someone please help me unscubscribe

-----Original Message-----
From:   Robert T. Handy [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, October 02, 1998 12:46 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Generating Own Salary

Stephen Brand wrote:
>
> In a message dated 10/1/98 7:56:52 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> <<I have informed my Executive Committee that my FY'99 budget will include
> a proposal to create a Program Development Officer to the staff and that
> the person filling this position will be expected to generate his/her
> salary the first year and in five years and beyond, generate 150% of the
> salary.  They took it well but asked that I include with my proposal,
> the general thinking within the profession on such an approach and some
> example of other museums that take this approach.
>
> Guess what I'm looking for?  Do any of you do this?  If so, how well
> does it work?>>
>
> I think this is a good idea.  But what type of resources are you giving this
> individual.  Are you providing them with any seed money -- for program
> development, marketing, market research and evaluation, and prototyping.
> Providing them with 5 years to make 150% of their money in my eyes is more
> than reasonable.  But breaking even in their first year is challenging if you
> want them to be innovative.   Is there any room to fail, learn from their
> mistakes and do it again the right way.  I was the Director of the National
> Inventors Hall of Fame and I learned that failure and persistance is the
> essence of all successful inventors and most entrepreneurs.  I think it's a
> great model if you provide them with some resources.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Stephen Brand
> President and Chief Imagination Officer
> The New Enterprise Factory
> [log in to unmask]


Thanks.  Good thoughts.
--
Bob Handy, Director
Brazoria County Historical Museum
100 East Cedar
Angleton, Texas 77515
(409) 864-1208
(409) 864-1217 (Fax)
http://www.bchm.org