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Register now for the Visitor Studies Association's Annual Conference
Join us in Milwaukee, WI July 15-19 for an exciting conference with a dynamic slate of sessions, workshops, keynote speakers, and conversations with colleagues from around the world.  Just a handful of opportunities at the 2013 conference include:
 
Pre-Conference Workshops:
-        Visitor Research 101
-        Evaluation for Non-Evaluators: A Practical Approach to Team-Based Inquiry
-        Flexible Methods for Exhibit Formative Evaluation
-        Research to Practice: Developing Actionable Strategies
 
Conference Sessions on a variety of topics:
-        Innovation and Collaboration: Advancing Our Understanding of Informal Learning
-        Measuring the Un-Measurable?  A Role for Qualitative Paradigms
-        Evaluating Supported Interpretation Model (SI) for Community-Based, Interactive Art Exhibitions
 
Keynote Presenters will emphasize the forward-looking theme, “Where Innovation Meets Rigor: Shaping the Next Decade of Visitor Studies,” bringing a diversity of external perspectives related to our field of research, evaluation, and education.  Speakers include Will Allen, Founder and CEO of Growing Power, a farm and community growing center in Milwaukee and promoter of urban agriculture; Nick Sousanis, a scholar-artist working at Columbia University and promoting the importance of visual thinking in teaching and learning; and Stephanie Evergreen, a data presentation specialist working to improve graphic design and data visualization in evaluation reporting.
 
Why VSA? Check out this short video to hear why our attendees think the VSA annual conference is a must-attend event: http://visitorstudies.org/conference-overview/
 
For more information about the conference and up-to-date information on schedules and events, visit the VSA website.

Apologies for cross-posting

Sarah Cohn
Visitor Studies Association
Association Manager
phone: 740-872-0566


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