Samuel Shogren

Current

• Associate at Leadership for Environment and Development Canada
• President & Pincipal at Samuel W. Shogren & Associates, LLC

Past

• Accreditation Coordinator at Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services
• Owner at Shogren Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
• Graduate Student at Portland State University

• Executive Director at Working Waterfront Museum
• Program Manager at Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
• Curator at Penobscot Marine Museum
• Advisory Committee - Member at Northeast Documents Conservation Center
• Archaeologist - Archivist at Dyer Library & York Insititute Museum

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Education

• LEAD Canada - Leadership in Environment and Development
• Portland State University
• Portland State University

• University of Delaware
• The College of William and Mary
• Ripon College
• Sturgeon Bay High School

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Connections

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Industry

Museums and Institutions

Websites

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• LEAD Canada

Samuel Shogren’s Summary

Samuel Shogren’s Specialties:

Governance, Branding and Identity, Collaborations and Partnerships, Public Private Partnerships, Regionalism, Integrated Strategic Planning, Fund Development, Collections Development and Management, Nonprofit and Association Management, Historic Preservation, Historical Archaeology, Database Management

Samuel Shogren’s Experience

• Associate

  Leadership for Environment and Development Canada

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year)

• President & Pincipal

  Samuel W. Shogren & Associates, LLC

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Planning and management consultants to museums, cultural organizations, public commissions, nonprofits and private individuals.
  Client services include:
  * ReVisioning & Strategic Partnership Development
  * Public and Institutional Policy Evaluation, Research, Formation & Accreditation
  * Cultural Resource Management (Archaeology, Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse)
  * Heritage and Cultural Tourism
  * Institutional Governance, Fund Development
  * NGO and Nonprofit Startups
  * Branding
  * Curatorial Services, Collections Management, Preservation Planning
  * Museum Exhibit Research, Writing, Planning and Design
  * Public Program & Interpretive Development
  * WEB 2.0 Applications in Cultural Settings
  * Sustainability in NGO's

• Accreditation Coordinator

  Journeys of the Heart Adoption Services

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)

  January 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  Currently working with the staff, management and board of Journey's to guide them through their reaccreditation with the Council on Accreditation (based in NYC). Also working with staff to prepare the agency as one of the first in the nation to be “Hague Accredited,” successfully meeting US Department of State and Hague Convention regulations governing Inter-Country Adoptions. Work includes governance assessment, assessment and revisions to policies and procedures, evaluation and improvements to budgeting and strategic planning, development of self-study executive narratives, oversight of random sample survey of stakeholder groups, documentation and evidence gathering, preparation and submittal of self-study to COA, assessment and facilities improvements prior to arrival of on site inspection team.

• Owner

  Shogren Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  September 2000 — May 2008 (7 years 9 months)

  An independent firm providing consulting and operational support to museums, the arts, and the non-profit sector. Client services include exhibit development and design, collections’ management, database design and management, governance and policy, board education, grantsmanship, historical and archaeological research, interpretive planning, resource development, heritage tourism, institutional and strategic planning.
  
  You name it, and we have most likely done it!

• Graduate Student

  Portland State University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2000 — 2005 (5 years)

• Executive Director

  Working Waterfront Museum

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  September 2002 — August 2003 (1 year)

  Served as part-time contract administrator & consultant to the Board of the Working Waterfront Museum. Oversaw and managed daily operations, completed Phase 1 construction project serving as Construction Superintendent, Owner’s Representative. Served as Exhibit Director opening first professional museum exhibition (1,600 sq.ft.), and worked with Board to rescue and preserve a 45,000 ft square, National Register of Historic Places eligible maritime warehouse.
  
  Clarification of vision and mission
  Supervised and coordinated creation of new institutional graphic identity· Board relations and development·
  Volunteers and staff supervision
  Budget management
  Donor and foundation relations
  Grants management
  Membership list management & evaluation of new membership management software
  Solicitation of discounts & donated materials

• Program Manager

  Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  June 2002 — March 2003 (10 months)

  Managed educational programs, assisted in development activities including special events, capital campaign, grant writing and oversaw collections management. Maintained databases and workstations.
  
