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Training
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Online Museum Classes
Description:
The National Endowment for the Humanities annually gives approximately $10 million in federal challenge grants. And that's just one grant program run by one funding source. Learn how to get a piece of the millions of dollars in federal, state and private funding for your institution by taking Northern States Conservation Center's online grant writing class. Fundraising and Grant Writing introduces students to options for funding a wide range of collection-care needs. Students learn about different forms of fund-raising, how to locate funding sources, and how to write a successful grant proposal. Each student will complete a draft grant deadline. Remember, the deadlines for this year's grants already are set by most institutions, so the time to act is now.
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 and Grant Writing work at their own pace and interact through online forums and chats. Instructor Helen Alten will be available at scheduled times for email support. Materials include online readings and lecture notes, projects and links to relevant web sites. The course is limited to 20 participants.
Fundraising and Grant Writing 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 helen@collectioncare.org
Student Comments for MS302: Fundraising and Grant Writing:
I thought the materials were very well done. The readings were easy to understand and apply to the subject matter at hand.
I found the lectures to be informative, relevant, concise and easy to read.
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.
Technology is not my strong point. In moments of confusion in the beginning, I found the manual to be clear and helpful.
I loved the chat sessions, they were very informative. I enjoyed having all the lectures accessible online, and Helen was always available to help.
The Instructor:
Helen Alten, is the Director of Northern States Conservation Center and its chief Objects Conservator. For nearly 30 years she has been involved in objects conservation, starting as a pre-program intern at the Oriental Institute in Chicago and the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a degree in Archaeological Conservation and Materials Science from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of London in England. She has built and run conservation laboratories in Bulgaria, Montana, Greece, Alaska and Minnesota. She has a broad understanding of three-dimensional materials and their deterioration, wrote and edited the quarterly Collections Caretaker, maintains the popular www.collectioncare.org web site, lectures throughout the United States on collection care topics, was instrumental in developing a state-wide protocol for disaster response in small Minnesota museums, has written, received and reviewed grants for NEH and IMLS, worked with local foundations funding one of her pilot programs, and is always in search of the perfect museum mannequin. She has published chapters on conservation and deterioration of archeological glass with the Materials Research Society and the York Archaeological Trust, four chapters on different mannequin construction techniques in Museum Mannequins: A Guide for Creating the Perfect Fit (2002), preservation planning, policies, forms and procedures needed for a small museum in The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums' Collection Initiative Manual, and is co-editor of the penultimate book on numbering museum collections (still in process) by the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma. Helen Alten has been a Field Education Director, Conservator, and staff trainer. She began working with people from small, rural, and tribal museums while as the state conservator for Montana and Alaska. Helen currently conducts conservation treatments and operates a conservation center in Charleston, WV and St. Paul, MN.
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