- how to prepare a museum poster
- how to prepare a conference workshop
- how funding in a nonprofit and donation museum works
- how to work with people that can be difficult
- how to advocate for a museum
- the differences between volunteer and internship
- research into civil and social museums
- how to write a conference proposal
- how to advertise for the museum
- when to breath deeply before answering
I think the things I am most proud of is the poster and conference workshop. I had never presented a
poster or workshop at conference so this would be a totally new experience for
me and I was ready to gain the skills and knowledge. The first conference I attended
was for a poster presentation and I had no idea on what to do because I was
given very little information on how to prepare the poster. Basically I was
given poster dimensions! I contacted anyone and everyone that may have know how to
help me accomplish this poster presentation. My final product was a labor of
love and I was very pleased with it. The second conference was me presenting a
workshop. I have never setup a workshop so I discussed tactics with Danielle
and did some research on how to setup a workshop. We decided on multiple styled
workshop that would start with a presentation and lecture for 30 minutes then
the second half of the workshop would be interactive discussion from prompts.
We wanted the second half of the workshop to be setup and act as a think tank.
Since both of us haven’t ever tried this approach we did research and practice
runs to make sure the workshop flowed well together. These two experiences alone were well worth the effort and time put into this internship
I am not stopping my internship here I actually will be finishing it up hopefully in July 2019! I have two more conferences to prepare for and help expand the conversation of what a museum is. I have enjoyed reading all of your post of this past summer and I wish everyone the best in their future
Candice
Thanks Candice! And, now we know, that this was such a timely internship as our dear and beloved Danielle Naylor heads off to Vermont to work at the Helen Day Arts Center! So, this was really important work that you were doing to also document the Museum of Street Culture. Time will tell what will become of their education initiatives without Danielle there... but I am so glad that you were able to be there at such an important time in its history!
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