Some of Heather’s presentations include:

Fraternal Heritage:
How organizations can preserve their records, artifacts, and traditions for future generations.

Timeless Bonds:
Why Fraternal organizations remain culturally relevant in the 21st century.

Crisis Management:
Collection moves, mold, pests, water and fire.

Saving History Before It’s Lost:
Practical preservation strategies for local museums, archives, churches, and community organizations.

Skeletons in the Lodge Hall:
Hidden collections, strange artifacts, and overlooked stories.

Sacred and Secret:
Exploring the preservation of religious and fraternal material culture.

Bringing Collections to Life:
Using augmented and virtual reality to engage audiences with primary sources.

Many speakers cover archives.
Many speakers cover museums.
Many speakers cover history.

However, very few speakers combine….

Executive Leadership
Museum Work
Archives
Libraries
Crisis Management
Fraternal History
Religious & Faith Based Collections
Material Culture
Emerging Technologies
Public Engagement
Practical How-to Lessons

Dr. Calloway helps organizations preserve the past while finding innovative ways to connect historical collections with modern audiences. Drawing on experience in museums, archives, libraries, fraternal and religious organizations, she delivers engaging presentations that blend practical preservation advice with compelling historical storytelling.

Heather regularly speaks for:

  • Civic and community groups
  • Fraternal organizations
  • Masonic bodies
  • Historical societies
  • Museums
  • Archives and libraries
  • Religious organizations
  • Genealogical societies
  • Universities and colleges
  • Preservation organizations
  • Other groups by request

Advocacy and Personal Experience

In addition to my work in museums, archives, and preservation, I also speak from personal experience as the parent of a teenager living with short bowel syndrome. Through years of navigating complex medical care, surgeries, school systems, and family life, I have developed a passion for supporting families facing rare and chronic health conditions.

Presentations Include

  • Parenting Through Uncertainty: Lessons from raising a child with a complex medical condition
  • Becoming an Accidental Expert: What Parents Learn when navigating rare disease
  • Growing up Rare: From the NICU to Adolescence
  • I have to do what? Becoming a “nurse” overnight
  • The Long View: What healthcare providers may not see about life after discharge