Online course: The Volunteer Handbook

MS 259: The Volunteer Handbook
Instructor: Karin Hostetter
Price: $475
Nov 5-30, 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 The Volunteer Handbook 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 II: The
Volunteer Handbook includes online literature and
student-teacher/group-teacher dialog. The course is limited to 20
participants.

The Volunteer Handbook runs six 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
helen<-at->collectioncare<.>org

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.

Brad Bredehoft for Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center


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