  Assisted in architectural planning of new center, Arranged and conducted tours of cultural center, Developed cooperative program with Asian Family Center, Scheduled on-site and off-site presentations by Center’s speakers program
  
  Development & Capital Campaign Activities: Developed and wrote grant proposals to foundations and business (operations & capital), Managed donor database (annual & capital fund), Implemented migration & conversion of donor data to new database, Updated donor giving histories and records
  Generated development management reports.

• Curator

  Penobscot Marine Museum

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Maritime industry)

  April 1991 — May 1999 (8 years 2 months)

  Managed the research, exhibit, care & interpretation of 11 historic building with 25 galleries(30,000 ft2) & over 10,000 objects of material culture including Small Craft, American, Oriental and European Decorative Arts, Models, Marine Hardware, Paintings, Art on Paper, Textiles & Ethnographic collections.
  
  -Gained AAM Reaccreditation
  -Ninety-three percent success rate from over 30+ grants I authored or co-authored
  -Wrote & managed two National Endowment for the Humanities
  -Wrote & managed three IMS/IMLS Conservation Grants
  -Co-founded the Penobscot Bay Network, an innovative cross-agency, cross-discipline consortium to coordinate environmental & cultural preservation and regional planning in the Penobscot Bay region
  -Grant Reviewer for NEH and IMLS
  -Created over 40 exhibits in eight years
  -Planned and oversaw adaptive reuse of historic structures including renovations to five museum buildings
  -Developed & implemented new institutional graphic identity & site signage

• Advisory Committee - Member

  Northeast Documents Conservation Center

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  April 1991 — May 1999 (8 years 2 months)

  Served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Center meeting with Agency leadership three time a year to review current trends in the field, proposed additions or changes to services offered, proposed marketing, educational and grants projects. Served as the eyes and ears for the NEDCC in Maine providing feedback and information assisitng in the Center in its stratigic decision making.

• Archaeologist - Archivist

  Dyer Library & York Insititute Museum

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  March 1989 — April 1991 (2 years 2 months)

  Managed archives, rare book, photographic and special collections for the library and museum. Authored and received two Maine State Archives Grants for archival preservation. Founded state archives association.
  
  Staff Archaeologist, York County Archaeological Survey (3 seasons), a state funded initiative to document Maine’s 17th century settlements.
  Conducted fieldwork, managed archaeological lab
  Developed predictive models
  Conducted original historical and cultural research
  Trained and supervised volunteers

Samuel Shogren’s Education

• LEAD Canada - Leadership in Environment and Development

  Associate , Climate Change, Sustainability, Multi-Stakeholder Negotiations, Development , 2008 — 2008

  LEAD Canada is a not-for-profit corporation, dedicated to furthering the goals of environmental, social and economic sustainability through training, projects and networking. Created in 1994, LEAD Canada joined the global network set up by LEAD International, which was originally funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. One of 13 member programs, LEAD Canada is comprised of about 90 of the 1800 LEAD Fellows living and working around the world.
  
  The LEAD network, which was built over many years through its leadership training program, is made up of professionals from many backgrounds, including scientists, medical doctors, environmentalists, engineers, lawyers, economists, journalists, business and cultural specialists.

  Activities and Societies:

  LEAD has a vision of a sustainable world where the leadership potential of people and communities is developed, they are able to collaborate across sectors and cultures, and they can find and deliver sustainable solutions at the local and global level. We identify outstanding people across sectors and cultures, developing their leadership potential and understanding of sustainable development, and mobilising and supporting them as a network to achieve the change required.

• Portland State University

  MPA , Public Administratoin, Nonprofit Managment, Nonprofit Development , 2000 — 2005

  Coursework included:
  Strategic Planning, Public Human Resource Management, Public Budgeting, Administrative Theory & Behavior, Public Policy: Formation & Process, Administrative Ethics and Values, Administrative Law and Policy, Analytical Methods, Introduction to Public Administration, Case Analysis, Values Based Management.
  
  Research & Policy Focus: Preservation, Arts and Culture, Cultural Tourism, Civil Society

  Activities and Societies:

  Speaker, Dis-Abilities Conference, Portland State University, 2004
  Speaker, Pacific Northwest Nonprofit Conference, Institute for Nonprofit Management, 2001

• Portland State University

  Advanced Certificates Nonprofit Development & Nonprofit Manamgnet , Nonprofit Managment , 2000 — 2005

  Coursework included:
  Grant-writing, Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations, History & Foundations of Nonprofit Organizations, Introduction to Nonprofit Management, Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations, Advanced Financial Strategies, Advanced Fundraising: Major & Planned Giving, Managing Nonprofit Boards (Governance)

• University of Delaware

  Certificate: Museum Studies , American History, Museum Studies , 1986 — 1989

  Courses included:
  Labor History, Colonial American History, Industrial History, 19th C. America, Intellectual History, American Vernacular Architecture, American Material Culture & Graduate Writing Seminars.
  
  Research Focus: American Material Culture, Vernacular Architecture, Industrial Workers Housing, Colonial and Industrial Mill Technology & the Industrial Revolution, Irish Industrial Workers, Public Archaeology & Museum Interpretation, Commercial Archaeology, American Ceramics

  Activities and Societies:

  Co-Instructor (Graduate Teaching Assistant): Museums and Historical Archaeology with Dr. David Orr, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archaeologist, National Park Service. Course taught at the Hagley Museum and Library where I taught archaeological excavation and field documentation, archaeological laboratory methods and artifact handling.
  
  Graduate Teaching Assistant, 19th & 20th Century American History Survey

• The College of William and Mary

  Anthropology, Historical Archaeology 1983 — 1984

  Courses included:
  Social and Cultural Anthropology, History of Archaeology, Archaeology Theory and Methods, Historical Archaeology, Historical Ethnography, Biological Anthropology, Archaeological Conservation, Cultural Resource Management, American Material Culture
  
  Research Focus: Historical Ethnography of Colonial Maine, Colonial Industrial Technologies, Colonial Settlement Patterns, Historic Preservation, Commercial Archaeology

• Ripon College

  B.A. , Anthropology , 1978 — 1982

  Courses included:
  Social and Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, History of Archaeology, Archaeology Theory and Methods, Mesoamerica, American History, Scientific Photography, Astronomy, Physics. Psychology, Comparative and World Religions, Music Performance

• Sturgeon Bay High School

  HS Diploma , College Prep , 1975 — 1978

Additional Information

Samuel Shogren’s Websites:

• Website Title
• Website Title
• LEAD Canada

Samuel Shogren’s Interests:

Civil Society, Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Assessment, Change Management, New Technology, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Content Development, Database Development, PC Networking, Word Press, Museums, History, Heritage, Maritime, Interpretation, Experiential Education, Education, Alternative Learning, Learning, Change, Archaeology, Industrial, Archeology, History, Preservation, Museum Exhibitions, Exhibit, Curatorial, Curator, Collections Management, Historian, Museum Director, Museum Leadership, Art Leadership, Nonprofit, Public Administration, Archaeologist National Ski Patrol, Skiing, Sailing, Hockey, Orchestra (Bass Trombone)

Samuel Shogren’s Honors:

Achievement Award, Outstanding Community Service, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government,
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2005
Tuition Scholarship, The Seminar for Historical Administration,
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg VA. November 1997.
Conference Scholarship, The Museum Management Professional Affinity Group,
American Association of Museums National Conference. November 1997.
Award, Outstanding Summer Youth Supervisor, Summer Youth Employment and Training Program,
Workforce Development Centers, Maine State Department of Labor. August 1995.
Fellow, Hagley Program in the History of Industrial America, Hagley Museum and Library,
Greenville, Delaware, and the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Fall 1987 - Spring 1989.

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