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2011 American Association of Museums Annual Conference

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7:00am CDT

Registration George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

7:30am CDT

2011 AAM Fellowship Recipients Breakfast Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom A AAM Professional Interest Committee (PIC GREEN) for Green Museums Breakfast Meeting Hilton Americas, Room 337AB Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) Breakfast Hilton Americas, Room 328 Traveling Exhibtions Professional Interest Committee (TEPIC) Annual Breakfast Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom B

7:45am CDT

Career Cafe Early Bird Special: Careers in Transition George R. Brown Convention Center, 370CF Career Cafe Early Bird Special: Getting Started in Your Career George R. Brown Convention Center, 370AB Career Cafe Early Bird Special: Public Speaking Workshop George R. Brown Convention Center, 370DE

8:00am CDT

AAM Standing Professional Committee Program Chairs Meeting Hilton Americas, Room 329 Membership 101: Best Practices/Next Practices Hilton Americas, Room 335BC AAM Bookstore George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

9:00am CDT

21st-Century Skills Workshop George R. Brown Convention Center, 360ABC And Other Duties as Assigned: Prioritizing Collections Management in Small Museums George R. Brown Convention Center, 342ABC Beyond Quill Pens and Butter Churns: Integrating Historical Thinking into School-Age Programs at Historic Sites George R. Brown Convention Center, 362ABC Career Cafe International: Museum Standards and Best Practices Primer George R. Brown Convention Center, 370CF Career Cafe: Resume Writing for Emerging Professionals George R. Brown Convention Center, 370AB Career Cafe: Using Active Learning in Your Conference Presentations George R. Brown Convention Center, 370DE Collaborating with Asia: Past, Present and Future George R. Brown Convention Center, 332ABC Effectiveness of Museum Programming to Encourage Visitor Dialogue About Controversial Issues George R. Brown Convention Center, 342DEF Exhibitions 101: From Idea to Reality George R. Brown Convention Center, 372ABC Inside the 'Magnetic Museum': Leadership Perspectives on Building Core, Brand and Social Magnetism George R. Brown Convention Center, 362DEF Living the Brand George R. Brown Convention Center, 372DEF Museums as Good Neighbors: Two Approaches to Participating in Placemaking George R. Brown Convention Center, 382ABC Online Fever: Ramped Up for Distance Learning Environments? George R. Brown Convention Center, 351ABC Putting 100 Years of Collecting Online: A Case Study from Historic New England George R. Brown Convention Center, 361DEF Reassessing Environmental Standards: Balancing Collections Preservation, Visitor Comfort and Energy Efficiency George R. Brown Convention Center, 361ABC Surviving Social 201 - How to Sustain Your Presence George R. Brown Convention Center, 350B Talking Shop: Roundtable Discussion with Volunteer Managers and Docents George R. Brown Convention Center, 352DEF The Accessible Museum of the Present and Future: Technologies and Techniques for Visitors with Disabilities George R. Brown Convention Center, 351DEF The Future of Arts Media: Expanding Your P.R. Focus with Cultural Tourism George R. Brown Convention Center, 371ABC The Future of the Museum is the Future George R. Brown Convention Center, 371DEF Varied Paths to the Top George R. Brown Convention Center, 381ABC Double Exposure: Growth through Collaboration Host Museums Engaging Audiences and Artists through Residency Programs Host Museums The U of Land & Oil - Center for Land Use Interpretation's Alternative Exhibit Space Host Museums Brief History of the American Cowboy and the Development of the American Cattle Industry Host Museums

10:30am CDT

General Session George R. Brown Convention Center, General Assembly

12:15pm CDT

AAM Alliance for Lesbian and Gay Concerns (ALGC) Professional Interest Committee Luncheon Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom J AAM Historic House Museums Professional Interest Committee Business Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 336AB AAM National Program Committee Meeting and Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 339AB AAM Native American Museum Collaboration Network (NAMCNPIC) Professional Interest Committee Luncheon Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom A AAM Public Relations and Marketing Committee (PRAM) Business Luncheon Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom G AAM Small Museums Administrators Committee (SMAC) Celebrates Small Museums Day Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 344AB AAM Visitors Services Professional Interest Committee (VSPIC) Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 343B American Association for Museum Volunteers (AAMV) Networking Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 343B American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 346AB Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) Annual Business Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 340AB Association of Children's Museums Luncheon: An Introduction to the ACM Benchmarking Calendar Hilton Americas, Room 335B International Museum Theatre Alliance (IMTAL) Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 342 Latino Network Professional Interest Committee (LNPIC) Luncheon Hilton Americas, Room 335A MuseumExpo Opening Reception George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E MuseumExpo George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

1:00pm CDT

Building on the Legacy and Vision of the de Menils Host Museums Stop Hate. Starting Here. Teaching the Lessons of the Holocaust Host Museums What's Behind the Bugs and Butterflies Host Museums

