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<br /> Directors' Breakfast '+
<br /> COST:$30
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<br /> Directors and CEOs of organizations of all sizes are invited to "`
<br /> breakfast for networking and discussion. Bring your appetite ,
<br /> and business cards!
<br /> CONCURRENT SESSIONS Minnesota State Capitol
<br /> 8:30-9:45 am
<br /> Institutional Investment and Community Involvement in
<br /> Advancing Access and Inclusion by Building a the Interpretation of Slavery
<br /> Community of Practice Learn how sites have fostered sustained institutional commit-
<br /> This session will describe how cultural access groups spark ment and developed community partnerships to support the
<br /> dialogue and support collective efforts to strengthen every interpretation of slavery and other nontraditional stories.Contrib-
<br /> museum's capacity to meet the needs of visitors with disabilities. utors to a new book on interpreting slavery offer practical advice
<br /> You will learn how you can work together with other organiza from Monticello,Gunston Hall,and the National Underground
<br /> tions to create an effective community of practice. Railroad Freedom Center,among other sites, both from the
<br /> North and South.
<br /> Chair: Kris Johnson, Manager, Indiana Deaf History Museum,
<br /> Indianapolis, IN Chair:James DeWoIf Perry, Executive Director,Tracing Center on
<br /> Histories and Legacies of Slavery, Watertown, MA
<br /> The Advantage: Keys to a Healthy Organization Interpreting and Planning Places with Challenging
<br /> "Organizational health trumps everything,"according to best Histories and Difficult Memories
<br /> selling author and management consultant Patrick Lencioni.
<br /> After all, healthy organizations understand that they are"greater By discussing strategies for meeting the challenges of inter-
<br /> than the sum of their parts."This practical,common-sense preting controversial sites and collaborating with diverse partners
<br /> approach focuses on clarity and communication.Join the and communities,participants will learn approaches to make
<br /> conversation about how to apply this model back at home and meaningful connections between personal and community histo-
<br /> work. ries to inform design and strengthen community relations.
<br /> Chair: Kent Whitworth, Executive Director, Kentucky Historical Society, Chair:Anne Ketz,CEO and Services Director, 106 Group, St.Paul, MN
<br /> Frankfort, KY
<br /> Making Your Museum or Archives Invaluable to Your
<br /> Blurred Lines: Museum as Community Center Parent Organization
<br /> In this interactive session,discuss unexpected ways to engage This session,sponsored by the AASLH Corporate History
<br /> your community through programs that fall outside the typical Affinity Group, is aimed toward museums/archives answering
<br /> offerings of a history museum. Hear examples of successful to a parent organization. Explore ways to raise awareness that
<br /> programs,such as outdoor movies,after-school clubs,and your museum or archives is an invaluable resource.Conversely,
<br /> yoga,and then brainstorm with your peers. discuss what happens when you aren't seen as valuable. How
<br /> Chair:Julia Swan,Adult Public Programs Manager, Museum of History does that affect the larger organization and how can you fight to
<br /> and Industry, Seattle,WA get your organization reestablished?
<br /> Chair: Sarah Lund-Goldstein,Contract Historian,The Sherwin-Williams
<br /> Educators and InterpretersNisitors' Voices Roundtable Co., Kent,OH
<br /> The Educators and Interpreters and Visitors'Voices Committees
<br /> are teaming up to provide an annual meeting kickoff!Join us Putting the Native American Voice into Historic Sites
<br /> as we explore concepts such as incorporating visitor feedback Changing interpretation from a frontier military battlefield to
<br /> into program development,creating effective evaluations, inter- interpretation that includes the other point of view has been a
<br /> preting third-party reviews(Yelp!,Trip Advisor)and more! Be process fraught with starts and stops. Roundtable presenters
<br /> prepared to roll up your sleeves and get to work in this hands- will tell of the difficulties and successes that have been encoun-
<br /> on session. tered along the way.
<br /> Chair:Tobi Voigt,Chief Curatorial Officer, Detroit Historical Society. Chair: Diane Rogness, Historic Sites Manager, State Historical Society
<br /> Detroit, MI of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
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