CWAM ANNUAL MEETING SESSIONS 2008
Updated 5-1-2008
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Thursday, May 8, 2008 **Must pre-register**

9:00am – 3:00pm CWAM Helping Hands: Making a Difference in Your Community

12 noon – 4:00pm Blazing a Trail to IMLS Success: De-Mystifying the Museums For America Grant Process
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Friday, May 9, 2008

1:45pm – 3:00pm
• Making a Difference in Your Exhibit
• Historic Walking Tours
• NEW TIME! Community Service: A Tradition of Teaching and Tourism at the Avery House Historic District

3:30pm – 4:45pm
• Working with Digital Images – In-House and On the Web
• Christmas Decorations
• NEW TIME! Its Easy Being Green: A Guide to Help Make Your Museum More Earth- Friendly
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Saturday, May 10, 2008

9:10am – 10:25am
• NEW TITLE! CWAM Benefits: Cooperative Purchasing, EMKs & CWAM Excellence Grants
• Training Your Staff, Board and Volunteers: Addressing the Needs of Your Museum’s Community
• Managing the Big Project

10:45am – 12:00pm
• NEW TITLE! Implementing Emergency Preparedness: A CWAM Excellence Grant Case Study
• Local Museums, Local Stories: Telling the Story of Your Community
• Things That go BOOM! In the Night: Explosive Collections

1:30pm – 2:45pm
• Waymarking: Using GPS and Internet “Games” to Broaden Your Community Audience
• Archival Storage Mount-Making and Techniques, Part 1: Introduction
• Community Based Publishing: Establishing a Museum Press

3:15pm – 4:30pm
• Building Communities with Building History: Historic Preservation, Museums, and Archives
• Archival Storage Mount-Making and Techniques, Part 2: Advanced Mount-Making
• NEW! Courageous Conversations: Diversity & Inclusiveness for Museums and Their Communities
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Post-Conference Tour **Must pre-register**

8:30am – 1:00pm Wild Western War Zone Progressive Field Trip