7:00 – 8:00 am
NEMA FITNESS
Morning Pilates
Aquarium
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
REGISTRATION OPEN
8:00 – 9:00 am
WELCOME COFFEE AND MORNING TREATS
8:15 – 9:00 am
NEMA CONFERENCE PREVIEW
Paul Revere
9:00 – 10:30 am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. Big Data in Museums – What We Have, What We Still Need, Molly Pitcher
2. Creating a Successful Homeschool Program, Thomas Paine
3. Fundraising with your Board: an Essential Partnership, Paul Revere
4. Listening to Art and Culture: Making the Visual World Accessible through Description, Crispus Attucks
5. A Museum and Occupational Therapy Collaboration for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cambridge
6. Pop-Up Programming and Exhibits in the Community, Haym Salomon
7. Time for the Treasurer’s Report: What My Financials are Trying to Tell Me, William Dawes
8. Worst. Job. Ever?: How to Create a Positive Work Culture on a Limited Budget, Empress Ballroom
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
KEYNOTE SESSION
Presidents Ballroom
12:30 – 1:30 pm
OPENING LUNCH
Presidents Ballroom
Ticket Required
12:30 – 1:30 pm
DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES LUNCHEON
Charles View Ballroom
Ticket Required
1:45 – 5:15 pm
OFF-SITE SESSIONS
1. Anyone Else Would Have Torn This Place Down: Neighborhood Eyesore into Visitor Center, a Case Study, Paul Revere Memorial Association
2. Building a Learning Experience: Supporting Teachers and Improving Field Trips, New England Aquarium
3. Pulling Together: Experiential Education for Physical and Mental Health, Lifesaving Museum and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
1:45 – 3:15 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. Everybody Loves Free Stuff! Making the Most of Open Source Tech at Small Museums, Paul Revere
2. Feeding the Brain and the Body: Teaching Wellness and Nutrition the Museum Way, Cambridge
3. Intimate Spaces, Quiet Places, Haym Salomon
4. Look, Experience, Create: Art & Healing at Danforth Art, Empress Ballroom
5. Mergers and Closings as Strategies for Success, Thomas Paine
6. Publish for Peers, Advance your Career, William Dawes
7. Right the Ship: Governance 101, Crispus Attucks
8. Using Sustained Attention to Read Objects: A LAM Collaborative, Molly Pitcher
2:30 - 3:30 pm
CAREER CONVERSATION
Aquarium
Carole Charnow, President and CEO of the Boston Children's Museum
3:15 – 3:45 pm
SNACK BREAK
3:45 – 5:15 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1. Building Healthy Museum Boards, Crispus Attucks
2. Digitization, Documentation and 3-D Presentation of Historic New England Stereoviews, Thomas Paine
3. The Graduate School Conundrum, Haym Salomon
4. Mindful Observation: Art Museums in the Education of Healthcare Professionals, Empress Ballroom
5. Museums and Healthy Aging, Cambridge
6. Not Like the Past: Masters of Our Economic Future, William Dawes
7. Stump the Lawyers: Legal Issues for Museums, Paul Revere
8. What’s New? Recent Research in Adult Learning and Museums, Molly Pitcher
5:30 – 6:15 pm
NEWCOMERS RECEPTION
Charles View Ballroom
EVENING EVENT
Welcome to NEMA 2014!
Opening Party at The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Ticket holders meet in the lobby at 6:20 pm. Bus leaves promptly at 6:30 pm.