[Nhcoll-l] Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs online course starts March 4

[Helen Alten]

Whether you are a conservator, a curator, a registrar or an exhibit 
designer, there is a good chance you will be using volunteers at some 
point in your career. Working with volunteers is a skill that can be 
learned and honed. Northern States Conservation Center is proud to offer 
a course this September in the fundamentals of volunteer management:

MS 108: Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs
Instructor: Karin Hostetter
Price: $475
Dates: Mar 4 to Mar 29, 2013
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Volunteers are essential for most non-profit institutions. But good 
volunteers arent born  they are made. Even though they dont get 
paychecks, it takes time and money to have effective volunteers. 
Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs teaches the basics of a strong 
volunteer program. Topics include recruiting, training and rewarding 
volunteers, as well as preparing staff. Instruction continues through 
firing and liabilities. Participants will end up with sound foundational 
knowledge for starting a new or strengthening an existing volunteer 
program based on a nine-step process.

Logistics:
Participants in Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs work at their 
own pace through sections and interact through online chats. Instructor 
Karin Hostetter is available at scheduled times during the course for 
email support. Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs includes online 
literature and student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is 
limited to 20 participants.

Fundamentals of Museum Volunteer Programs runs four weeks. To reserve a 
spot in the course, please pay at 
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have trouble please 
contact Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Karin Hostetter has over thirty years experience with museum education. 
Karin has worked with volunteers throughout her career, becoming the 
first paid volunteer coordinator at the Denver Zoo. Ms. Hostetter taught 
the National Association for Interpretation's two-day volunteer 
management course for volunteer coordinators and served on their panel 
about volunteer programs. She authored a series of articles for the 
National Association for Interpretation's Legacy magazine, providing 
guidelines for developing and maintaining a volunteer organization.

Ms. Hostetter now consults with organizations on structuring and 
improving volunteer programs. Karin Hostetter is owner of Interpret 
This, a consulting company specializing in interpretive writing, program 
and curriculum development, and volunteer program management. When she 
is not consulting with other museums, she likes to volunteer and 
contract teach at them with a special love for preschool and family 
programs.

-- 
Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
www.collectioncare.org
www.museumclasses.org