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 5 to Mar 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 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 [log in to unmask]

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

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