Here are the Top 5 Museum Education Books for 2010, as chosen by MEM Facebook Readers: #1 – The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon #2 – Identity & the Museum Visitor Experience by John Falk #3 – The Social Work of Museums by Lois Silverman #4 – TIE – An Alliance of Spirit by Kim [...]

Interpretation Canada is having it’s second online conference - Theme: Audiences and Innovation.     When: Tuesday to Thursday Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2010. Today’s member rate: CDN $ 113.46 ; Non-member rate: CDN $ 175.35     To register and for more info: www.interpcan.ca Conference Details: Six live hour-long online sessions, as well as the AGM. Registration will give you access to all [...]

Hi SERG members! As your PD chair, I felt that I should share with you some of the PD opportunities I have come across lately. 1. Understanding Social Media When Hiring Your Next Employee: hosted by The City of Calgary Youth Employment Centre (YEC). Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 from 8:00 am- 12:00 pm at Gunn’s Dairy [...]

Do you want to help SERG out more? Are you a current member? SERG is looking for three new people to cover the following positions: Membership, Treasurer and Secretary. These are 2 year terms and adds only one meeting every second month to your commitments.  It’s a fabulous group to be a part of, just like [...]

Thanks everyone for coming out to Robert Kelly’s PD Session on May 18!  Hopefully you were all inspired to become a little more creative yourselves. We came up with a lot of good questions, some I know Robert couldn’t get to, so if you want to post them here under comments, we can all discuss them [...]