Exhibit Hall Networking & Refreshment Break
Enjoy coffee, tea, and light snacks while perusing exhibitors' booths, bidding on silent auction items, and networking with peers.
Sponsored by Good Giant
Exhibit Hall Networking Lunch
FREE!
Join your colleagues in the Exhibit Hall where you can explore vendor offerings and enjoy lunch courtesy of the WMA. Make sure to start bidding on the fabulous items in the silent auction that were generously donated by our members. All proceeds benefit the Wanda Chin Scholarship funds to help colleagues attend future Annual Meetings.
Director & Leadership Team Reception
Cost: $40
Join your fellow directors and leadership team members in this special reception.
Sponsored by MATT Construction
Where do SEOs Go to Cry? Maximizing Free Marketing Tools
Cost: $25 (Includes all materials)
Don’t end up on the second page of Google! This workshop invites both the novice and experienced marketer to evaluate how you use of free marketing tools to maximize your message. Participants will bring information and ideas from their own museums to share, create and evaluate. Effective tactics discussed include: 1.) developing a content strategy 2.) social media engagement 3.) community building 4) e-mail marketing and CRM 5.) leveraging free marketing tools. Hosted by Good Giant.
Elevating Visitor Voices: Innovative Approaches to Qualitative Research
Cost: $25 (Includes all materials)
In this workshop, learn how to use qualitative visitor data to gain insights into your institution’s visitor base, including voices and experiences that are often overlooked. Bring in visitor comments, talk-back exhibit responses, or other qualitative data from your institution, or work with example data to learn how to collect, code, analyze, and report information about visitors’ museum experiences. A range of analysis techniques for all staff levels will be demonstrated.
Exhibit Development 101: Elevate Your Museum's Storytelling and Design
Cost: $25 (Includes all materials)
Director & Leadership Team's Luncheon
Cost: $55
This luncheon is open to Directors, Deputy Directors, CEOs, CFOs, Leadership Team Members, and Trustees. The Luncheon will feature guest speaker Tony Manfredi, Executive Director, Nevada Arts Council. Discussion will follow.
Sponsored by Blue Rhino Design
Registrar's Committee Western Luncheon
Cost: $25
The Registrar’s Committee Western Region (RCWR) Annual Business Meeting Luncheon is open to RCWR members, collection professionals, and related vendors.
Sponsored by TBD
Storytellers and Supporters Luncheon
Cost: $55
Especially for curators, development officers, educators, evaluators, exhibit designers, and all who make possible the engaging stories that museums tell, but open to all. The recipient of the Charles Redd Award for exhibit excellence will present on the winning exhibition.
Sponsored by TBD
Indigenous Luncheon
Cost: $55
Enjoy meeting your colleagues from tribal museums and supporters of Native American concerns. All are welcome! The Luncheon will feature guest speaker Joshua Bonde, Executive Director, Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum. Discussion will follow.
Sponsored by Barona Band of Mission Indians