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Stephanie Arduini posted a reply on Re: Facilitating Challenging Situations- Resour...
Monday, Aug 22, 2022 at 12:42 PM
Said: I trained my previous org's staff on some of this, especially with identifying and navigating visitors through a learning crisis (primarily based on visitor reactions to content they found challenging, especially around identity, race, ...
Megan Schwerman posted a new Topic
Monday, Aug 22, 2022 at 11:40 AM
Basecamp and Project Management Methods
Our museum is reevaluating our system for project management through Basecamp - how we structure projects, how teams collaborate interdepartmentally, how we monitor progress, and how we archive finished work. We're also thinking about how we work with different types of documents through Google, Basecamp, and our shared drive, and how we make sure those documents stay accessible and connected with their related projects. We would be interested to hear what systems are working for other i...
Monica Mendez posted a reply on Re: Facilitating Challenging Situations- Resour...
Friday, Aug 19, 2022 at 6:05 PM
Said: Hi Janine,I am familiar with these situations and topics. I develop, facilitate, and evaluate most of the trainings at Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. I would be happy to meet with you all about how to do this work. Please let ...
Janine Okmin posted a new Topic
Friday, Aug 19, 2022 at 5:54 PM
Facilitating Challenging Situations- Resources or Guest Speaker Ideas?
Hi all,
I'm working on some upcoming trainings for public-facing education staff (and some visitor services staff) on how to handle difficult situations with visitors. Some requested topics include the best ways to handle microaggressions from a visitor, ways to address inappropriate parent behavior, racist or homophobic comments from visitors, answering kids' questions about gender, etc. My colleagues and I could lead such a session, but these are sensitive topics and may be be...
I'm working on some upcoming trainings for public-facing education staff (and some visitor services staff) on how to handle difficult situations with visitors. Some requested topics include the best ways to handle microaggressions from a visitor, ways to address inappropriate parent behavior, racist or homophobic comments from visitors, answering kids' questions about gender, etc. My colleagues and I could lead such a session, but these are sensitive topics and may be be...
Andrea Welsch posted a reply on Re: Equity-Oriented Community Partnerships
Friday, Aug 19, 2022 at 7:13 AM
Said: We have a local SPROUT partnership that we meet with on a quarterly basis. This would include organization such as library, YMCA, homeless shelters, food banks, family resource centers, Birth to 3, Advocap. We look at these ...
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