11:15 am – 12:30 pm
From Hesitation to Action: Building Advocacy Confidence in Museums
Learning Format: Active Learning
Nevertheless, she/they/he persisted: strategies for staying the course in turbulent times
Learning Format: Conversation
Join us for honest conversations about making progress while navigating cyclical changes of political ideologies and the manipulation of language often associated with them. Learn about historical examples of adaptation from our field and how lessons learned then can guide us now. Colleagues will share lived experiences and invite you to share yours in small groups focused on helping you find your own answers, while building empathy for differing perspectives as strategies to stay the course.
Reciprocal and Transactional Relationships
Learning Format: Conversation
What is the difference between reciprocity and transaction? This session explores how these approaches to developing relationships can effect everything from the project planning, community engagement, to staff satisfaction.
Beyond the Refrigerator Magnet: Brand Strategies that Fulfill Promise
Learning Format: Active Learning
Elevating Your Mindset in Collections
Learning Format: Conversation
Elevating Your Mindset in Collections will dive into the benefits of maintaining collections for the public as well as ourselves. Collections staff work hard and are passionate, but many times behind the scenes work is overlooked and under appreciated (even unintentionally so). The Registrars Committee Western Region wants to bring some joy back into the work we do and celebrate our wins, big and small.