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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><a name="_Hlk66273817"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">March Conference Just One Week Away!</span></b></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Alberta Museums Association (AMA)’s March Conference Event is just a week away!
<a href="https://museums.ab.ca/events/2021-conference-series-events.aspx"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#CF4529">Register today</span></a> to join us for our live virtual event on March 18, and gain access to the exclusive tie-in content, participation opportunities,
and more as Conference approaches. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Keep reading to learn more about what’s on for next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Meet our March Keynote Speaker
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:6.65pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Ahead of Corey Timpson’s keynote presentation, he met virtually with
Meaghan Patterson, Executive Director / CEO of the AMA, to talk about inclusive design, creating museum experiences built around accessibility, and
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">where he sees the sector growing out of the COVID-19 pandemic</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/lP0C1E5J3fM"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#CF4529;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Click here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
for a clip from their conversation and a preview of what delegates can expect from Corey’s talk at our kick-off Conference event.
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://museums.ab.ca/members/annual-conference/conference-2021-march/tie-in-content-march.aspx#TIC"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#CF4529;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">exclusive
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://museums.ab.ca/members/annual-conference/conference-2021-march.aspx"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#CF4529;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Conference Event
Hub</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Explore the Program
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Following the keynote, a full afternoon of breakout sessions led by provincial, national, and international museum professionals
address the Conference's guiding pillars of Reconciliation, Inclusion, Community, and Innovation.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">With a special focus on experiences of the pandemic and building museums as inclusive spaces as we look toward reopening, our March Event has tangible lessons for museums
of all sizes, subjects, and locations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">After a day of virtual learning, connect with colleagues as we close out the program with a dino-themed Paleo-Knowledgy
Trivia Night hosted by the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum. Test your pop culture dino references and bust a few myths along the way!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://museums.ab.ca/what-we-do/annual-conference/2021-conference-series/march-event-program.aspx#MEP"><span style="color:#CF4529">Click
here</span></a> to explore the program. Can’t decide between concurrent sessions? Delegates will be able to view session recordings from the Conference Event Hub after the event!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thank you to our 2021 Conference Series Sponsor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Register for the Series and Save<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Join us for all four virtual events and save with the
<a href="https://museums.ab.ca/events/event-detail.aspx?ID=d133aed6-3ebf-49fa-992f-c9f2f5e91a78">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#CF4529">Conference Series Pass</span></a>, only available until
<b>March 17!</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">We look forward to seeing you next week!
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If you have any questions
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">about our 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Conference Series, including registration options and event information,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">please contact Ben Fast, Program Lead, at
<a href="mailto:learning@museums.ab.ca"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:#CF4529">learning@museums.ab.ca</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Alberta Museums Association</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
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780.424.2626<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:learning@museums.ab.ca"><span style="color:#CF4529;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">learning@museums.ab.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
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<i>The Alberta Museums Association is a leader and catalyst for dynamic connections among museums and communities.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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