WINNERS Awards and a recap of NEMA’s year in review. Exhibit Hall Look over the winners of this year’s NEMA Publication RESTROOMS Awards. See the best in design, production, and All are welcome to use the restroom that is right communication. for them. VISIT THE EXHIBIT HALL & LEARN FAMILY ROOM Lower Level, Wednesday, 8 am – 6 pm; NEMA is a family-friendly conference. We welcome Thursday, 8 am – 3 pm new parents and their small museum fans! For your Learn from leaders in the museum field in this one- convenience, a family room is available. Go to Walk-In stop educational venue for all attendees. Discover new Registration to pick up a key. products and innovative services for our museum community. Unwind in the Exhibit Hall lounge, MAKE PLANS FOR NEWPORT IN 2020! network with collegues, attend a Demonstration Mark your calendar for the 2020 NEMA Conference, Station, and don’t forget get coffee/snack breaks and November 18-20, 2020 in Newport, RI. Session your box lunch (pre-registration required). Enter to proposals are due February 28, 2020. The theme will win raffle prizes from exhibitors and museums. Details be “Who Do We Think We Are? Defining What Makes a in your registration envelope. Museum a Museum” DINNER DISCUSSIONS QUESTIONS? Explore Burlington’s restaurant scene and enjoy Visit the NEMA Registration Desk from spirited conversation with colleagues. Sign up for an Wednesday, 7:30 am – 5 pm; Thursday 8 am – 5 pm; informal Thursday night dinner discussion at Walk- and Friday, 8 am till noon. In Registration. Space is limited. You are responsible for transportation and dinner costs. Wednesday, November 6 NEMA FITNESS Introduction to Analyzing Open-Ended 6:30 – 7:00 am Audience Data: Impact Beyond the Numbers Join NEMA Director Dan Yaeger for his annual Diamond Ballroom 1 kick-off-the-conference morning walk. Understanding visitors’ perspectives and experiences is critical to improving offerings and REGISTRATION OPEN demonstrating impact to stakeholders, but many 8:00 am – 5:00 pm museum professionals lack training in systematic Hosted by analysis of qualitative visitor data. Don’t shy away from open-ended questions! This session introduces the language and techniques behind qualitative data analysis, and you will be able to practice two different approaches that can be used to unpack the richness in a wide variety of open- ended visitor data. EXHIBIT HALL OPEN Facilitator: Christina Smiraglia, Research Analyst, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Harvard University, MA Speaker: Lynn Baum, Principal, Turtle Peak NEMA CONFERENCE PREVIEW Consulting, MA 8:00 – 8:30 am Diamond Ballroom 2 Reimagining Meaning in Membership First time at a NEMA conference? Learn how to Emerald Ballroom 3 make the most of it. Grab a coffee in the Exhibit Generally, memberships come with unlimited Hall and join us for tips on how you can use your visits and small member perks, but beyond time to your best advantage. transactional discounts or member-morning Facilitators: Kate McBrien, Principal, McBrien type events how are we connecting personally Museum Consulting, ME (NEMA Board); Amanda to our members? This session will explore some Goodheart Parks, Director of Education, New England of the latest trends in museum membership and Air Museum, CT then break into think-tank tables to explore ways of personalizing the membership experience. You will get a chance to share ideas to increase WELCOME COFFEE AND MORNING engagement, foster personal relevance, and TREATS IN THE EXHIBIT HALL strengthen your membership base. 8:00 – 8:45 am Facilitator: Nina Ridhibhinyo, Director of Programs Hosted by and Strategy, ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, VT Speakers: Alexis DiBartolomeo, Membership and Events Manager, Shelburne Museum, VT; Kerin Durfee, Director of Earned Revenue and Guest CONCURRENT SESSIONS Services, ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 8:45 – 10:15 am VT; Bill Elliston, Curator of Education, Wildlife Conservation Society, Prospect Park Zoo, NY Inclusive Audience Engagement in a Gallery Setting Setting and Achieving Goals for the New Emerald Ballroom 1 Yale Peabody Museum In this session you will explore visual art pieces Emerald Ballroom 2 through a model of inclusive gallery tours initially Making goals for a museum renovation is hard, developed for people with dementia and their but sticking to them throughout the design is care providers through a partnership between even harder. With construction starting in 2020, VSAVT, VABVI, and the Flynn Center. Following the Yale Peabody Museum is embarking on a an overview of the program, you’ll examine new era, one that increases student engagement techniques and strategies demonstrated during and collections-based teaching. From addressing the gallery tours and consider how these can be K through 12 logistics to meeting sustainability applied to your own practice and with a variety objectives, the Director and Lead Architects will of populations based on universal design for address how a design includes everyone. learning. Facilitator: Justin Hedde, Associate Principal, Facilitators: Heidi Swevens, Director of Community Centerbrook Architects, CT Partnerships and Alexandra Turner, Inclusive Arts Speakers: Mark Simon, Principal, Centerbrook Specialist, Inclusive Arts Vermont Architects; David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum, CT 2 2019 Annual NEMA Conference Statewide Collaborations: What’s In It What Is the Place? Why Am I Here? for Me? Amphitheatre Valcour Museum professionals who work in visitor In January 2020, the Vermont Curators Group will services are often met with the challenge of a launch the project, “2020 Vision: Seeing the World “fifth season,” whether it’s a holiday celebration, Through Technology.” Participating institutions community event, or abundance of group travel. will mount exhibitions around the theme, and the Museums and historic sites are turned into group will pool resources to market their efforts. “attractions” bringing in visitors with different Statewide collaborations—art and history trails, needs and expectations than at other points thematic marketing, acquisition consortiums— during the year. This session will address two have proliferated in New England in recent years. topic areas—internal self-care