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Articles by Susan Zwerling
How to Transform a Volunteer Program in Six Steps
Are you taking a second look at your museum’s volunteer program? Maybe you’re struggling with flagging recruitment and retention, questioning how the diversity of your corps aligns with inclusion goals, or wrestling with how to integrate a siloed structure better into your organizational chart? (Or, very likely, all of the above and more?) If so, you’re not alone.
Can a Toolkit Help a Museum Manage their Volunteer Program?
Exciting Update (12/12/19): In response to the survey results discussed in the November 2017 blog post below, our new toolkit Designing A Museum Volunteer Program is now available! I am so pleased to be part of an effort that began as a single graduate school project, generated enthusiastic responses from the field and AAM, and then quickly took on a life of its own. Two years later, the toolkit is designed and published (and, yes, I did graduate!).
Assessing Museum Financial Sustainability: What Kind of Monster is Under Your Bed?
"Finding Alternative Futures: Sustainability Through Coaching” meeting at Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, Houston Tx June 2018 Has anyone besides me ever had a bad dream about financial sustainability? How about any nightmares along the lines of “What if the museum has to close down?”? These kinds of disturbing thoughts can occur during a big crisis, or when there is merely a nagging feeling that things might be slowly but irreversibly going downhill.
Montreal museum partners with doctors to ‘prescribe’ art
This short read describes an art museum’s deliberate pursuit of collaborations to offer patients opportunities for museum visits and art therapy, as well as their involvement in helping measure impact on well-being and health.
How a Museum is using American Artifacts to help Immigrants Become Citizens
New York City’s oldest museum combines curriculum created by immigrants with collection artifacts to help immigrants pass the United States civics test. “The Historical Society, in partnership with the City University of New York, began the project after President Trump announced a travel ban on certain visitors at the start of his administration.” On the bottom floor of New York City's oldest museum groups of immigrants are working to become American citizens.
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