Online Workshop
Recent Workshops
4 Building Blocks for Planned Giving Success
Mariah Brook, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation |
Every nonprofit wants legacy gifts from their donors, but staff capacity, budget limitations, current needs and the perceived complexity of gift planning often stand in the way of helping donors make their most meaningful gift. This virtual session will expand the tools in your toolbox to grow your planned gift expectancy, sustaining your organization for years to come and ensuring dollars aren’t left on the table.
The content will be covered using the following outline: 1. Know your tools - an overview of common planned gift vehicles and tools. 2. Know your assets - an overview of assets donors might want to contribute through a planned gift. 3. Know your donors - an overview of how to assess which donors make great planned gift donors, and how to initiate the solicitation process. 4. Know your partners - who in your community can support your planned giving work? |
Workshop Archives
Using Grants to Fund Collections Care: Where to Start
Megan Narvey, Minnesota Historical Society |
Preserving your collections is a high priority, but how do you get started? What’s more important, transferring your collections into archival boxes or changing your lighting to LEDs? How do you fund these projects? The answer is by starting with a General Conservation Assessment and Long Range Preservation Plan. This session will discuss how to apply for a Long Range Preservation Plan grant through MNHS, what to expect during the grant, and how to use the plan when it is complete.
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Turning a Thousand Stories into One: How to Tell Your Story
Alan Schutte, Platt Hollow Road |
In this session, attendees will be taken through examples on how to find their organizations personality in order to create a consistent brand, carve a marketing niche, and deliver a great experience. We’ll discuss how to focus on the stories that are most relevant to your audience and your community, the ones that make each community special, and how to take those special stories and wrap them in a narrative that can help you stand out more as a destination with your marketing.
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The Benefits of Cloud Based Collections Management
Software and Sharing Your Collections with the Public Steve Richardson & Brandy Adams, Re:discovery Software, Inc. |
Join Steve and Brandy from Re:discovery Software as they take us through the benefits of transitioning your collection management to a cloud based system, why now is a good time, and how to get your collection in front of the general public. There will be time for Q & A at the end.
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Documenting Your Historic Structure
Jessica Fortney, Northern Bedrock Historic Preservation Corps |
Ever notice something new on your historic building and wonder if it has been like that for a day or for years? Photo documentation can be very helpful to create a timeline and a record for your historic building. This session will give helpful hints and tips on how to photograph and document your building in a useful way to help show its condition over time and to ask for help to fix and maintain the buildings.
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Museums & Soft Power
Dan Hartman, Glensheen |
It is easy to lose track of how much power our museums have in everyday life. In fact, we end up not even thinking of our museums having any power. Well, this talk will focus on just how much influence or soft power museums have and how we can weld that to help build relevance, donations and advocacy.
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CollectiveAccess Demo
Ann Grandy, CollectiveAccess Project Manager |
Come see what all the buzz is about! CollectiveAccess is an online, open source based collections management software available through the Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums. The software is designed to include many of the features of other collection management software programs that are in use by institutions in Minnesota but with additional features to make it easier to use and more efficient. Using the power of collaboration, CollectiveAccess allows multiple organizations to use the same software but control costs related to server space, storage, and system customization.
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The Future of Volunteering
Interactive Session/Discussion Claudia J. Nicholson, The Museum Lady |
Many institutions rely upon volunteers to carry out much of would be considered staff work (or, in some cases ALL the work). As the current crop of volunteers age out, we are going to have to find new ways to get both basic staff work and the usual work done by volunteers (such as guiding tours, and taking objects out to the community). However, the face of volunteerism is changing. Younger people, Gen X and Millenials, express a strong preference for meaningful volunteer experiences that are time-limited, social, and make an immediate difference to the institution.
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HVAC Systems & COVID Strategies
Rebecca Ellis, Questions & Solutions Engineering, Inc |
This session will be focused on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and will explore strategies to implement during the pandemic (and beyond).
The first part of the workshop, Rebecca will present some common HVAC systems and her recommendations that could be adapted to your context. The second part will be open to specific questions you may have. Please share what questions or hurdles you are facing with your current HVAC system as you navigate creating COVID safe spaces. |