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October 19, 2010
Another great session at #wma2010
Thanks everyone for joining us at Building a Fundraising Plan that Works.
Click on image for presentation by Bridget Keane, CCS Fundraising
Click the image for JS May's presentation
October 18, 2010
Gwen Carr, Vice Chairperson, Research & Education Program Chairperson
Why go to the conference? Why "go local" and travel to particular places to meet people? Why? To meet people like Gwen Carr and learn about the Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers, an all volunteer nonprofit organization based in Salem, Oregon dedicated to doing research and educating Oregonians about African-Americans’...
October 18, 2010
by Allyson Lazar
Sunday morning, while other conference attendees were en route to Portland or just getting their first cups of coffee for the day, a bright-eyed group of registrars and collection managers, organized by the Registrars Committee-Western Region, trekked up to the wooded west hills to spend the day volunteering at Pittock Mansion!
But before we removed all of our dangling items...
October 17, 2010
Thanks to everyone who participated today... we had 20 attendees representing Portland, Seattle, Hawai'i, and Utah, plus Oakland, San Francisco, and San Diego. It was a really fun session, with some presentations mixed in with small group discussion and Q & A. Here are some quick moments... James Leventhal of the Contemporary Jewish Museum started us off with a fantastic overview of web 2.0...
October 14, 2010
Are you interested in strengthening your museum’s governance practices, or want to know about the current governance standards? Do you want help making sense of the new governance questions on the Tax Form 990?
Then, come to WMA Portland session H1: Current Issues in Non-Profit Museum Governance: The Redesigned Tax Form 990, Wednesday from 11:00am – 12:15pm in the Hawthorne Room.
Jim...
October 12, 2010
By Stephanie Weaver
Need help with technology in your professional life? Still trying to figure out what Twitter is, or whether you should start a blog? Tech Lab is for you!
Tech Lab is designed to bring you friendly, low-key help throughout the first day of WMA. Stop by the Mt. St. Helens Room during the Tech Lab hours (9 AM to 5 PM), and one of our tech-savvy leaders can help you with your tech...
Need help with technology in your professional life? Still trying to figure out what Twitter is, or whether you should start a blog? Tech Lab is for you!
Tech Lab is designed to bring you friendly, low-key help throughout the first day of WMA. Stop by the Mt. St. Helens Room during the Tech Lab hours (9 AM to 5 PM), and one of our tech-savvy leaders can help you with your tech...
October 11, 2010
Nice art, but where can I sit?
If your visitors often ask themselves this question - or if you, as a museum visitor, find yourself asking this question - then you belong at the WMA Annual Meeting session, "Increasing Visitorship by Making Visitors Comfortable," on Tuesday, October 19 at 11 AM.
You'll see and hear how four museums - the Museum of Photographic Arts, Oregon Museum of Science and...
If your visitors often ask themselves this question - or if you, as a museum visitor, find yourself asking this question - then you belong at the WMA Annual Meeting session, "Increasing Visitorship by Making Visitors Comfortable," on Tuesday, October 19 at 11 AM.
You'll see and hear how four museums - the Museum of Photographic Arts, Oregon Museum of Science and...
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