<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Happy new year everyone!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">BCMA is pleased to announce new webinars for 2019! <span style="font-size:11pt">Keep checking our </span><a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca/education/upcoming-events/webinars/" target="_blank" style="font-size:11pt">website</a><span style="font-size:11pt"> for additional webinar announcements, or, if you are interested in presenting a webinar of your own this year, please send us your idea through the following form:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca/education/upcoming-events/webinars/host-a-webinar/" target="_blank">http://museumsassn.bc.ca/education/upcoming-events/webinars/host-a-webinar/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In the meanwhile, reserve your spot and register today for the webinars below. <span style="font-size:14.6667px">Remember - webinars are free for members and $10 for not-yet members.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>2019 BCMA WEBINARS</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black"><br class="m_-7603005708029346843gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">Friday, JANUARY 18, 2019</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">12:00noon – 1:00pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Grant Writing
for Success </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Presented by Mary Ann
Anderson (</span><a href="http://littledog.ca/" style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,85,128);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Little Dog Creative Consulting</span></a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) in partnership with Heritage BC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Writing a
successful grant application can be a challenge – both for long-time
applicants, as well as newcomers to the process. Heritage BC and BCMA are
pleased to present Mary Ann Anderson of Little Dog Creative Consulting in
this hour-long webinar on grant writing for success. Mary Ann will share her
extensive experience and expertise from writing applications to over 100
programs offered by federal, provincial, municipal, foundations and private
funders.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register here:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7332686321557201665" style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" target="_blank">https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7332686321557201665</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">**NOTE this webinar is free and open to the public.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">***** </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Wednesday, JANUARY 23, 2019 </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">12:00noon – 1:00pm PST</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Successful Strategies for Engaging Younger Audiences in Heritage
Programming</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Presented by Mary Forbes (Director of the Williams Lake
Potato House)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a name="m_-7603005708029346843_m_-3665275258935167374__Hlk526414718">Mary Forbes, Director of the
Williams' Lake Potato House, </a><a name="m_-7603005708029346843__Hlk534704936">presented
on this topic at our 2018 conference and is now back by popular demand! </a> Join
Mary for this high-energy webinar where she will discuss tried and true
strategies for engaging non-traditional audiences in heritage programming.
Knowing that the young demographics will grow up to become our stewards for the
future, this presentation will be beneficial for any heritage organizations
interested in growing their memberships, programming, and audiences.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register here:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://members.museumsassn.bc.ca/public/event/details/e70d8706ac3b3c367d226c86aa77444e326a0c72/1" style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://members.museumsassn.bc.ca/public/event/details/e70d8706ac3b3c367d226c86aa77444e326a0c72/1</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">**********</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Tuesday, FEBRUARY 19,
2019</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">12:00noon – 1:00pm PST</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>“I have an old, old…..”
– Putting Sustainable Artefact Collecting into Practice</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Presented by Kevin MacLean (Galt Museum and Archives)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Museums face daily challenges in their obligation to care
for ever growing collections. For some, it begs the question, “Why do museums
devote so much energy to looking after stuff that is relatively the same in all
museums?” In the past decade-plus, the Galt Museum in Lethbridge, AB has
shifted its collecting outlook from a focus on scale and proverbial “old stuff”
to maximizing objects’ unique values and stories.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Objects’ voices in the Museum should come from persons
intimately familiar with them. Intangible voices are what make the Galt’s
objects unique to its communities and region, expanding their value for
interpretation, personal connection and Museum use. The greater the extent to
which we develop our objects’ intangible value, the more useful objects are to
us. Museums can do more with less. Simply being “old” is not good enough.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Join Museum Collections Tech Kevin MacLean as he describes this
new approach and how it has led to a more efficient use of resources at the
Galt Museum. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register here:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://members.museumsassn.bc.ca/public/event/details/7d25c3599f421bb99f06e5d00226d13d5056396a/1" style="color:rgb(31,78,121)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://members.museumsassn.bc.ca/public/event/details/7d25c3599f421bb99f06e5d00226d13d5056396a/1</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">*********</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Tuesday, March 19, 2019</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">12:00noon – 1:00pm PST</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Archives and Reconciliation</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Presented by Genevieve Weber (Archivist, Royal BC Museum and BC Archives) </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Join Genevieve Weber as she discusses the important role archives play in taking steps toward reconciliation.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div>Register here:</div><div><a href="https://members.museumsassn.bc.ca/public/event/details/abf703a322c5628475d4634c664ef1820340b445/1" target="_blank">https://members.museumsassn.bc.ca/public/event/details/abf703a322c5628475d4634c664ef1820340b445/1</a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Keep checking our</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca/education/upcoming-events/webinars/" target="_blank" style="font-size:11pt">website</a><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">for additional webinar announcements, or, if you are interested in presenting a webinar of your own this year, please send us your idea through the following form:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca/education/upcoming-events/webinars/host-a-webinar/" target="_blank">http://museumsassn.bc.ca/education/upcoming-events/webinars/host-a-webinar/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A<span style="font-size:11pt">ll the best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Anissa</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7603005708029346843gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Anissa J. Paulsen</b><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Program Officer</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca" target="_blank"><font color="#e69138">BC Museums Association</font></a><font color="#ed7d31"> </font><font color="#e69138">|| 675 Belleville Street || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Home </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Office: (250) 588-6600 </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">(M, W, Th) </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">||</span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">BCMA Office: (250) 356-5700</span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"> (Tu, F) </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">||</span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Cell: (778) 535-4305 </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Email: <a href="mailto:grants@museumsassn.bc.ca">grants@museumsassn.bc.ca</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br><br><br><br><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>