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AAMV
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The AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo™
Where Ideas
Live!
Thursday,
April 30 - Monday, May 4, 2009, Philadelphia
AAMV
Annual Meeting and Luncheon
Open to all AAM Attendees
Friday, May 1, 2009
12:15 t0 1:45
Featured Speaker:
Connie Pirtle,
Principal and founder, Strategic Nonprofit Resources, Bethesda,
MD
Connie will speak on:
“Volunteer Engagement:
Keeping it Relevant, Responsive, and Real”
Museum volunteer programs face some of
the same challenges as their institutions: engaging volunteers
in relevant ways, staying responsive to the ever-changing needs of
volunteers and making the work of volunteers real. Join museum
volunteer professionals at the AAMV annual luncheon to learn some tips
and techniques for engaging volunteers in relevant, responsive and
real ways.
Sessions
sponsored by
AAMV:
May
2nd – 10:45 to 12:00
“I Have to Do What? – A
Benchmark Success Story”
Chair:
Debbie Young,
Director of
Volunteer Services, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, IN and AAMV
Board Member
Learn the process and results of the
first year of a benchmarking study including ten museums of different
types and sizes from around the country and discover how to apply
these measurement standards to your own institution.
May 2nd – 2-5 P.M
“Talking Shop: Roundtable
Discussion with Volunteer and Docent Managers”
Chair: Gin Wachter,
AAMV President and AAMV Board of Directors
Participate in a “roundtable”
brainstorming forum where those who work with or manage docents or
volunteers share new ideas and solutions to common issues and
challenges.
Also:
Karen Fink,
Lois Kuter and Debbie Young will be participating in a session at
the Association of Children’s Museum Interactivity
Conference in
Philadelphia. The session will be on
Thursday, April 30, 2009 from 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. The
preliminary description is as follows:"
Teens are volunteering more than ever before. How can museums take
full advantage of, and overcome the barriers to participation by
this key volunteer demographic? Explore and discuss best practices
for engaging youth in service and hear from colleagues who are
putting practice into action in some amazing youth volunteer
programs.”
The conference is
at the
Sheraton
Philadelphia
City
Center.
updated January 2009
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