MS 302:
Fundraising for Collections Care
Instructor: Helen Alten
Dates: March 7 to April 1, 2011
Price: $475
Location: Online at www.museumclasses.org
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
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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.