The Curriculum and Training Committee is excited to host the speed
networking session at the NCPH’s annual meeting in Milwaukee, April
18-22, 2012. The session will take place Thursday, April 19, from
3:30 to 5:30 pm.
We have a great group of professionals who have agreed to participate
this year, representing a broad spectrum of careers in public history.
But we still need a few more volunteers.
If you will be attending the conference and are a public history
practitioner interested in meeting with students
and new professionals at this event, please consider participating in
the speed networking session. If you would like to participate,
please reply off-list directly to Cherstin Lyon at clyon@csusb.edu.
Send a one-paragraph description of your current position and your
previous experience in public history. We will do our best to include
all qualified volunteers in this year's session, but if you would like
to be included in our on-site program, we will need to hear from you
no later than Friday, February 10.
Speed networking has been a highly successful event at NCPH meetings
over the past few years. It connects established public historians
(such as yourself) with graduate students and new professionals in a
fast-paced, fun, and low-stress environment. The idea is to get
people talking to one another and to spark further networking
discussions throughout the conference.
If you are selected to participate, you would be part of a group of
thirty established public historians—from the Milwaukee area and
across the nation—who would have brief conversations with two
conference attendees at a time for five minutes each over the course
of about an hour and a half (the session lasts a total of two hours).
During these conversations you will be sharing your experiences
working in a public-history related career in a relaxed and informal
setting and answering questions posed by the "rotating" pairs.
If you have questions about the NCPH or this year's program, held
jointly with the Organization of American Historians (OAH), please
feel free to browse our website and the conference program.
http://ncph.org
Even if you are not able to join us for this session, we hope that you
will join us for part or all of the conference.
Sincerely,
Cherstin Lyon, NCPH Curriculum and Training Committee Chair
Dr. Cherstin M. Lyon
Assistant Professor of History
Public and Oral History Program Coordinator
California State University, San Bernardino
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
(909) 537-3836
Fax (909) 537-7645
