The Oklahoma Museums Association is planning the third annual Development Directors Networking Roundtable and professional development opportunity.  Development Directors of Oklahoma museums are invited to attend the annual development roundtable on Monday, August 9 at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum from 11:30am-1:30pm. Lunch will be served and a $5 donation will be accepted at the door. A special thank you to Stacey Weddington and the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum for hosting the roundtable.

OMA understands that larger museums need advanced professional development and therefore has secured such a speaker, Shelley Pulliam. Shelley connects with audiences, communicating through wit, humor and authenticity.  She uses the combination of her passion and her gift of teaching to make relevant applications pertinent to participant’s lives.  Shelley’s presentation will be on various personality types and understanding them for good donor relations. Knowing how to recognize and communicate with different personality types is important to successful fundraising.  Recent research has showen that personality types can even predict donations to charities.  Through an insightful and humorous study of the DISC personality model, Shelley uncovers the four personality types and teaches you to value yourself, donors and others.  

What Is DISC?  DISC is a means of identifying and revealing the four main personality types. By using the DISC model, you can effectively learn to communicate and connect with different kinds of people and donors. It will help you understand why individuals feel, think, and act the way that they do. The DISC presentations are interactive and a path to self discovery. It provides education to help participants understand themselves and to adapt to create better relationships, including with donors.

Museum Development Directors interested in attending the roundtable should register by August 2 to sodaniel@okmuseums.org or call 405.424.7757.