2024 Annual Meeting Resources

Truth and Consequences

Session Resources from the 2024 Ohio Local History Alliance Annual Meeting
October 4-5, 2024

Meeting Program

Friday Sessions

The Next Big Challenge: Aging Volunteers and the Opportunity for Impact – Jennifer Bechtel, Program Manager, Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology, The Ohio State University

Food and Beverage Go Together Like Horse and Carriage: A Historic Site Guide to Safe and Legal Service – Kristal Bell, Director of Business Development, Ohio History Connection

Exhibit Creation on a Budget – Kim Kenney, Executive Director, McKinley Presidential Library & Museum

Forget the Best: Good and Better Approaches to Preservation – Dyani Feige, Director of Preservation Services, Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts

Designing and Sustaining an Institutional Archives—SOA – Brianna Treleven, Executive Director, & Rachel Sykes, Institutional Archives Intern, Shaker Historical Society

Preparing A Successful Bid For State Capital Budget Dollars – Jason Warner, Director of Strategic Engagement, Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC)

Deaccessioning Basics or How to Declutter Your Museum with a Purpose – Ronald Marvin, Jr., Director/Curator, Wyandot County Historical Society

Charting Paths: Co-Creating the Future of Education in Museums – Carla Mello, Department Manager, School and Teacher Support & Trevor Rhodes, Educational Content Coordinator, Ohio History Connection

Saturday Sessions

America 250: Projects and Partnerships – Belinda Gore, The Great Circle Alliance; Megan Hancock, Museum Director & Curator, Denison Museum; Garrett Moyer, Ohio History Service Corps Alumni

So You Want To Write a Book – Kim Kenney, Executive Director, McKinley Presidential Library & Museum

Collecting History that’s Happening Now – Megan Sheeran, Adult Librarian, Columbus Metropolitan Library

Saturday Workshops

Oral Histories Today: Modern Workflow for a Timeless Art – Cameron Wood, Story Collective Coordinator, Ohio History Connection