Development and Membership
Standing Professional Committee

The DAM Committee advances best practices in development and membership for all types of museums, gardens, historic homes, zoos, and aquariums. High quality sessions are organized and sponsored at the Annual Meeting, providing professional development tailored to the museum field.

Join us!
Annual dues are only $20 in addition to your AAM membership.

Join online or download the application 

Email us at dam-aam@gmail.com for more information. 

Benefits of joining DAM:

• NEW! Access to DAM information: through our e-newsletter, we’ll keep you updated and informed on the latest DAM news.
  
• COMING SOON! Access to DAM listserv and bulletin board: check out the latest postings, and see what your colleagues are saying.  Search the archives for a topic that interests you, or post a question to the group.
  
• Professional development: through the DAM-sponsored program sessions at the Annual Meeting, DAM is committed to enhancing your professional development through education, best practices, and the latest trends in museum fundraising.
  
• Network with colleagues: meet some of the best and brightest professionals in your field at DAM events at the Annual Meeting and throughout the year through the listserv and other communications.
  
• DAM Directory: find your colleagues throughout the country, by region, by institution, or by area of expertise in the DAM Directory, published and shared only with your fellow DAM members.
       
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• Participate in DAM activities: attend DAM events and programs at the Annual Meeting and share your insights, which will help guide DAM’s recommendations for program sessions and inform us of areas in which you would like more professional development.

The Goals of the DAM Committee
Through the following goals of DAM, we hope to enrich your experience as a development professional in the museum field:

• Strengthen standards of practice of development and membership programs within American museums;
• Increase awareness among museum trustees and professional staff of the importance of development and membership to the museum’s fulfillment of public responsibilities, achievement of long-range goals, and assurance of financial well being;
• Facilitate the exchange of ideas, information, and experience among professional colleagues;
• Make development advocacy available to AAM and its member institutions;
• Provide leadership in developing professional programs for the membership; and
• Facilitate the participation of new professionals at the Annual Meeting.

Thanks to Our Sponsors
DAM gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors that have supported its members through donations in 2007:

Artsmarketing Services
Alexander Haas Martin
Benefactors Counsel
Blackbaud
Campbell & Company
Membership Consultants Inc.
MilesRiver Direct
NPO Direct Marketing
Patron Technology
Target America