By Alexa Beaman
This post was written by a recipient of a Wanda Chin Scholarship to attend the 2014 Annual Meeting
As a University of San Francisco Museum Studies Graduate Student with interests in leadership, education, and mobile engagement, the Western Museums 2014 Annual Meeting and Wanda Chin...
By Julie Decker
The changes affecting the landscape and the lifeways in the North have brought increased attention to and interest in the Arctic, ranging across science, art, literature, geopolitics, and cultural history. While persistent darkness and extreme cold will remain, the melting of the ice mass in the Arctic represents, to many...
Find out how your local elected officials are doing when it comes to issues affecting museums and other nonprofit organizations and how you can best leverage your influence with them. This session summarizes the congressional delegations of each WMA state, identifies key players on key issues, and discusses local opportunities to...
It’s easy to get excited about social media when you hear some of the numbers: 500,000,000 people on Facebook, millions of followers on Twitter, blogs, podcasts, Instagram, and Pinterest. How do you keep up? Where do you begin? This session shares perspectives on why social media is important for museums, introduces the pros and cons of...
Leadership transition is both a challenge and an opportunity. The board of trustees is responsible for guiding an organization through this delicate process. This panel provides insights and suggestions that trustees, management/administrators, and staff will find valuable during a transition process. The presentation focuses on two different...
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