So you're familiar with TED Talks, right? Basically, they're brief discussions/lectures - usually ten minutes or so - focused on a particular topic that is an "idea worth spreading". The WMA wanted to create their own variation on this idea, and they debuted it at the Church History Museum to close 2013's annual conference. There were four ( Read more... )

It's the last day of the conference - OH BOY! Don't get me wrong, I've had a lot of fun and I've learned so much, but the pace is exhausting and I could really do with a nap ( Read more... )

After such a delightful late night stew of dinosaur fossils and reality TV, I was wiped out. I decided to sleep through Friday's first session, since none of the topics particularly caught my attention and I knew the next day would be another early morning. It was great. I rolled into the conference hotel around 10:45 refreshed and ready for the ( Read more... )

Yesterday was such a long, long day ( Read more... )

I drove up to Salt Lake City yesterday to attend the Western Museum Association's annual conference. I was lucky enough to receive a scholarship to cover the cost of the conference, and one of the former Anasazi State Park interns was kind enough to let me stay at her place, so there were no hotel costs, either ( Read more... )