Upcoming Conference Highlight!

Upcoming Conference Highlight!

Get to Know Keynote Speaker Marsha Semmel

We are so pleased to be bringing Marsha Semmel as our keynote speaker for this year’s conference. She comes with years of experience working with foundations, libraries, museums, and other cultural organizations. She consults on strategic planning, 21^st Century learning, leadership, cultural policy, and strategic partnerships and collaborations. She is currently a Senior Advisor to the Noyce Leadership institute, and she is a former Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. She has worked at museums across the country, and is well versed on the successes, challenges, expectations, and overall state of cultural institutions in today’s society.

In case you aren’t familiar with Marsha Semmel, here are a few articles and addresses that we’ve pulled together as a crash course:

Museum Leadership in a Hyper-Connected World: Six Skills for Leaders at All Levels

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/stemlibraryconference/events/MUSEUM-L.PDF

Published in the May 2015 edition of Museum News, this article outlines some of the core-skills that are critical to successful leadership in the museum world.

(Re)Mapping the Learning Ecosystem

http://knowledgeworks.org/worldoflearning/remapping-the-learning-ecosystem/

In this 2013 post Semmel discusses the informal learning that happens in museum and libraries. What is our potential collective impact?

Six Minutes with Marsha Semmel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePtoqOt7M1w

In this brief address from 2012, Semmel talks about the state of museums and libraries and the growing relevance of digital learning.

Marsha Semmel’s Commons Creating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcJK3rxcpF4

Although lengthy, this speech from April of 2015 at the Balboa Park Learning Institute touches on partnerships, learning in the museum, today’s museum audiences, maker spaces, and a number of other timely topics.

We can’t wait to hear what she has to share with Utah museums! Join us for the Annual UMA Conference October 7-9 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. You can preview the conference program here, then click here to register.