In an effort to continue providing e-learning opportunities, the Oklahoma Museums Association will be hosting again in 2010 the Museum Essentials Webinar Series by the American Association of Museums from July-October. OMA will host this webinar series in an informal and casual setting in the OMA office. The OMA office is located inside Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52nd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73111.

The cost of attending the webinar in the OMA office will be $5 per session for OMA members and $10 per session for non-members. Space is limited to the first 10 participants to register. To register for one or more webinars in the OMA office, please contact Stacy O’Daniel at 405.424.7757 or by email at sodaniel@okmuseums.org. For the OMA hosted webinars, registration is required and closes 10 days prior to the webinar.

If you are unable to join us in the OMA office, OMA encourages you to register directly with the American Association of Museums for the webinars at www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/learn/webinarindex.cfm and view them from your own computer. Please consult the AAM Web site for prices and registration.

2010 Museum Essentials Webinar Series

Museum Standards and Best Practices Primer
July 7 from 1:00pm-2:30pm (CST)
Join senior AAM staff and other leading practitioners for a valuable overview and introduction to National Standards and Best Practices. Get grounded in the standards which constitute the museum field’s core operational principles.

21st Century Museum and School Partnerships: What Museums Need to Know
July 21 from 1:00pm-2:30pm (CST)
Rethink the potential of true partnerships between museums and schools while retaining the focus on learning in museums. Join Beverly Sheppard and Kim Fortney, co-editors of An Alliance of Spirit: Museum and School Partnerships (2010, The AAM Press), for a walk through practical information that you can use in your work and your institution immediately and over time to foster sustainable museum/school partnerships. Presenters will explore museum and school partnerships from the angles of teacher, administrator, evaluator, funder and museum director. After participating in this webinar, attendees will be better able to: Plan, develop, survey, test, implement and evaluate programs in partnership with schools; and Place current trends in museum and school partnerships into context of what is happening in both museums and schools to affect the relationship on both sides.

Understanding the Three Dimensions of Your Board
October 20 from 1:00pm-2:30pm (CST)
Join Geri Thomas for this webinar designed to help you engage board members in more meaningful ways by
understanding not only their fiduciary role, but also how they can be generative and strategic in order to engender enthusiasm for the organization and enjoy their board experience. Learn how to foster and support the individual and collective effectiveness of board members; how to recruit, orient and retain them; and, how to keep them informed, committed, and dynamic. This program is especially for board members, new directors or directors of small institutions.

Step-by-Step Collections Acquisition
(archived version)
Monday, October 25 1:00pm-2:30pm (CST)