[Nhcoll-l] The Volunteer Handbook online course starts November 5

[Helen Alten]

MS 259: The Volunteer Handbook
Instructor: Karin Hostetter
Price: $475
Dates:Nov 5 to Nov 30, 2012
Location: online at www.museumclasses.org

Description:
Volunteers are essential for most non-profit institutions. But good 
volunteers aren’t born – they are made. Even though they don’t 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 The Volunteer Handbook 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 II - The Volunteer Handbook 
includes online literature and student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The 
course is limited to 20 participants.

The Volunteer Handbook runs six 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.

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