COMPT Sessions DEVELOPING MUSEUM LEADERS FROM THE FIELD: THE SALARY CONUNDRUM Sunday, April 27, 2009 Convention Center, Room 605 It's time to address compensation as a key issue in the training, recruiting and retention of talented, committed museum professionals. Other sectors routinely mentor future leaders from within their professions, and view competitive salaries as a key ingredient to effective succession planning across a range of leadership positions. Identify actions that can be taken to improve the state of museum staff compensation. CHAIR: Carlo Lamagna, Professor, New York University, New York PRESENTERS: Joan Mercuri, President and CEO, Frank Lloyd Wright preservation Trust, Oak Park, IL Geri Thomas, President, Thomas & Associates, Inc.; Associate Professor, Museum Studies, New York University, New York Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Co-founder and Director, M.A. Program in Museum Professions, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ Endorsed by the AAM Council of Standing Professional Committees.
PROVIDING TRAINING FOR SMALL, "PRE-PROFESSIONAL" MUSEUMS Monday, April 28, 2009 Convention Center, Room 207 Many small museums desperately need training to learn how to run a professional museum. This session will cover needs, potential solutions, examples of what programs work. As a case study, it will highlight the state of Utah's Office of Museum Services, which supplies grants, training, a performance goals program and state certification, and an on-line museum studies program at the University of Oklahoma. We will also include information on federal funding opportunities for similar programs. CHAIR: Laurel Casjens, Trainer I, Office of Museum Services, Salt Lake City, UT PRESENTERS: Pamela Miller, Museum Studies Department Chair, College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT Dan E. Burke, Director, Office of Museum Services, Salt Lake City, UT Peter B. Tirrell, Associate Director, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK Endorsed by the AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training. Co-endorsed by the AAM Registrars Committee.
THE FIELD IN TRANSITION: MUSEUMS, LEADERSHIP, AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING Tuesday, April 29, 2009 Convention Center, Room 205 Panelists present current trends, challenges, and practices in museum leadership and management training. You'll explore how changes in the field affect leadership development and the many ways academic programs in museum management are attempting to meet the needs of the field (including online training) and prepare museum leaders for the future. CHAIR: Ximena Varela, Research Director, Arts Administration Graduate Program, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA PRESENTERS: Stephen Vollmer, Independent Curator and Consulting Research Specialist Redell Hearn, Founding Director and Assistant Professor, Museum Studies, Southern University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Endorsed by the AAM Committee on Museum Professional Training. Co-endorsed by the AAM Committee for Diversity in Museums, AAM Museum Management Committee, AAM Development and Membership Committee and AAM Committee on Education.