Emerging Museum Professionals Get Connected

The Emerging Museum Professional (EMP) group at AAM has created a new list-serv, AAM-EMP, on Google Groups. The discussion group is open to those who identify themselves as emerging professionals—those within the first ten years of their careers—as well as those who work for or with museums or who are considering pursuing a career in the museum field.

The list-serv has been created partly in response to feedback received on the Emerging Museum Professionals Survey. Many respondents asked for increased access to information sharing and networking with their peers. Through this discussion group, the EMP group hopes to create a forum for sharing news and events (both professional development and fun, museum-related activities) as well as tips and tricks of the trade. It is an opportunity to engage in dialogue about some of the most pressing issues facing this demographic today, including:

Finding and affording professional development
Identifying a mentor or a mentee
Creating a healthy work/life balance
Advocating for leadership development within your museum (succession planning)
Leveraging for a raise versus going independent/for-profit
Other work-related issues

To subscribe, e-mail aamemp-subscribe@googlegroups.com or visit http://groups.google.com/group/aamemp, select "Apply for Group Membership" and sign in with your Gmail or Google account. (If you don't have a Google account, you can create one on the group's website using whichever e-mail address you prefer.) Once you've joined, be sure to quickly scan the "Boring (but necessary) Listserv Procedures & Policies" page before posting. If you have questions, contact the EMP group at emergingprofessionals@aam-us.org.