They Like Me. They Really Like Me.
Dunno why, but they do.
Today was my day off -- as in the first of my split days off -- this week. Around noon, I was called into work. The afternoon person for the 3rd floor called in sick. The morning person had to leave early. Both the Hospitality managers were needed for an early meeting, then need immediately afterward for the weekly Staff Meeting. So they called me in.
Of course, you need to realize that we are a small museum and our roster is pretty shallow. XD
I didn't really mind. Afternoons on the 3rd floor are usually easy. I actually did manage to get some work done, too. We've got a new intern, so I helped explain some of what I do (tours, gallery checks, weekly condition report) and then got started on the new survey.
We started our Lecture Series with the state's Humanities grant this past Sunday. Since it is government money, we need to document our program to show that we used the money for the Common Good when we file our final grant report. Voila! Voici! Survey for the Lecture!!
I wrote up a survey for the museum that we could use if we wanted to continue the lecture series without government grant money, and we were going to get the Dept. of Humanities survey form, as well. (Some state agencies are providing their own surveys to make it easier for the nonprofits to document their work.) In the end, my Development boss had to merge the Dept. O'Humanities survey with mine (mine's better) so that we could get some information for both our organizations. I spent my time today working up an Excel database for the survey. Before the day was over, I managed to get two of the twenty or so forms put into the Raw Data spreadsheet. When I go in tomorrow, I'll put in the rest of the forms and probably start working on the pivot tables to crunch the results.
After a long dry spell of absolutely no exhibition survey results, we've started getting a few more in. I reworked this survey about a month ago, but no one's gone ahead and changed the form yet. Since we've only got two months left for this art exhibition, we may just hold off on the change until the change out at the end of March.
And speaking of evaluations ....
Tomorrow, I'm going to be on-campus for an evaluation thing for my department. They're interested in talking to graduates of the program (I actually qualify twice because of my Bachelor's in Art Ed and my Master's in Art Admin) about our experiences with the department. While not your normal Thrill-A-Minute kind of excitement, the guy leading this review is Dr. Robert Sabol.
Yes. I realize that most people outside my field don't know -- and don't care -- who Dr. Robert Sabol is. I, however, am on the verge of geeking out.
Robert Sabol is a well-known and prestigious art educator(who is the Chair of the Art Education Dept. at Purdue University), a leader in educational evaluation (I first learned about him in my undergrad, then really studied some of his work as a grad student), and the current president of the National Art Education Association (my professional organization). On top of that, he worked with the late Charles Dorn on a well-publicized three-state art educational assessment research project. Charles Dorn was the Dean of my college when I was an undergrad. Sadly, he died just before the results of the assessment were published in book-form. And yes, I own the book.
Which brings me to my main point of Geekiness: Do I bring in my book and ask him to sign it; or do I wait until the NAEA conference in April, re-introducing myself, and have him sign it then? I'll probably just wuss out on both counts and hope like hell that I don't make a goofy ass out of myself. XD
As I'm writing this, the rain has started up. We had some bizarrely cold weather here (which those of you who follow me on Facebook will remember) up until earlier this week, when we finally got warmer and sunnier. It looks like the rain is going to come back for a little while, and it all starts this evening. As long as it doesn't get too cold, I won't mind the rain. It was on the dry side this summer and my veggie patch didn't do so well. My roses were a little on the scrawny side, too.
I can't see much going on for the rest of this week, other than work. Our friends from California are in town this week. They actually arrived at the end of last week, flying into Orlando, stopping off in Jacksonville and finally coming to Tally. (They're trying to see as much family on this trip as possible.) animemojo and I are going to have dinner with them this Friday, and I'll give them a family tour at the museum on Saturday. (They've got family in town.) We'll try to catch up with them again around mid-week (they've got family in the Panhandle, too), probably a day or two before they have to leave for home.
It would be nice to see more of them. Since this is the first time they've been back to Florida for any substantial length of time -- and they've got a lot of family -- M and I aren't too worried about things. Besides, we've been talking about how it's been a while since we went out to Los Angeles to see them, so we're due. At least we'll be having dinner at Harry's on Friday night. Mmmmmmmmmmm, New Orleans cuisine!!
Today was my day off -- as in the first of my split days off -- this week. Around noon, I was called into work. The afternoon person for the 3rd floor called in sick. The morning person had to leave early. Both the Hospitality managers were needed for an early meeting, then need immediately afterward for the weekly Staff Meeting. So they called me in.
Of course, you need to realize that we are a small museum and our roster is pretty shallow. XD
I didn't really mind. Afternoons on the 3rd floor are usually easy. I actually did manage to get some work done, too. We've got a new intern, so I helped explain some of what I do (tours, gallery checks, weekly condition report) and then got started on the new survey.
We started our Lecture Series with the state's Humanities grant this past Sunday. Since it is government money, we need to document our program to show that we used the money for the Common Good when we file our final grant report. Voila! Voici! Survey for the Lecture!!
I wrote up a survey for the museum that we could use if we wanted to continue the lecture series without government grant money, and we were going to get the Dept. of Humanities survey form, as well. (Some state agencies are providing their own surveys to make it easier for the nonprofits to document their work.) In the end, my Development boss had to merge the Dept. O'Humanities survey with mine (mine's better) so that we could get some information for both our organizations. I spent my time today working up an Excel database for the survey. Before the day was over, I managed to get two of the twenty or so forms put into the Raw Data spreadsheet. When I go in tomorrow, I'll put in the rest of the forms and probably start working on the pivot tables to crunch the results.
After a long dry spell of absolutely no exhibition survey results, we've started getting a few more in. I reworked this survey about a month ago, but no one's gone ahead and changed the form yet. Since we've only got two months left for this art exhibition, we may just hold off on the change until the change out at the end of March.
And speaking of evaluations ....
Tomorrow, I'm going to be on-campus for an evaluation thing for my department. They're interested in talking to graduates of the program (I actually qualify twice because of my Bachelor's in Art Ed and my Master's in Art Admin) about our experiences with the department. While not your normal Thrill-A-Minute kind of excitement, the guy leading this review is Dr. Robert Sabol.
Yes. I realize that most people outside my field don't know -- and don't care -- who Dr. Robert Sabol is. I, however, am on the verge of geeking out.
Robert Sabol is a well-known and prestigious art educator(who is the Chair of the Art Education Dept. at Purdue University), a leader in educational evaluation (I first learned about him in my undergrad, then really studied some of his work as a grad student), and the current president of the National Art Education Association (my professional organization). On top of that, he worked with the late Charles Dorn on a well-publicized three-state art educational assessment research project. Charles Dorn was the Dean of my college when I was an undergrad. Sadly, he died just before the results of the assessment were published in book-form. And yes, I own the book.
Which brings me to my main point of Geekiness: Do I bring in my book and ask him to sign it; or do I wait until the NAEA conference in April, re-introducing myself, and have him sign it then? I'll probably just wuss out on both counts and hope like hell that I don't make a goofy ass out of myself. XD
As I'm writing this, the rain has started up. We had some bizarrely cold weather here (which those of you who follow me on Facebook will remember) up until earlier this week, when we finally got warmer and sunnier. It looks like the rain is going to come back for a little while, and it all starts this evening. As long as it doesn't get too cold, I won't mind the rain. It was on the dry side this summer and my veggie patch didn't do so well. My roses were a little on the scrawny side, too.
I can't see much going on for the rest of this week, other than work. Our friends from California are in town this week. They actually arrived at the end of last week, flying into Orlando, stopping off in Jacksonville and finally coming to Tally. (They're trying to see as much family on this trip as possible.) animemojo and I are going to have dinner with them this Friday, and I'll give them a family tour at the museum on Saturday. (They've got family in town.) We'll try to catch up with them again around mid-week (they've got family in the Panhandle, too), probably a day or two before they have to leave for home.
It would be nice to see more of them. Since this is the first time they've been back to Florida for any substantial length of time -- and they've got a lot of family -- M and I aren't too worried about things. Besides, we've been talking about how it's been a while since we went out to Los Angeles to see them, so we're due. At least we'll be having dinner at Harry's on Friday night. Mmmmmmmmmmm, New Orleans cuisine!!