[NHCOLL-L:5276] Fundraising for Collections Care online class starts March 7

[Helen Alten]

*MS 302: Fundraising for Collections Care*
Instructor: Helen Alten
Dates: March 7 to April 1, 2011
Price: $475
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org
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Description:*
Strapped for cash? Can't see how you can implement collections 
preservation ideas when you can't pay the light bill? This workshop 
introduces funding options for a range of collections care needs. The 
class combines lecture and practicum sessions. Students will learn about 
different forms of fund raising, how to find funding sources for their 
institution, how to write successful proposals and how to build on 
success. Each student will complete a draft grant request before the end 
of the class.

*Course Outline*
1. Introduction to Fundraising
2. Funding Sources
3. Long-Range Planning
4. Writing the Proposal
5. Budgets
6. Samples
7. Conclusion

*Logistics:*
Participants in ****Fundraising for Collections Care**work at individual 
paces through seven sections. Instructor Helen Alten is available at 
scheduled times during the course for email support. Resources include 
forums and scheduled online chats, PowerPoint lectures, reading 
materials and lecture notes and links to relevant web sites.

****Fundraising for Collections Care**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

*Student Comments*
I found the lectures to be informative, relevant, concise and easy to 
read. Helen provided prompt assistance and advice that was knowledgeable 
and informed.

The chats were great and enabled specific questions to be answered. The 
chats also created some sense of comradery with the class which seemed 
more important as there was no face to face contact.

I loved the chat sessions, they were very informative. I enjoyed having 
all the lectures accessible online, and Helen was always available to help.

I thought the materials were very well done. The readings were easy to 
understand and apply to the subject matter at hand.

*The Instructor:*
*Helen Alten*, is the Director of Northern States Conservation Center 
and its chief Objects Conservator.  She has written and received 
numerous foundation and government grants for museums and other 
non-profits. Helen has also been the fundraising chair and the 
development officer for local non-profits in her community, creating 
successful fundraisers, including the 20 year old "Hearts 'n Humans" art 
auction fundraiser for the Helena, Montana AIDS Network.  Helen 
currently conducts conservation treatments and operates a conservation 
center in Charleston, WV and St. Paul, MN. She is also the part-time 
development officer for the Gabriel Project.
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