CEO Roundtable Facilitators

Call for Facilitators: AAM 2024 CEO Roundtables

Friday, May 17 | 3:00-5:00 pm
Baltimore Convention Center

The CEO and Directors Roundtable at the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo is a peer-to-peer exchange of informal conversations by and for museum directors on hot topics of interest.

Become an AAM 2024 CEO Roundtable Facilitator

The American Alliance of Museums will host CEO and Directors Roundtables at the 2024 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo in the Baltimore Convention Center on Friday, May 17 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. This peer-to-peer exchange offers a series of informal conversations by and for museum directors on hot topics of interest that can be informed by perspectives from other museum leaders.

AAM is currently inviting museum directors to serve as roundtable conversation facilitators on a topic of their choice. Below is a list of possible conversation topics, but other topics are welcome. Museum CEOs interested in serving as conversation facilitators should submit a two or three-sentence description of the topic (not exceeding 125 words) and a topic title (not exceeding 10 words) to John Wetenhall at jwetenhall@gwu.edu no later than Friday, March 1.

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GOVERNANCE
Potential conversation topics:
Board Development, Board Leadership, Board Culture, Board Succession Planning, Board Diversity, Executive Search, Strategic Planning

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Potential conversation topics:
Fundraising, Donor Relationships, Earned Revenue, New Business Models, Risk Assessment

MUSEUM EXPANSION, RENOVATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION
Potential conversation topics:
Capital Campaigns, Planning, Infrastructure, Programming, Staffing, Mission, Financing

DIVERSITY, ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUSION, EQUITY
Potential conversation topics:
Diversity Planning, Diversifying Audiences, Staff Diversity, Diversifying Collections and Programs, Accessibility, Equity

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Potential conversation topics:
Mission, Vision and Values, Building Organizational Culture, Managing Change, Effective Communication, Changing Workforce/Workplace, Employee Relations, Working Across Generations, Leading Teams, Environmental Sustainability, HR Practices and Procedures, Unionization

LEADERSHIP
Potential conversation topics:
21st Century Leadership Skills, Vision, Professional Renewal, Mentoring and Coaching, Ethics, Conflict Mediation, Succession Planning, Leading Change, Cross-sector Learning, Emotional Intelligence, Decision Making, Self-Awareness, Aligning Career and Organizational Goals

AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITY
Potential conversation topics:
Audience Research, Market Research, Aligning Organization around Audience Building, Connecting and Engaging with Audiences/Communities, Audience Programming, Cultural Master Planning, Social/Community Value and Impact, Changing Demographics, Big Data, Climate Change, Repatriation, Polarization

CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
Potential conversation topics:
Planning for Crises, Internal /External Resources, Staff Transition, Conflict of Interest, Embezzlement, Stolen Artifacts, Cybersecurity, Facilities Management

PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING, AND COMMUNICATIONS
Potential conversation topics:
Marketing, Organizational Messaging, Social Media Marketing, Branding, Government Relations, Politics, Advocacy

TECHNOLOGY
Potential conversation topics:
Technology Infrastructure, Information and Data Management, Social Media, Technology Strategy, NFTs (non-fungible tokens), Immersive Experiences, Artificial Intelligence

GLOBAL ISSUES
Potential conversation topics:
Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, Impact of War on Museum, Staff, and Visitors, International Exchange/Collaboration, Collection Practices, Digitization and Technology; Decolonialism; Security

OTHER
An important topic of your choosing.