IMA Plugged-In 2022
IMA Plugged-In is a free monthly opportunity for museum professionals and volunteers to connect around topics of interest to the museum field.
IMA Plugged-In is provided by the Iowa Museum Association the third Monday of the month at noon. This one-hour opportunity to lunch, learn, and engage varies from facilitated conversations to presentations.
Updating Institutional Bylaws. David Bright, Pugh, Hagan Prahm. Core elements to review when updating institutional bylaws. There will be time for questions. Sponsored by The Dickinson Vaults.
Central Iowa Tourism Opportunities. Ann Vogelbacher, Executive Director, Central Iowa Tourism. Learn about the opportunities offered by the tourism regions and how they work with IDEA. Sponsored by The Dickinson Vaults.
NAGPRA and Repatriation. Candace Sall, Director, Museum of Anthropology and American Archaeology Division, University of Missouri. Sponsored by The Dickinson Vaults.
Migration and Resettlement in Iowa. Destiny Crider, Manager of the Anthropology Lab and Collections and professor in the Museum Studies department, Luther College, Decorah. Migration and resettlement in Iowa and its impact on local history museum work.
How to use TikTok. Joe Coffey is a Chicago-based writer and marketer who specializes in digital storytelling. He worked as a journalist, educator and content director before starting his own media consulting company, Coffey Grande Studios.
Joe shares insights behind his recent project, Grant Wood Stories, which is a TikTok channel that tells the stories behind the life and art of Iowa artist Grant Wood. The channel has amassed an audience of 66k followers in just a few months.
Elevating Marginalized Voices. Heather Aaronson, Figge Art Museum and Felicite Wolfe, African American Museum of Iowa, will share about how their museums have elevated marginalized voices, whether in exhibits, collections, or programming.
Telling Lost Stories. Jessica Peel-Austin, Curator of Museum Collections, Brucemore, will share how the property has been reinterpreted through the lens of Mrs. Sinclair, who was previously not recognized for her role as the builder of Brucemore.
Developing a Marketing Plan. Nicky Christensen, Communications Specialist, Museum of Danish America, will discuss how to develop a marketing plan in order to share your organizational story over the long term and through a variety of media.
The Earth is a House of Stories Exhibition. Darrell Taylor, University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present on its exhibition of Native and Indeginous Art titled “The Earth Is a House of Stories”. Co-curated by Angela Waseskuk and Art Gallery Director Darrell Taylor, “The Earth Is a House of Stories” includes selected artwork from George Longfish (Seneca/Tuscarora), Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish/Kootenai), Duane Slick (Meskwaki), Percy Tsisete Sandy (Zuni), and Sheila Arch (Cherokee) as well as Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), Joe Campbell (Musqueam/Salish), Wendy Red Star (Crow), and Leonard YoungBear (Meskwaki).
Guide to Podcasting. Victoria Crystal, Ask a Scientist podcast, will share A Guide to Podcasting. How do you start a podcast? Where do you host it? How do you share it? In this presentation, Victoria Crystal, host of the Ask a Scientist podcast, answers all these questions and more! She will cover all the basics of how to start a podcast, including coming up with an idea, how to record it, what hosting platform is best for you, how to edit it, and how to grow your listenership. Podcasting is for everyone; you don’t need expensive equipment or extensive sound mixing knowledge to do it! So learn how to start your own podcast now! .