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Join West Midlands Museum Development, East Midlands Museum Development and the National Archives for a workshop exploring how to manage both museum and archive collections.
The course will:
- help museum and archive managers to understand more about effective management of mixed (museum and archive) collections
- demonstrate where managing archives and museums are similar and where there are differences
- highlight how both Accreditation schemes run alongside each other and can dovetail
- demonstrate how a complete mixed collection can be managed using the best of each sector
- highlight the TNA ‘Managing Mixed Collections’ guidance and AIM ‘Successfully Managing Archives in Museums’ guidance
This workshop is aimed at museum professionals managing services with mixed collections, and museum staff and volunteers with collections management responsibilities.
About the trainer
Janice Tullock is an Archives and Heritage consultant, working with archive services, museums and organisations outside the cultural sector, to manage collections and develop audiences for services. Over a 15 year consultancy career clients have included local government, universities, charities, sporting organisations, museums and libraries across the UK. In 2021 she was lead consultant on the development of The National Archives guidance, Managing Mixed Collections. Janice is a member of the Archives Accreditation Committee and an expert mentor on behalf of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The course will be held on Janice Tullock’s Zoom and be a mix of presentation, case studies, discussion and breakout rooms. The course will use Mentimeter. Please ensure that you can access Mentimeter alongside Zoom on your device, or bring along a second device, so that you can join the discussions on the day. You will also be asked to bring an object or document along with you to help form the basis of discussions in the break-out sessions.
As part of Roots & Branches, the Seeds for Action Programme has been developed to connect Carbon Literate Certified museum people across England to develop and build on their carbon reduction strategies and approaches to taking climate actions.
The Seeds for Action online workshop programme is your chance to share your own experiences and ask others about the nitty gritty of implementing climate actions around various areas of work.
Join us to find out how museums are taking action to make their collection care more environmentally friendly. How can we protect our collections, whilst also reducing our carbon footprint? What evidence and data is being collected to support these changes?
This session is for you if you are interested in sharing experiences around;
- The practicalities of changing how you look after collections
- How we can advocate for making changes to collection care practices.
PLEASE NOTE:
This event is for museum people who have completed a Carbon Literacy Course.
The session video will not be recorded but a transcription of the session will be recorded to support the development of follow-up materials.
By signing up to the session, you are agreeing for MDNW to share your booking information with your Museum Development Provider and Catherine Mailhac, Seeds for Action freelance coordinator. It will also be used for the evaluation of Roots & Branches project.
634 museum staff, volunteers and trustees have become Carbon Literate through Museum Development England since November 2021.
Reducing your energy usage means reducing your energy bills, benefitting both your budget and the planet.
West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) are partnering to deliver several rounds of training, using the Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit developed by Museum Development and the Carbon Literacy Trust as part of the national Roots and Branches project.
What is a Carbon Literacy course? Becoming Carbon Literate will give you an understanding of what climate change is, the scale of its effects, and how museums fit into the global, national and local picture to address climate change. You become Carbon Literate by making an individual pledge, and an organisational pledge to take back to your museum, of what you can do, and is in your power to achieve, to make a significant difference to your carbon impact.
Who can attend? Anyone – we welcome all trustees, managers, volunteers and paid staff from museums across England who want to understand the part they can play in tackling the climate emergency.
What’s involved? The course is made up of four modules – the first module is pre-recorded and there are three Zoom sessions:
- Tuesday 27 February – the pre-recorded module will be sent to you. It lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tuesday 5 March, 10am-12.30pm – Zoom session 1
- Thursday 7 March, 10am-12noon – Zoom session 2
- Thursday 7 March, 1pm-3pm – Zoom session 3
You only need to book once for the whole course.
Attendees will be certified as Carbon Literate once they’ve successfully completed the course. Therefore, it is essential you are able to attend all three Zoom sessions and undertake all course activities in full.
Bookings close: 5pm, Monday 19 February
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands and West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
This event is run in partnership with West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM). The event will be hosted by MDEM on our Zoom account. By booking onto this event you give permission to share your booking details with the event partners for the purpose of the event administration. WMMD’s privacy policy can be viewed here and MDEM’s policy can be viewed here.
Accessibility
This event will be auto captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from other forms of access support, including live captioning, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email us at mdem@leics.gov.uk as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link prior to each event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email by the day before the event please contact us.
If you can’t see the booking link this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
This event will provide an opportunity to dive deeper into people management and change management.
By the end of the training participants will:
• Understand the importance of setting clear expectations with volunteers around behaviour and conduct
• Understand the key principles of change management and the benefits of involving volunteers
• Understand the key principles of a volunteer problem solving process including how to prepare, manage, resolve and reflect.
• Have explored a model for sharing feedback with volunteers
• Have developed their confidence and skills in addressing problems and difficulties with volunteers
• Have had the option to discuss and reflect on difficult scenarios within their own museum and to develop helpful strategies
Who should attend?
This event is suitable for individuals managing volunteers who wish to explore the principles of people and change management, and develop confidence and strategies for addressing challenges.
About the trainers
Carol is a specialist in volunteer management, mentoring and conflict resolution with over 25 years’ experience in the field. During that time, she has worked for local, regional and national charities across a variety of sectors including heritage, disability, animal welfare and international aid. She has led and managed volunteers across a number of disciplines including fundraising, service delivery, advice and support, research, visitor experience.
