Quick Glance
TUESDAY
9:00 am – 5:45 pm Pre-Conference Workshops & Tours
• Non-Profits & Museums Finding Unique Ways to Work with Students and Adults on Nantucket Island
• Sustainable Growth and Strategic Planning and Actions for Small Museums in Tough Times
• How to Move a Museum : Martha ’ s Vineyard Museum
• Tour of Cape Cod ’ s Arts Campus
7:00 – 8:30 pm Crazy Collection Chronicles : What ' s Your Story ?
WEDNESDAY
6:30 – 7:00 am NEMA Fitness
7:30 am – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open
7:30 – 8:30 am Welcome Coffee and Morning Treats
7:45 – 8:15 am NEMA Conference Preview
8:30 – 10:00 am Concurrent Sessions
• Hazards in Collections
• Storytelling & Finance at Historic Sites
• Non-Profit Health Check : Key Areas to Evaluate for Long Term Sustainability
• Reading Between the Lines - Interpreting Primary Sources
• Seeing Change in How to Offer Online Museum Content to Schools
• Using Creative Practice for Effective Museum Activism
• Historic House Museums as Sites of Conscience , Engaging Visitors with Difficult Histories
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Bookstore Open
10:30 am – Noon Keynote Session Hosted by Novus Laurus
12:30 – 1:15 pm Opening Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 pm Directors and Trustees Lunch
Hosted by Qm2 and Opportunity Resources , Inc .
1:15 – 1:45 pm Dessert and Coffee in Exhibit Hall
1:45 – 5:15 pm Off-Site Sessions
• The Adventure Park at Heritage Museums & Gardens
• Museum Management 101 : This is Not Your Grandmother ’ s Historical Society
1:45 – 3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
• Checking our Paradigms at the Door
• Identifying Opportunities for Museum-Based Assignments
• Facts are Still Facts : Challenging Your Visitors
• Interpreting Black History in White Communities
• It Takes Two to Tango : Balancing the Critical Partnership between the E . D . and the Board Chair
• Stump the Lawyers : Legal Issues for Museums
• Walking an Ethical Line : Holding Your Exhibit Vision While Working with Stakeholders
2:00 – 3:00 pm Career Conversation with Marita Rivero
2:30 – 3:00 pm Demonstration Station
• Easy Ways Museums Can Ride the Arts Festival Wave
3:15 – 3:45 pm Snack Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 – 4:00 pm Demonstration Station
• What Every Not-for-Profit Stakeholder Needs to Know About Endowments
3:45 – 5:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
• Changing National Discourse
• Engaging Community Programs and How to Create Them
• Collections Management on a Shoestring
• It ’ s Time We All Got a Raise
• Leading from All Levels : What You Can Do for Social Justice
• How to Get Attention from the Media
• Ethical Lapses in Governance !
5:30 – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
7:00 – 9:00 pm Welcome to NEMA 2017 ! Opening Night Beachfront BBQ
THURSDAY
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration and Bookstore Open
8:00 am – 3:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 – 9:00 am Wake-up Coffee and Morning Treats
8:30 am – 12:30 pm Off-Site Sessions
• Historical Trolley Tour of Falmouth
• Historical Walking Tour of Falmouth
• A Visit to Woods Hole
9:00 – 10:30 am Concurrent Sessions
• The Alchemy of Appreciative Inquiry and Collective Impact
• Board Chairs Matter
• How Augmented Reality Can Enhance Your Visitor Experience
• Major Gifts Deep Dive
• Museum / Classroom Management
• Mysteries & Revelations : Finding Truth in Cape Cod ’ s Museum Treasures
• The Price , the Value , and the IRS : What are Collections Worth ?
• Reaching for Truth : Exploring the Issue of Revolutionary-Era Slavery in a New England Historic Site
14 99th Annual NEMA Conference