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Planetarians' Zoom Seminars
Planetarians' Zoom Seminars
...are usually on the last Friday of the month at 11am or 2 pm Pacific Time. The seminars are recorded and archived. For connection URL, see the Zoom Online Seminar page. Any planetarian who has something interesting to share is invited do a presentation at a seminar. Please contact Planetarium Zoom Seminar (PZS) Coordinator, Rosemary Walling <rosemary{~at}mariedrakeplanetarium.org>, with the following:
1. Possible date(s) for your presentation
2. A catchy Title
3. A brief Description
4. A brief Bio (who you are, where you work, 1-3 sentences)
Young Moon, 2.4% illuminated.
Photo by Rich Ozer.
Upcoming Planetarians' Zoom Seminars
Upcoming Planetarians' Zoom Seminars
2025
2025 Nov 21 (3rd Friday) at 2pm PDT (5pm EDT, 22:00 UT), Planetarium Educators Workshop, Module 2: A Framework for Examining Planetarium Programs, with Alan Gould. This is module 2 in a nine-module series based on the Planetarium Educator's Workshop Guide (https://www.ips-planetarium.org/page/pass#1). We can summarize what we learned in Module 1 and then build on a discussion about planetarium show topics that was in our Aug 29 PZS, Cosmic Creations! with Bob Bonadurer and Terry Spears. We revisit "Topics" and then extend our discussion to two other key elements of Planetarium Programs: "The Student (or visitor)" and "The Instructor (or presenter/facilitator)". That triumvirate of elements, Topic-Student-Instructor, is a useful framework for developing planetarium programs. Six years ago (2019) we held workshops dealing with the first three modules in the series but this year we're returning to and resuming our work in this realm. Please join in and help make our discussions significant and currently relevant to our beloved profession.
2025 Dec 12 (2nd Friday) at 2pm PDT (5pm EDT, 22:00 UT), People Management for the Planetarium with Mary Holt. As Planetarians advancing in our careers we typically find ourselves in the position of managing people. I am a new manager very interested in learning how to be successful managing people throughout my career. In this presentation I will discuss my experience as a new people manager, but also share insights from interviews with over a dozen Planetarians with a wide variety of experience levels and management styles about their experiences managing and being managed. I will explore themes common across our field and suggest some potential areas of success and improvement for fellow managers. Mary Holt has worked at The Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley California since June 2024. Before that she was at California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco for about 8.5 years. Her family is from the Bay Area but she grew up in Michigan and attended college at University of Michigan, which is where her planetarium career started back in 2010.
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