Laura is a specialist in volunteer engagement and volunteer management, with over 20 years’ experience working in this field. Her background includes working for both volunteer involving and volunteer infrastructure organisations. Since 2017 she has worked as a freelance consultant; supporting organisations to establish, grow and develop volunteering and delivering training, learning and mentoring for volunteer managers.
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
634 museum staff, volunteers and trustees have become Carbon Literate through Museum Development England since November 2021.
Reducing your energy usage means reducing your energy bills, benefitting both your budget and the planet.
West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) are partnering to deliver several rounds of training, using the Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit developed by Museum Development and the Carbon Literacy Trust as part of the national Roots and Branches project.
What is a Carbon Literacy course? Becoming Carbon Literate will give you an understanding of what climate change is, the scale of its effects, and how museums fit into the global, national and local picture to address climate change. You become Carbon Literate by making an individual pledge, and an organisational pledge to take back to your museum, of what you can do, and is in your power to achieve, to make a significant difference to your carbon impact.
Who can attend? Anyone – we welcome all trustees, managers, volunteers and paid staff from museums across England who want to understand the part they can play in tackling the climate emergency.
What’s involved? The course is made up of four modules – the first module is pre-recorded and there are three Zoom sessions:
- Tuesday 27 February – the pre-recorded module will be sent to you. It lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tuesday 5 March, 10am-12.30pm – Zoom session 1
- Thursday 7 March, 10am-12noon – Zoom session 2
- Thursday 7 March, 1pm-3pm – Zoom session 3
You only need to book once for the whole course.
Attendees will be certified as Carbon Literate once they’ve successfully completed the course. Therefore, it is essential you are able to attend all three Zoom sessions and undertake all course activities in full.
Bookings close: 5pm, Monday 19 February
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands and West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
This event is run in partnership with West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM). The event will be hosted by MDEM on our Zoom account. By booking onto this event you give permission to share your booking details with the event partners for the purpose of the event administration. WMMD’s privacy policy can be viewed here and MDEM’s policy can be viewed here.
Accessibility
This event will be auto captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from other forms of access support, including live captioning, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email us at mdem@leics.gov.uk as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link prior to each event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email by the day before the event please contact us.
If you can’t see the booking link this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
The workshop will cover:
- The principles of marking and labelling an the standards and guidance that underpin these.
- How to create a marking and labelling kit
- Marking and labelling techniques
- Labelling for safe handling and salvage
The workshop will be led by the Regional Collections Officer, Anita Hollinshead, and is suitable for complete beginners and those wanted to refresh their knowledge of marking and labelling practices and procedures. Priority will be given to staff and volunteers from organisations that are Accredited or Working Towards Accreditation.
As part of Roots & Branches, the Seeds for Action Programme has been developed to connect Carbon Literate Certified museum people across England (and further afield) to develop and build on their carbon reduction strategies and approaches to taking climate actions.
Brilliant work is being done across the museum sector to reduce our carbon footprint. We round off a year of Seeds for Action Collective Workshops with a celebration event. Come along to meet and be inspired by others who are taking positive climate action, share the success stories and lessons learnt by graduates of the Carbon Literacy courses.
PLEASE NOTE:
This event is for museum people who have completed a Carbon Literacy Course.
The session video will not be recorded but a transcription of the session will be recorded to support the development of follow-up materials.
By signing up to the session, you are agreeing for MDNW to share your booking information with your Museum Development Provider and Catherine Mailhac, Seeds for Action freelance coordinator. It will also be used for the evaluation of Roots & Branches project.
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- Want to find out more about how to deliver effective and memorable assemblies to primary schools?
- Gain tips on how to use assemblies as a ‘way in’ to engaging with more schools and pupils in your area.
- Find out about different methods of delivery that will engage pupils and teachers alike.
- Time to network with other sites and museums to share good practice and new ideas.
1.5 hour session led by Mary Sibson, Creative Learning Officer for Creative Learning Services.
Do you have the collections and information you think you have? This session will explore the Spectrum 5.1 Audit procedure – systematically checking the accuracy and completeness of the information you have about your collections.
At the most basic level, the procedure confirms that your records match the physical reality: you have all the objects you should have, correctly numbered and located where they are supposed to be. We will explore the difference between the Inventory and Audit procedures, discuss the benefits of undertaking regular audits and how you might approach this
Before the session:
- Think about how you do things in your museum, referring to your museum’s policy and procedures related to Audit. You might also find it useful to have these with you to refer to during the session.
- Please check you have a working microphone, for discussion
Times are particularly challenging at the moment for museums and heritage sites. The impact of COVID-19, the cost of living and energy crisis, and ongoing funding and staffing cuts have affected us all, leaving us frequently needing to advocate for our sites.
This free in person course has been developed for museum staff and volunteers who are finding themselves needing to advocate for their museum service during periods of change. The course will also cover negotiating and influencing skills. Lastly, this training will also focus on supporting museum staff through managing change and looking after their own wellbeing.
Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) and Ted Learning are partnering up to help build resilience during these challenging times.
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.