National EMP Career Workshops:
Crafting Your Cover Letter

March 9–16 and April 4

Your cover letter is one of most important tools you have in your museum career. Join colleagues and experts for this interactive program as we explore both the structure and content of your cover letter—simultaneously an extension of your resume and a unique communication tool on its own.

Who Should Attend

Aspiring and emerging museum professionals seeking career guidance

How Will I Benefit?

After participating in this career workshop, attendees will be better able to:

Explore the structure of an effective cover letter as it relates to your resume
Determine what to include and not to include in a cover letter
Communicate professionally with purpose, power and persuasion
Identify valuable connections and build a network of meaningful professional relationships

All Alliance EMP career workshops feature practical information, local facilitators, skills-building activities and opportunities for discussion and networking. Some local EMP groups may plan for informal, no-host, post-workshop networking events (e.g., happy hours).

Registration

FREE: Staff of Tier 3 and Tier 2 Museum Members, Ally Members, Individual Members and Getty MUI Fellows

$50: Staff of Tier 1 Museum Members and Non-members

Advance registration is preferred; onsite registration is on a space-available basis. You will receive registration confirmation email within 24 hours, and further instructions via email closer to the event.

Register for these dates and locations:

San Francisco Bay Area: April 4, 7:30–9:30 p.m.

San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
Humanities Building, Room 506
San Francisco, CA 94132

Presenters:

Sarah Kimmerle, gallery guide, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and visitor research assistant, Exploratorium
Margaret Middleton, exhibits designer, Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose

Boston: March 14, 6–8 p.m.

Tufts University Art Gallery
Aidekman Arts Center
40 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA

Presenter: Laura Roberts, Laura Roberts Consulting

Cleveland, March 13, 5–7 p.m.

The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH

Presenter: Sharon C. Reaves, director of human resources, Cleveland Museum of Art

Kansas City, March 16, 1–4 p.m.

National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing, Kansas City, MO

Presenter: Mary Beth Sloan, manager, human resources, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Los Angeles, March 13, 6–8 p.m.

Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Presenter: Nik Honeysett, head of administration, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Providence, March 13, 6–8 p.m.

Cancelled

Seattle, March 14, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Ave., Seattle, WA

Presenter: Leslie Jones, human resources manager, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Washington, D.C., March 11, 6–8 p.m.

Hamiltonian Gallery
1513 U St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Presenter: Dana Allen-Greil, educational technologist, National Gallery of Art

For more program-related information, contact Greg Stevens.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation requests for Alliance professional development programs must be received in writing no later than one week prior to the event date to receive a full refund of your registration fees. Refund requests will not be accepted after that date. The Alliance reserves the right to cancel any program at any time, for any reason. In the event of a program cancellation by the Alliance, attendees will receive a full refund of their registration fees. For face-to-face programs, the Alliance is not responsible for any travel or hotel expenses incurred as a result of your participation or cancellation of an event.