Speaking Engagements: Spring and Summer 2021
Throughout the Spring and Summer of 2021 we have been doing Zoom presentations at national, state, and local Main Street and historic preservation organization conferences and giving talks about the second edition of our bestselling book, New Solutions for House Museums: Ensuring the Long-Term Preservation of America’s Historic Houses. What we have been up to:
- Webinar on Board Training for Plainfield Special Improvement District Board of Directors, March 22, 2021
- Pennsylvania Association of Community Development Corporations, five online seminar presentations on commercial corridor management from February 26 to March 17, 2021, with Gina Snyder and Cicely Peterson Magnum
- Webinar for the National Society of Colonial Dames, “Historic House Museums in the 21st Century: Reimagining’s and New Solutions,” March 26, 2021, with Max van Balgooy and Ken Turino
- Webinar “Fundraising in Unsettled Times” for the National Main Street Center virtual conference April 15, 2021
- Board training webinar for Highland Park Main Street, April 21, 2021
- Webinar for Elfreth’s Alley Association, April 28, 2021, “Learning from New Solutions for House Museums”
- Webinar for PA Museums Association Virtual conference on April 22, 2021, “Historic House Museums in the Age of COVID—New Solutions for House Museums,” with Brenda Riegel
- Webinar on Fundraising for Mississippi Main Street quarterly meeting, May 17, 2021
- The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums virtual annual conference, June 10, 2021, “Operational Sustainability: How Innovative Programming Can Strengthen and Sustain Historic Sites,” with Heidi Glatfelter Schlag, C&O Canal Trust
- Online seminar for Tufts University Museum Studies Program, June 17, 2021, Overview of New Solutions for House Museums
- Webinar on Introduction to Turning Supporters in to Donors, Oregon Main Street, July 28, 2021
- Webinar “Organizational Rebound: Better Recruitment Equals Better Boards,” Missouri Main Street Connection annual conference, July 29, 2021
- Welcoming New Volunteers and Board Members, Missouri Main Street Connection, annual conference, July 30, 2021
- Live presentation on “The Board’s Role in Fundraising” for the Pennsylvania Downtown Center’s annual conference in Reading PA on September 12, 2021.