Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period
Author: Dan
Date: 11-10-2011 - 08:52

Well as a museum you need to be careful that you don't become a social enterprise that is for the good of the public masking as a nonprofit museum. If you have a leadership group (paid usually) that runs your museum like a business or with business practices you have a social enterprise with free volunteer labor. Certainly money at any museum is always an issue and will always continue to be. So fund raising is and always will be a vital part of a museum success. But if the leadership group is running your museum with little or ineffective input and /or direction from its members or just does as they want you will continue to have issue with volunteers feeling a part of any org. If you are experiencing issues with recruiting new members, especially the young variety, having to struggle to find train crew fill other activities and a paid staff that keeps growing. You may have more of an issue than just getting volunteers to just come out and stop of their criticizing. Ask yourself who your museum is being run for the Volunteers and what they are interested in, for the good of the public or your paid staff / leadership group. There is one wrong answer there find that and that should answer most your questions Marty.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Marty Bernard 11-09-2011 - 17:11
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Shannon 11-09-2011 - 18:55
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Mary Barnyard 11-09-2011 - 19:27
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Dr Zarkoff 11-09-2011 - 19:54
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period . 11-09-2011 - 20:19
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Mike Swanson 11-09-2011 - 20:38
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period SP5103 11-09-2011 - 20:25
  WP collection Eugene 11-10-2011 - 10:59
  Re: WP collection Tom Moungovan 11-10-2011 - 17:24
  Re: WP collection Mike Swanson 11-10-2011 - 17:36
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Joe Magruder 11-10-2011 - 11:45
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Dr Zarkoff 11-10-2011 - 17:17
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Eugene 11-11-2011 - 08:55
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Dr Zarkoff 11-11-2011 - 11:41
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Bill San Jose 11-10-2011 - 17:21
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Mike Swanson 11-09-2011 - 20:47
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Brian 11-10-2011 - 03:14
  Re: The Purpose of a Private 501(c)3 (non-profit) Museum is Education, Period Dan 11-10-2011 - 08:52


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