A message from Zinnia Willits, SEMC Executive Director, about the 2021 Annual Meeting |
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Turn on closed captioning via the "CC" button at the bottom of the video or read the full transcript of this message HERE.
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SEMC2021 Annual Meeting Registration is Open! |
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Join us in Chattanooga, Tennessee! |
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SEMC2021 will be a hybrid meeting of both virtual sessions and on-site offerings at the Chattanooga Convention Center from October 25-27, 2021. The host hotel is the Chattanooga Marriott. The 2021 hybrid program will also include both on-site and virtual Vendor Expos!
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SEMC2021 Preliminary Program Coming SOON! |
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2021 Leadership Awards: Open for Nominations!! |
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Former SEMC President, Mike Hudson presents Emily Wilder Santillo with the 2013 SEMC Emerging Museum Professional Award. This award recognizes emerging professionals who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in museum activities at his or her institution, within the museum profession as a whole, and especially in the southeast region.
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Recognition of innovation, service, and leadership in museum professionals is a foundation of the mission of the Southeastern Museums Conference.
The 2021 SEMC Awards Committee needs your help to identify and honor outstanding colleagues who have helped shape the world of museums. Take a few moments to consider those worthy friends, colleagues, and mentors who, through their work with museums and their activities in museum associations, have provided exemplary service to the southeastern museum community.
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Just a Few More Days to Submit Applications for SEMC2021 Competitions! |
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Winners of SEMC 2018 Exhibition Awards. Check out who won 2020 SEMC Competitions and submit your application today!
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SEMC's three main competition categories (Publications, Technology, and Exhibitions) showcase the best in our profession, encourage communication, effective design, recognition of institutional image and identity, accessibility, creativity, pride of work, and provide benchmarks for regional efforts in southeastern museums.
2021 competitions will be open for submissions through June 30, 2021! Don't delay in submitting your application!
Have questions? Please direct them to the 2021 Competition Chairs:
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Wouldn't you like to have this digital logo attached to your emails, institutional website, and more?
Submit a project to the SEMC2021 Competitions today!
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To provide additional opportunities for our community to attend the 2021 Annual Meeting, SEMC is offering scholarships designed to encourage the participation of museum professionals at all levels in the Annual Meeting. Valued at $750.00, the awards cover on-site annual meeting registration and a travel stipend of $500.00.
For 2021 we will also offer registration scholarships for the virtual conference to cover the registration fee. Nominees will have shown evidence that the annual meeting program answers the needs and/or concerns of the applicant, history of involvement in museums, and dedication to museums in the SEMC region. Click the link below for more information and to apply for a 2021 Annual Meeting Scholarship.
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For SEMC2021 you can attend in-person sessions at the Chattanooga Convention Center.... |
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....or, you can choose to attend virtually and access sessions from your office or home with your furry friends at your side!
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Get to know PheedLoop , the SEMC2021 Virtual Platform
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We are pleased to announce that SEMC will use PheedLoop for the virtual portions of SEMC2021. PheedLoop is an end-to-end on-site, virtual, and hybrid event management and engagement platform which offers a variety of virtual conference options including native streaming, virtual exhibit halls, and an instant mobile app.
PheedLoop will offer ALL ATTENDEES (virtual and in-person) many options to engage with fellow conference participants and industry partners in addition to providing a quality platform to view online sessions! We can't wait!
We found this great tutorial (it's 11 minutes) produced by Arts Midwest for their 2020 Virtual Conference on what to expect from the Pheedloop platform. SEMC loves to borrow/share resources!
Take a look and learn more about your 2021 PheedLoop Experience!
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The "C" in SEMC stands for Conference and also Community! |
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The SEMC2021 Hotel Room Block is OPEN |
Reserve your room at the Chattanooga Marriott today! Click the button below to access the special SEMC2021 rate.
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SEMC2021 EXPO Registration is OPEN! |
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The Southeastern Museums Conference is one of the largest and friendliest regional museum associations in the nation, representing twelve states, plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Known for its creative programs and exciting evening events, SEMC's "all-in- one" registration encourages informal interaction between Resource Expo exhibitors and meeting participants.
SEMC's Annual Meeting and Resource Expo are perfect formats for businesses to directly reach museum decision-makers.
Museum leaders in many different disciplines include directors, curators, registrars, exhibit designers and educators. Resource Expo hours and activities are scheduled to encourage maximum traffic and exposure for your products and services.
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2021 Student Work in Museums Applications Due This Week!! |
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University students throughout our region are engaged in challenging and important work in southeastern museums. SEMC is committed to recognizing and rewarding excellence in museum work done by students through the annual Spotlight on Student Work in Museums (SWIM) Awards.
Students may submit proposals to participate in a Virtual SWIM Showcase on October 27, 2021 (final date/time TBC) at the SEMC 2021 Annual Meeting which will be held as a hybrid with both virtual sessions and on-site sessions in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We would love to hear about virtual projects and internships as well as those completed in-person!
Application materials must be emailed or postmarked by June 30, 2021
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THANK YOU TO ALL OUR NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS! |
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THANK YOU!!
We want you to know that we greatly appreciate your support through membership and will continue to work hard in 2021 to provide training, connection, and resources to our southeastern museums' community.
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SEMC2019 attendees at an evening event in Charleston, South Carolina. We can't wait to be together again this fall! |
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New to SEMC?
Connect with other SEMC Emerging Museum Professionals and Mid-Career Museum Professionals on the following pages:
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P.O. Box 550746 | Atlanta, GA 30355
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