Community Engagement & Impact

Engaging Community in Conversations about the Future

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How does a conversation on the future increase a museum’s relevancy to the community? How can this conversation be inclusive? In this session, four museums will share their methods, exhibitions, and programs. Interact with each one’s resources, create ideas for the future, ask questions, and walk away with a method and model that fits your institution.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to appraise four proven ways to engage with their community on the future no matter the size, type, or audience of their institution.
• Discover specific technologies and programs to engage with the community about the future.
• Upon completion, participant will be able to identify a method to engage their community on the future that works for their institution.

Moderator(s)

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  Elizabeth Merritt

  Vice President, Strategic Foresight and Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums
  American Alliance of Museums

Presenter(s)

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  Meredith Doby

  Vice President of Exhibits
  The DoSeum
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  Sarah Henry

  Deputy Director and Chief Curator
  Museum of the City of New York
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  Leonardo Menezes

  Content Manager
  Museum of Tomorrow
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  Howard Taylor

  Director
  San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts