(standing; left to right); Stephen McKinney, Georgia Museums, Inc., Cartersville, GA; Monica Moody, Historic Halifax State Historic Site, Halifax, NC; Shelly Redd, Tellus: NW Georgia Science Museum, Cartersville, GA; Lisa M. Pugh, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM; Jennifer Furrow, Spartanburg County Historical Association, Spartanburg, SC; Kristina Allen, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC; Elizabeth Campbell, Museum of Coastal Carolina, Ocean Isle Beach, NC; R. Walter Hill, IV, Horry County Museum, Conway, SC; Angela Carrier, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA; Nancy Moon, Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, AR; Scott Philyaw, Mountain Heritage Center, Cullowhee, NC; Ellen Hawkins, Upcountry History Museum, Greenville, SC; Christian Dwight, Thomas Wolfe Memorial, Asheville, NC; Frachele Scott, Historic Stagville State Historic Site, Durham, NC (kneeling) Brooke Cruthirds, African American Military History Museum, Hattiesburg, MS; Jan Anglin, Tishomingo County Archives & History Museum, Iuka, MS; Suzanne G. Brewster, Birthplace of Country Music, Bristol, TN; Genny Nadler Thomas, Louisiana Association of Museums, Baton Rouge, LA; Ashley Crayton Poteat, Blandwood, Greensboro, NC; Linda Blue Stanfield, Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, Mount Airy, NC

General Information
Our 2009 program marks the 9th annual Jekyll Island Management Institute. At JIMI, museum personal have the opportunity to learn current methods in the field and build networks with other museum professionals. Faculty members provide subject area expertise and practical approaches to administrative challenges. Click here  to download the JIMI 2009 Brochure and Application

Goals
This annual Institute provides an eight-day, total immersion environment professionals to learn more about general administration and operations. JIMI gives administrators the key resources imperative to orchestrating personnel efficiency, staff morale and overall organizational improvement.

JIMI offers opportunities for participants to learn management skills through presentations, small group discussions, projects and participatory exercises. Participants discover their management styles through self-tests and activities, groups project assignments and presentations.

Tuition
JIMI 2009 will be held Tuesday, January 20 through Tuesday, January 27. Tuition of $600 for SEMC Members, $650 for non-members includes all materials, continental breakfasts, refreshment breaks, and the final banquet. Please download a PDF version of the application.

Rooms have been reserved at the beautiful seaside Beachview Club on Jekyll Island, GA. Single rooms will be approximately $85-$105/per night, and suites are approximately $120/per night, including taxes.

For further information, contact Nichole Alexander at SEMC Central Office at 404 378-3153 or memberservices@SEMCDirect.net.

JIMI gives special thanks to the following 2008 Partners:
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For further information, please download a PDF version of the application.