Session Proposal Needed

All proposals are DUE by Friday January 31, 2025
Have you had success at your museum implementing new ideas, methods, connections, or ways of thinking? Can you share the successes you’ve had meeting and overcoming museum challenges that many of us face such as employee burnout, generational clashes with established (persons), frustrations with new technologies, worrying about future funding, or how to finally deal with the large amount of artifacts in our collections? We would love to hear from you if you are willing to share your story and offer advice on how other NMA members can implement your positive directives at their institutions. Please consider sending us your session proposal, group panel, or workshop ideas using the guidelines below.

Graduate students and new museum professionals are particularly encouraged to attend and present. Here is a list of possible session topics. (We will also consider workshops, panels and papers!)How to Implement Current Best Practices for Preservation, Archives, and More
~ Social Media and Effective Promotion and Marketing Methods on a Budget
~ Historical Interpretation and Inclusion
~ Large and Small Capital Campaigns, Fundraising, Grants
~ Technology and Digitization
~ Disaster Planning and Green Initiatives for Climate Change
~ Collecting Oral Histories for Future Generations
~ Indigenous, Tribal, and NAGPRA Themes
~ New Ways to Engage New and Diverse Audiences
~ Creative Districts
~ How to Avoid Burnout and Promoting Museum Staff Mental Health
~ Deaccessioning and the New Nebraska Museum Property Act
~ Managing Generational Clashes with Staff, Board Members, and Volunteers
~ Emerging Trends
~ Hands-On Learning and Modern Museum Education Programs

… and any other topic related to the how we can build our museum’s future on our past foundations!

Each proposal should include:
~ A title
~ A one-page (150-word) summary
~ A brief (1-3 sentence) biography and contact information for the presenter

All group session or workshop proposals should include:
~ A title for the group session or workshop
~ A one-page (150-word) abstract
~ A brief (1-3 sentence) biography for each presenter
~ Contact information for the group’s main point of contact

How to Submit your Proposal: 
Option 1: Email your proposal to NMA Board President April White at [email protected]
Option 2: Send your proposal via mail to NMA Board President April White at:
April White
2010 University Dr.
Kearney, NE 68849
 
Deadline for receipt of all proposals is January 31, 2025. Notifications will be made the week of February 10, 2025. Everyone whose proposal is accepted and will appear on the conference program must register for and pay the registration fee to attend the conference.
 
For questions about the proposals or submission process, please contact NMA Board President April White at [email protected] or (308) 865-8284.