Posts tagged “NDS”
National Docents Symposium 2019 Washington DC – Part 3
The most recent biannual National Docents Symposium (NDS) took place October 24-27 in Washington DC. This week attendee Bev Biderman describes her experience. Two themes that stuck out for me were empathy and VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies). On empathy, multiple speakers mentioned that there is an “empathy deficit” in the world today. (No kidding!) […]
National Docents Symposium 2019 Washington DC – Part 2
The most recent biannual National Docents Symposium (NDS) took place October 24-27 in Washington DC. This week attendee Barb Keilhauer describes her experience. The NDS conference in Washington DC was highly pleasurable. DC is a great town, despite the current political climate; streets are spotless, gardens are blooming, taxi drivers are history buffs and the […]
Registration Open on May 1 for the 2019 National Docent Symposium in Washington, D.C.
This year’s NDS runs October 24-27 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., and is hosted by the Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art. For more details on the event, click here. Exciting plans are being made by Symposium hosts and their team of docents from 16 museums across the City and Baltimore. Go to Symposium Registration now […]
National Docent Symposium 2017 – Highlights
A contingent of eight AGO volunteers headed to Montreal October 14-16 to take part in the National Docent Symposium, a biannual conference by and for docents across North America. Our attendees discuss their highlights: Mary Rochon: My presentation came off so well I was extremely pleased and the group seemed to be equally so. Laurie […]
NDS 2017 – Part Two
A contingent of eight AGO volunteers headed to Montreal October 14-16 to take part in the National Docent Symposium, a biannual conference by and for docents across North America. Shelagh Barrington reports on Day Two: Keynote Address After a good buffet breakfast it is time for our leader Stephan Jost to shine as the keynote […]
National Docent Symposium 2017 – AGO Volunteers head to Montreal in October!
There is much learning and fun to be gained at the National Docent Symposium in Montreal, Quebec, October 12-15, 2017! Fran Bleviss,National Docent Symposium Council Director for Eastern Canada (and AGO Gallery Guide) explains: It’s an opportunity to meet 400+ docents, art educators, staff from museums/galleries of Art, Science, and History from all over North […]