Experience a casual showcase of innovations from across the museum field, offering you the chance to connect directly with the creators - federal agencies, associations, and inspired individuals alike. This year's roundtables include...
Relationship Building: Do You Know Your Neighbor?
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Marina Gutierrez, Museum Education Coordinator, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Carolina Zataray, Senior Manager of Education and Public Engagement, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Path to Deaccession: Game of Best Practices
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Sara Mercado, Registrar, San Bernardino County Museum
Resistance Strategies and Practices
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Stephanie Brown, Advisory Board Member, Western Neighborhoods Project
Issues and Solutions in Government-Run Museums
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Hope Eggett, Museum Administrator, Museums at Union Station
Passion, Purpose, Boundaries, and Burnout: Refilling Your Cup and Rethinking Self-Care in Museum Work
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Barron Oda, Principal, Invenio Legal Studio LLC
Updating “Permanent” Exhibition to Reflect Changes in How We Teach History
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Dania Talley, Associate Curator of History, Oakland Museum of California
Employee Engagement / Employee Wellbeing
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Robyn Anderson, Operations Manager, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
“Advice to My 20-Year-Old Self” for Emerging Professionals
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Johanna Jones, Director of Evaluation and Visitor Insights, Oakland Museum of California
Designing for Curiosity, Not Classrooms
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Alex Ayala, Senior Associate, Mithun
Seth Margolis, Director of Education, The Museum of Flight
Empowering Educators: Techniques for Cultivating Staff Engagement and Growth
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Anna Swenson, Community Programs Supervisor, Clark Planetarium
Showing PRIDE in Our Collections and Programs
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Derek Jang, Director of Museum Programs & Guest Experience, Britannia Mine Museum
Aspiring to Deeper Community Engagement at Statewide Scale
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Katie Worthen, Community Programs Manager, Natural History Museum of Utah
Katie Vitti, Wasatch Front Engagement Coordinator, Natural History Museum of Utah
Utah’s Buffalo Soldier Heritage Trail
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Robert Burch, Executive Director, Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture
Marco Van Dalen, SHPO Researcher, Utah Cultural Site Stewardship
Beyond Neutral: Leading Museums in Polarized Times
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Dina Bailey, CEO, Mountain Top Vision
Kate Merrick, Founder & Principal, Kate Merrick Coaching
Casa del Herrero Save America's Treasures Preservation Project
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Natalie Sanderson, Executive Director & Head of Curation, Casa del Herrero
Oops! Learning from Museum Mishaps
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Sonya Darter, Guest Experience Manager, Museum of Natural Curiosity, Thanksgiving Point Institute
Leading Change in Community-Centered Organizations
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Vernessa Hopkins, President, VAH Consulting LLC
National Trends to Local Impact: Applying Philanthropic Data in Museums
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Summers Hammel CFRE, Senior Consultant, Benefactor Group
Community History Work: Ensuring Lives are Remembered Through Databases
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Carly Bagley, Public Historian, Utah Historical Society
Randell Hoffman, Public Historian
Don't Teach in a Vacuum: Creating Cross-Curricular Educational Programming
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Dawnell Moon, Junior Science Academy Coordinator, Natural History Museum of Utah
Chenay Pointer, Education Curator, Nevada State Railroad Museum
Lead Forward: Building Museum Teams That Embrace What's Next
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Kellye Franklin, Leadership Strategist & Performance Coach, Kellye Franklin LLC
Innovators-in-Residence for Museum Programming
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Reilly Jensen, Arts Education Programs Manager, Utah Division of Arts & Museums
Creative Aging Workshops for Veterans
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Laura Wilson, Manager of Studio Programs, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Basics of Providing Access to Archival Materials
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Alan Barnett, Local Government Archivist, Utah Division of Archives and Records Service
Doing it Together: Stories of Rural Collaboration
Presenters
Lydia Heins, Executive Director, Coos Art Museum
Elizabeth Nagengast-Stevens, Park Manager/DNR Archaeologist, Fremont Indian State Park
Desert Dialogues: Place-Based Learning in Rural Communities
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Christina Cid, Director of Strategic Projects, High Desert Museum
Collaborative Conversations on Museum Capital Projects
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Erica Washburn, Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Available Light
Elevating Community Voices
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Christine Brindza, Curator of American Art, San Antonio Museum of Art
Angeera Khadka, Experience Developer, Oakland Museum of California
Challenges in Museum Volunteerism
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Taylor Hague, Volunteer Coordinator, Natural History Museum of Utah
International Collections Care
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Lindsay Palaima Hazen, Research Collections Registrar, California Academy of Sciences
Tamara Serrao-Leiva, Chief Deputy Director, San Bernardino County Museum