Online course on insurance and contracts for conservation

Mitigating Risk: Contracts and Insurance for Conservation
FAIC online
October 13-November 10, 2011

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Members $200; Non-members $300

FAIC is pleased to offer an online course to meet the needs of
conservators who own or manage a professional conservation business
or laboratory, "Mitigating Risk: Contracts and Insurance for
Conservation" provides readings, case studies, work sheets,
presentations, and exercises to get you thinking and planning. You
will identify the risks you face, and learn how to reduce those
risks and how to manage risks through the use of contracts,
insurance, and other means. Online discussion forums allow you to
draw on the combined experience of other participants, the course
facilitator, and select outside experts. Best of all, "Mitigating
Risk" comes to you. All you need is a computer with Internet access
and you are ready to learn.

"Mitigating Risk" is a four-week course. The course will begin on
Thursday, October 13, 2011 and continue, with new activities and
discussions each week, through November 10, 2011. The course site
will remain available for reference and downloads for two weeks
after the course ends. The instructor, Sarah Lowengard, will guide
discussions and offer tips and resources beyond what you find on the
course site. You may work on the course at any time within each
week.

What the course will cover:

    How to identify risks
    Components of a good contract
    How contracts can be used to reduce risks
    How to identify and locate appropriate insurance for your needs
    Managing contracts
    Creating an overall risk mitigation strategy

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be
able to:

    Define basic vocabulary relating to contracts, insurance and
    liability.

    Identify the three most significant risks to your conservation
    business.

    Understand how to use contracts, insurance and other measures to
    reduce the impact of identified risks

    Recognize the components of a well-constructed contract.

    Read and understand three basic contracts (e.g., insurance,
    rental agreement, contract for conservation treatment).

    Identify the types of insurance that may be required by law in
    your state.

    Identify the role of legal and insurance professionals in
    managing your business risks.

Time Requirements: Expect to spend at least six hours per week on
the course - roughly the equivalent of attending a full-day workshop
each week. You will use this time to complete exercises, and to read
and respond to the work of others in the course. You choose when,
according to your own schedule--at noon during your lunch break, in
the evening with a cup of coffee by your side, or at six in the
morning in your favorite jammies. (Although the timing of your
participation is flexible, we have found that participants have
difficulty keeping up with the course during extended trips.)

Is Distance Learning Right for You? We're glad you asked. We all
learn in different ways. Take our interactive quiz (found on the
main "take a course" page) to see if this type of course is a good
match for your learning style.

Technical Requirements:

    PC or Mac with Internet access.

    Browser: if using Microsoft Windows, you will need MS Internet
    Explorer 5.0 or higher, Netscape Navigator 6.2 or higher, or
    Mozilla Firefox. If you are using Apple MacIntosh, you will need
    Netscape Navigator 6.2 or higher, Safari, or Mozilla Firefox.

    Technical support for the course portal will be available (by
    email or phone) while the class is in session.

Registration: The fee for this course is $200 for AIC members, $300
for non-members. To register, complete and return the registration
form, which is available on the AIC website or from the AIC office.

The registration deadline is October 16, 2011. Participants will be
accepted in order of receipt of paid registration. Enrollment is
limited, so early registration is advised.

About the Facilitator:

    Sarah Lowengard, Ph.D., has more than twenty years' teaching
    experience in both formal university classrooms and informal
    education programs. She has developed, taught, or led courses,
    workshops, and tutorials in art conservation, collections care,
    history, academic research and materials analysis. A
    private-practice art conservator since 1979, she initiated the
    Conservation Course Syllabus Web pages for Conservation OnLine
    and served on the AIC Education and Training Committee.

About the Series

    "Mitigating Risk" is part of FAIC's online education series,
    "Business and Management Practices for Conservators." Funded by
    The Getty Foundation, the series offers basic business skills
    with a focus on the requirements of the conservation community.

Credits

    Course content: Sarah Lowengard
    Instructional Design: Roberta Westwood
    Project management: Eric Pourchot
    Hosting and course support: iCohere
    Contributors and reviewers: Jeff Brechlin, Laura Condon, Sam
    Harris, Tom Lahiff

Special thanks to the participants in the pilot offering of this
course for their comments and suggestions.

Special thanks to Willis Fine Art, Jewelry and Specie, Citigroup,
and the AIC Conservators in Private Practice group.

This course was created with funding from the Getty Foundation. It
is presented with funding from the FAIC Endowment for Professional
Development, which is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
and by gifts from members and friends of the American Institute for
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

For more information, contact:

    Abigail Choudhury, Development and Education Associate
    Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of
        Historic and Artistic Works
    1156 15th Street NW, Suite 320
    Washington, DC 20005
    202-661-8070
    Fax: 202-452-9328


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