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GEM's *new* foundation course announced & open for bookings - and there are some discounts and г250 bursaries too! GEM Foundation Course: Effective Engagement 2017<http://bit.ly/GEMFCEE> GEM's new foundation course Effective Engagement is intended for practitioners and volunteers in the early stages of a career in the museum, heritage and cultural sector. Participants are most likely to already have a public facing role, though the course is also for people wishing to take up such a position or adopting engagement duties into their existing role. Effective Engagement will equip you for meeting the challenges of a changing sector while creating impactful and lasting experiences for visitors. It explores a range of theoretical and practical aspects to achieving Effective Engagement, addressing the current needs of the heritage workforce. The course includes six full professional development days. Each pair of days will cover a different part of the course and will consist of seminars, workshops and visits to a range of museums. * Part 1. "Museums and engagement": exploring methods of engagement, access and inclusion and reflective practice. * Part 2. "The importance of 'And': partnerships and collaboration": exploring building partnerships and collaborations and developing communication skills. * Part 3. "Managing to thrive": exploring sustainability and developing management skills. Each participant completes a work-based reflective journal, CPD action plan and work-based visitor engagement project, drawing on the support of a friendly and passionate peer group. We are delighted to have Pete Brown as the course director. Pete is a learning and engagement professional with over 20 years' experience in the sector, including responsibility for CPD and organisational development at senior management level and for devising and running training courses for learning, curatorial and visitor services staff. Effective Engagement is delivered in partnership with the South Western Federation of Museums and Art Galleries<https://www.swfed.org.uk/> using Museum Resilience funding from Arts Council England. Book early and you could receive a 20% discount off the course cost! The confirmed course dates are: a) South West: Taunton, Bath, and Wells **Book now!**<http://bit.ly/GEMFCEE> 28-29 September, 16-17 October, and 30-31 October 2017 b) North East: Beamish, Brampton, and Newcastle **Book now!**<http://bit.ly/GEMFCEE> 2-3 October, 13-14 November, and 18-19 December 2017 c) East of England **details coming soon!** If you'd like to register your interest in the East of England course, please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to receive details when they are available. The complete course costs г635. However, the first five applicants that apply for each course will receive a 20% discount off the course cost! Bursaries GEM is offering four bursaries for each of this year's foundation courses: Effective Engagement, taking place in the South West, North East and East of England. Each bursary is worth г250. To qualify for one of these discounted places, it is expected that a course participant will be involved with museum, heritage or cultural education, probably at the beginning of their career, or possibly a career-changer. Priority will be given to those satisfying most of the following criteria, which are in order of importance: * be a regular volunteer in a museum, heritage or cultural organisation; * be earning the living wage or less, or otherwise unable to afford the course fee; * be volunteering or working in the area in which the course takes place; * be a GEM member. For more information on any of the above and to book a place on a course, please visit the GEM website<http://bit.ly/GEMFCEE>. ________________________________ GEM, 54 Balmoral Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 4PG, UK Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1634 853424 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.gem.org.uk<http://www.gem.org.uk/> Twitter @GEM_heritage<https://twitter.com/gem_heritage> GEM is a registered charity number 1090995 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England number 149246ннннннннн + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +