How to keep the flame burning and not to burn it out?
Our session is dedicated to all people working in museums and science centres who want to work on their motivation and take care of themselves. Together with participants we will have the opportunity to discuss different approaches to motivation and share our experiences. We hope to deal with the subject in an active and surprising way. Previous years have been tough for cultural institutions and their teams. We have learnt to live with Covid-19, but its consequences for teams are still present. People are tired, demotivated and then more crises are spreading worldwide. Those facts are causing people to become more reflective dealing with their careers. They are asking themselves about their role in the institution. Meanwhile, everyday chores are pushing away the employee centered thinking in institutions. During this session we will stop for a while and put humans in the center.
Outcomes: what will participants get from this session? Skills, knowledge, experience etc.
Participants will: be empowered to share their ideas of staying motivated in similar environment (science centres); do the professional exchange of experience; understand and get to know needs they have as workers; experience a safe space to share challenges in teams; get to know how to motivate themselves; get time to reflect on their situation; get to know and practice the new method to reflect on motivation.
Facilitator
Copernicus Science Centre
Session speakers
Director of Lviv Open Lab
I am a head of Lviv municipal activity centre. My position is a team leader and a project manager. My most important aim in such difficult times for my Ukrainian team is to support them and motivate them. We understand our work as a mission now, but war made it more difficult to do. In these circumstances my role as a leader is more demanding.
Senior specialist: explainer, social researcher & coordinator
I am a team leader and a passionate soft skills teams trainer. My social science background helps me to understand people and the society in difficult times. During my everyday work I try to deliver and test new solutions together with my teams, which make our cooperation more fruitful and help team members stay motivated. I'm in an onboarding team for our division of floor workers.
Exhibition and Content Developer
I have a perspective from a young professional point of view. I share a great passion for the job and the strong will not to lose this passion. I am experienced in exhibition and content development. Me and my colleague Laura Kuhn have created a group of young professionals to discuss challenges and support science centre workers community.
I started working in the exhibition department at experimenta when I was 23. I cocreated a group of young professionals with Elke Schimanski. My aim is to offer all participants a protected space for open exchange, new formats and perspectives. I am into motivation of young people who have just started their career in science centres and face obstacles typical for that type of institution.
