Meeting Schedule for 2009 - 2010
Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month (unless otherwise noted) and run from 11:30 - 1:00. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Drinks and dessert are provided at each meeting.
2009-2010 Programming, Planning, Meetings
- September 09, 2009
Season Kick-off and Networking Mixer
Location: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Enjoy the benefits of being a CAMA member by networking and hearing from our new CAMA President, Sarah Weber. Sarah is Special Events Coordinator for the Carnegie Center at the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Learn about CAMA's Past, Present and Future, followed by a networking mixer. Click here to view the September meeting flier.
- October 14, 2009
Topic: Successful Museum Education Techniques
Kim Huber, Anna Johnson, and Nancy Cutler share tips
from their new book, The Museum Educator’s Manual
Location: Arizona Museum for Youth
With the sluggish economy do you want to provide and promote more community involvement in your museum? Would you like to grow your volunteer program? Are your docents' tours interactive and do they tell a story that visitors will remember? Join Kim Huber, Anna Johnson and Nancy cutler, authors of The Museum Educator's Manual: Educators Share Successful Techniques (AltaMira Press) to learn of some tried and true technuques and suggestions that could enhance and promote your museum education programs, volunteer management and more!
Click here to view the October meeting flier.
- November 18, 2009 (Note non-standard meeting date)
Topic: Technology and Social Networking: Developing Your Audience
Location: Sahuaro Ranch Park Historic Area, Glendale Parks and Recreation
Join fellow CAMA members at the crown jewel of Glendale's park system, Sahuaro Ranch Park Historic Area in their 3,000 square-foot gallery, an historic fruit packing shed. Do you digg, use delicious and Facebook? Do you Twitter? Learn how your museum can take advantage of web 2.0 and now, so-called web 3.0 social networking for audience development.
Click here to view a map of the Historic Sahuaro Ranch area.
Click here to view the November meeting flier.
- December 09, 2009
Topic: Holiday Party and Raffle
Location: Children's Museum of Phoenix
Every December CAMA members join to celebrate the upcoming holiday season, network and catch up with friends and colleagues. This year we are hosted by the new Children's Museum of Phoenix, which demonstrates throughout its facility, how play=learning (not to mention fun!). After a lunchtime networking mixer, we will tour the facility and learn about how their highly interactive approach stimulates cognitive development for their audience. - January 13, 2010
Topic: Advocacy for Your Museum in Challenging Times
Location: Pueblo Grande
Join us for this special meeting to learn about specific techniques you can use to advocate for your museum at the local, state, and national level. Learn how to stay viable in an economic downturn, how to share the stories of your institution, and, therefore, the importance of what arts organizations offer Arizonans every day.
Click here to view the January meeting flier.
- February 10, 2010
Topic: Strategies for Branding, Marketing and Public Relations
Location: Desert Botanical Gardens
Does your institution have a tagline? A logo? A recognizable palette of colors that signifies your institution? Collateral materials with the same look and feel? Learn from TBD speaker(s) on how your institution can better brand and market itself to the public.
Click here to view the February meeting flier.
- March 10, 2010
Topic: Successful Community Outreach
Location: River of Time Museum
Come to beautiful Fountain Hills, home of the River of Time Museum, to learn about successful community outreach techniques from TBD speaker(s). What are the elements for quality outreach programming? What are the benefits- and potential pitfalls- of developing and managing outreach programs? Ensure your outreach programs align with your museum's mission and draw audiences back to your institution after the outreach program is over. Note new location on March meeting flier. - April 14, 2010
Topic: Next Steps in Career Management & Development
Location: Carnegie Center
With the dramatic changes in the publishing and automotive industry in recent months, do you ever wonder about the viability of positions and the stability of the museum field? Are you in a career path that has stagnated or has diverged from what you had hoped for? Come to the West Valley Art Museum and hear speakers discuss how to be proactive in your career goals, in networking, and in keeping your skill sets fresh and attractive for potential employers, or to become self-employed.
Click here to view the April meeting flier.
Click here to view the December meeting flier.
Click here to view the March meeting flier.
