Today’s post features messages from outgoing Board President Kim Fortney and incoming Board President Jack Rasmussen about what MAAM means to them. Reflections about MAAM What has MAAM meant to me over the years? I first became involved with MAAM in the late ’90s after enjoying and benefitting from the learning opportunities at a few annual meetings. I joined the board in 2001 as the representative of the Professional Committee Council, a body that no longer exists in that form. …
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At each annual meeting, MAAM holds a leadership lunch—an opportunity for dialogue and exchange between students/emerging professionals and seasoned museum professionals. This year’s lunch was moderated by Susi Kerr (Tang Museum at Skidmore College), Concetta Bencivenga (Please Touch Museum), and Wendy Luke (Museum Sage). The moderators asked those attending the lunch to consider the following questions in relation to the current challenges faced by the museum industry, including issues of staffing, budgets, exhibition planning, attendance, and community relations. We’d like to …
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