Modern Museums: Relevant & Resilient, CAM 2018

Modern Museums: Relevant & Resilient, CAM 2018
2018 Annual CAM Conference is in Palm Springs, CA February 5-7, 2018
When
2/5/2018 9:00 AM - 2/7/2018 6:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time
Online registration is now closed. Please register on site in Palm Springs beginning February 5.

Program

Monday, 05 February 2018

Description
Make your contribution in $5 increments.  Donate to the carbonfund to reduce your carbon footprint.
Category
Carbon Offset
When
2/5/2018 - 2/7/2018
Living Legacy to the Deserts Original Residents - Founded in 1970, The Living Desert welcomes you to learn about and appreciate the world’s desert plants and animals through their informative exhibits
Category
Tours
Time
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
9:00 AM
Historic City Center Walking Tour -- Join us for a half-mile stroll between two of Palm Springs's most iconic Desert Modern buildings, both designed and built by E. Stewart Williams: the Palm Springs
Category
Tours
Time
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
9:30 AM
Midcentury Modern Icons of Fashion and Finance - See the very best examples of mid-century modern architecture as we walk along the town's main thoroughfare, South Palm Canyon Drive
Category
Tours
Time
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
9:30 AM
Prepare to Impress: Institutional Research for Cover Letters and Interviews -- Participants will learn how to conduct research on an institution to help write a well-tailored cover letter and feel pre
Category
Workshop
Time
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
10:00 AM
Raise More Money by Leveraging Language and Creating Relationships --  In this panel, we will discuss tools and strategies that can help you turn friends into donors. We will start by exploring donor
Category
Workshop
Time
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
12:00 PM
The Tiny Museum and the Big Strategic Plan - In this workshop, tiny museums will talk about the benefits of producing a strategic plan that reinvigorates and refocuses staff and gives your collections
Category
Workshop
Time
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
12:00 PM
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum -- Come experience the historic home and museum of pioneer Cabot Yerxa, who rediscovered the mineral waters in Desert Hot Springs.
Category
Tours
Time
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
1:00 PM
The General Patton Memorial Museum Tour - The General Patton Memorial Museum is the Gateway to the Desert Training Center developed by General Patton.  Currently the Museum stands on the original site
Category
Tours
Time
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
1:00 PM
Women Behaving Badly…for Good -- Tour the new exhibit at the Coachella Valley History Museum about the women of the Coachella Valley who were boundary busters and became innovators, symbols, and icons
Category
Tours
Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:00 PM
Going Outside:  Expanding Mission Delivery Capacity, Reaching New Audiences, and Providing New Experiences by Using Outdoor Spaces -- Participants will learn dynamic ways to use existing outdoor spa
Category
Workshop
Time
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1:00 PM
Getting your Foot in the Door: Mastering the Elusive Interview -- Hone your interview skills before your next job interview. Use an “informational interview” to your advantage by showing your interest
Category
Workshop
Time
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
1:30 PM
Join us at the Renaissance Palm Springs for lite bites and a drink before heading to dinner. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Category
Events
Time
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
5:30 PM
Always Learning - Successful Volunteer Engagement --  Join attendees who work with volunteers to identify potential barriers and opportunities for successful engagement.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
Collections Conundrums --  Join your fellow collections and registration colleagues to talk about issues we are all facing in our jobs today.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
Don’t Throw Away Your Shot!: Engagement Tips Inspired by Hamilton -- This Dialogue Dinner will discuss strategies for engagement and activation from the hit musical.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
Engaging Our Youngest Audience: Partnering for Success -- Come exchange ideas about different ways to partner with Early Childhood professionals and organizations.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
Engaging your Unique Tour Audience -- This discussion seeks to create a “bag of tricks” that tour guides can customize for each tour group to create an immersive tour.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
Only open to 2018 Getty scholarship or fellowship recipients.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
Trends in Marketing -- Join us for a discussion to learn the power of influencer marketing and hear how NHMLA uses this approach to increase audience attendance and social media engagement.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
Trends in Membership -- Join us for a discussion over dinner about the latest membership trends at museums, zoos, and botanical gardens.
Category
Dialogue Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM
The Palm Spring Art Museum is the backdrop for the 2018 Directors Dinner.  The Directors Dinner is open to museum professionals at the Director level or above. Program and details coming later.
Category
Directors Dinner
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
7:00 PM

Tuesday, 06 February 2018

Description
The recipients of the 7th annual Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Museum Education, chosen for outstanding achievement in museum programs that serve K-12 students or educators, will be present
Category
Events
Time
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
12:15 PM
Join us for an evening at Sunnylands Center & Gardens, a contemporary space inspired by the midcentury modern architecture of the historic estate built by Walter and Leonore Annenberg in the 1960s.  B
Category
Events
Time
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
5:30 PM