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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Alberta Museums Association (AMA) invites you to save the date for our 2020 Annual Conference! Join colleagues from across Alberta and beyond in Calgary from September
17 – 19, 2020, for <i>Vital Operations: Museums and Organizational Sustainability</i>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Call for Session Proposals is now open. Registration details will be announced over the coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Organizational sustainability is one of the most important factors affecting a museum’s operational capacity, potential impact, and long-term growth. Conference 2020 will explore
the initiatives, strategies, and practices museums and cultural institutions are undertaking to build for the future. Delegates will examine how collections, programming, partnerships, exhibitions, leadership, and financial practices can increase organizations’
ability to thrive in changing and uncertain times. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please view the attached document for the full Conference theme and Call for Session Proposals. More information about our Annual Conference can be viewed on
</span><a href="https://museums.ab.ca/what-we-do/annual-conference/conference-2020.aspx"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">our website</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Submit your proposal using
</span><a href="https://albertamuseums.formstack.com/forms/conference_2020_session_proposals"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">our online form</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">. To help
you develop your proposal, the submission questions can be previewed on </span><a href="https://museums.ab.ca/what-we-do/annual-conference/conference-2020.aspx"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">our website</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.
In addition, the AMA Secretariat is happy to provide feedback on proposals before they are submitted for review. Contact
</span><a href="mailto:learning@museums.ab.ca"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">learning@museums.ab.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> with your ideas and questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For more information regarding the AMA’s Annual Conference or other professional development opportunities, please contact Ben Fast, Program Lead, at
</span><a href="mailto:bfast@museums.ab.ca"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">learning@museums.ab.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> or 780.424.2626.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Ben Fast, BA, MA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Program Lead</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Alberta Museums Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Suite 404, 10408.124 Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">Edmonton, AB T5N 1R5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">P: 780.424.2626<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">F: 780.425.1679<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">E: </span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:bfast@museums.ab.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bfast@museums.ab.ca</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">W: <a href="http://www.museums.ab.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.museums.ab.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222">T: @benfaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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