2:00pm CDT

College and University Museum Task Force Meeting Hilton Americas Career Cafe International: Building Your Cross-cultural Competencies George R. Brown Convention Center, 370AB Career Cafe Organizational Skills Lab: Grappling with Fundraising Fears and Board Engagement George R. Brown Convention Center, 370CF This Old House: Engaging the 21st Century Host Museums Collections Management and the Museum Information System (China Track) George R. Brown Convention Center, 332DEF Career Cafe: One-on-one Resume Review George R. Brown Convention Center The Green Museum 101 - A Primer on Environmental Practice Hilton Americas, Room 338

2:15pm CDT

Best Practices of Creating and Sustaining Museum-Developed Live Programming George R. Brown Convention Center, 371DEF Blogging Basics 201: How to Keep Your Blog Working for You George R. Brown Convention Center, 350B Digital Records and Collections: Will They Still Love You Tomorrow? George R. Brown Convention Center, 342DEF Established and Emerging Educational Leaders: A Roundtable Building on Lessons Learned George R. Brown Convention Center, 352DEF Gifts of Property: A Guide for Museum Professionals George R. Brown Convention Center, 372ABC Museums + Museum Studies: Collaborations as Incubators for Social Change George R. Brown Convention Center, 360ABC Objects That Change the World: Social Conscience and Museum Collections George R. Brown Convention Center, 361ABC Perfecting the Partnership: Identifying Needs and Resources for More Successful Museum Partnerships George R. Brown Convention Center, 382ABC Planning Tomorrow's Collections Today: Collections Plan for Small Museums George R. Brown Convention Center, 351ABC Questioning Assumptions: Alternative Futures for Museums George R. Brown Convention Center, 382ABC Reinventing Your Membership Program to Maximize Financial Impact and Member Engagement George R. Brown Convention Center, 332ABC Round Table Discussion of Horizon Report: Museum Edition George R. Brown Convention Center, 362ABC Saving the Future: Museum Community Response to the Gulf Oil Spill George R. Brown Convention Center, 361DEF The Greenest Show on Earth: Creating and Distributing Digital Exhibitions George R. Brown Convention Center, 330AB Visitor Studies 101: Collecting and Interpreting Visitor Data George R. Brown Convention Center, 362DEF Volunteer Interns in Museums: Perils, Pitfalls and Pearls George R. Brown Convention Center, 371ABC CANCELLED - Jumping into Mid-Career George R. Brown Convention Center CANCELLED -New Media, New Museums: Strategies for Successful Engagement with Internet Journalism George R. Brown Convention Center

3:30pm CDT

Overcoming Barriers to Adopting a Mobile App George R. Brown Convention Center, 350E AAM Museum Accreditation Program and Museum Assessment Program Ice Cream Social Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom D-E Marketplace of Ideas George R. Brown Convention Center, Hall D&E

3:45pm CDT

Career Cafe International: The Successes and Challenges of Working Abroad George R. Brown Convention Center, 370CF Career Cafe Organizational Skills Lab: Building a Sustainable Nonprofit Organization George R. Brown Convention Center, 370DE Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries and Museums (CALM) Meeting Hilton Americas, Room 329

4:15pm CDT

Education and Visitor Services (China Track) George R. Brown Convention Center, 332DEF

4:30pm CDT

Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University Alumni Reception The Grove Restaurant

5:00pm CDT

AAM Speed Networking Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom G-H Association of Midwest Museums Reception (AMM) The Heritage Society Cooperstown Graduate Program Reception Hilton Americas, Room 230 The University of the Arts Alumni and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Member Reception Hilton Americas, Room 336AB

5:15pm CDT

Career Cafe: Idea Lounge George R. Brown Convention Center Career Cafe: Idea Lounge George R. Brown Convention Center Career Cafe: Idea Lounge George R. Brown Convention Center

5:30pm CDT

AAM Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation (CARE) Business Meeting Hilton Americas, Room 339AB AAM Asian Pacific American Professional Interest Committee (APAPIC) Reception Hilton Americas, Room 343B AAM Professional Interest Committee (PIC GREEN) for Green Museums Reception Hilton Americas, Room 340AB Gallery Systems Users Reception Hilton Americas, Room 337AB Oklahoma Museums Association and the Museum of the Red River Networking Reception Hilton Americas, Room 343B Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums (RC-AAM) International and American Registrars Reception Hilton Americas, Lanier Ballroom A Museum Education Roundtable (MER) Reception Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

6:00pm CDT

AAM Board Alumni Reception Hilton Americas, Room 430 AAM Emerging Museum Professionals Reception Lucky Strike

6:30pm CDT

Naturally Wild Evening at the Houston Zoo Houston Zoo Career Cafe: Dine and Dialogue George R. Brown Convention Center Career Cafe: Dine and Dialogue George R. Brown Convention Center Career Cafe: Dine and Dialogue George R. Brown Convention Center

7:00pm CDT

Texas Sized Block Party at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Contemporary Arts Museum

7:30pm CDT

Out of this World: An Evening at the Space Center Houston Space Center Houston