Call for Papers

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Cross, Christine (christinec@newlondonwi.org)
Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:09:24 -0600



From: "Cross, Christine" <christinec@newlondonwi.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:09:24 -0600
Subject: Call for Papers
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Call for Session Proposals! Session proposals are due May 2, 2011.

The Wisconsin Federation of Museums (WFM) will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting
 Museums Matter in Kohler, Wisconsin, on Monday, November 14, 2011 at the J ohn Michael Kohler Art Center.

The Program Committee seeks proposals that:

 * Feature ideas, initiatives or ongoing responses that provide solutions
 to problems or issues
 * Provide information that sheds new light on key issues or potential so lutions to challenges
 * Introduce provocative ideas for discussion while illuminating reasons for both success and/or the need to rethink and retool Proposals can be for a 75-minute session (lecture, panel, debate, etc.) or for our Hot Coffee: Hot Topics morning networking. See ideas from 2010 meet ing below. Hot Coffee: Hot Topics is a less formal roundtable discussion ab out a topic e.g. collection issues, museum retail, etc. It allows people a chance to get advice about specific issues in their museums.

Proposals must be submitted on the session proposal form. If you wish to re ceive a form please contact Christine Cross, program chair, at ceive a form please contact Christine Cross, program chair, at christinec@n ewlondonwi.org<mailto:christinec@newlondonwi.org> Session proposals are due May 2, 2011.

Sincerely,

Christine Cross Jennifer Carlson 2011 Program Chair 2011 Progra m Co-Chair Director Dir ector of Marketing & Development New London Public Museum Wisconsin Veterans
 Museum and Foundation 920-982-8520 608-264-6 086

At the 2010 WFM Annual Meeting we asked participants to tell us "What chall enges are facing your museum?" Their answers are great starting points for session topics:

Financial
* How are museums making money these days? Practical ways of earning
 money for small museums
* Foundation pursuit and grant writing-how is this successfully done
?
* Funding problems-will it prevent using new technologies to present
 programs and museum experiences
* Struggle with fundraising, would like ideas from what others have done
* How to get board members to participate in fundraising events
* Shrinking budgets and getting sponsorships to underwrite programs
* Funding is a source of problems for our non-profit. What can a sma ll non-profit do to increase its funding sources? Mission and Strategic Planning
* Mission and Strategic Plans driving board development and allocati on of resources
* Strategic Planning
* Board development and motivation. How to deal with the board's lac k of leadership, lack of knowledge, board members that will not accept prof essional help and refuse to go and visit other institutions or attend works hops, conferences, etc. Marketing/Audience
* How can small regional museums draw visitors from out of the area?
 (Why would someone from IL, care about the history of Podunk County, WI an d get off the interstate to visit?)
* Audience/Attendance- we have an increasingly difficult time attrac ting people, yet through new marketing we are reaching more people than eve r.
* Technology is making/creating challenges for a small historical so ciety to keep pace with customer/patron demands and requirements. It would be great to have discussions related to this.
* Engaging adults in innovative programming, outreach programs to no n-school audiences Exhibits
* Cheap, (but fun, didactic and durable) exhibit inter-actives for s mall exhibit spaces.
* "So, What?" examples of exhibits that effectively tell a story the
 audience wants to hear. Created by small history museums with limited reso urces Volunteers/Interns
* Engaging the community to build membership, grow volunteer base an d increase local traffic
* Pursuit and use of University level interns
* Volunteer recruitment, core group of 10 people that are very dedic ated but close to burn out or age out Administration
* HR issues
* Handling undereducated micromanagers
* How to handle/treat professional part time staff
* How do you deal with the issue of staff sticking around well after
 their expiration date, i.e. staff members who are behind the times and due
 to retire
* Dealing with budget-induced reductions in programs and staff, doin g less-better
* Lack of professionalism
* How do you re-boot a burnt-out, over-worked, staff
* Dealing with inept and mean-spirited board members
* How many museums of any type will survive into the future and what
 purpose they will serve a new generation
* Dealing with a lack of technology training
* Staffing needs of small museums (museums with little or no existin g professional staff)
* Recovering from museum disasters
* Secrets to a great museum store Collections
* Dealing with art collections in non-art museums
* Handling hazardous objects/chemicals in your collection
* Addressing collections storage options when removing a museum
* Workshop for simple "in-house" conservation treatments on artifact s
* Anything regarding archive collecting, preserving, researching and
 storage
* Collections research
* Storage issues and solutions



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