The Connecticut Humanities Council brought National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jim Leach to Connecticut on April 18 and 19, 2011. Throughout his trip, Chairman Leach eloquently championed the important role that humanities play in our lives today.Thanks to all who joined us for the CHC's sold out program at Connecticut Historical Society and to CHS for hosting the event. Here, Chairman Leach addressed a crowd of museum professionals, librarians, teachers, and students, discussing the...
This article is reprinted with permission from Blue Avocado, a practical and readable online magazine for nonprofits. Subscribe free by sending an email to editor@blueavocado.org or at www.blueavocado.org. Board Insurance: Do You Really Need It? Blue Avocado • By Susan Bradshaw • April 25, 2011 We wanted an expert's view on what nonprofits need to know about Directors & Officers (board) liability insurance, so we asked Susan Bradshaw, VP at the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance...
I have posted in the past about the Qm2 Directors Roundtable I attend three times a year. The roundtable is an amazing professional development opportunity. This year we are working to develop a Case for Support for our organizations. After discussing the Case in general and sharing our experiences we were charged to go home and develop a Case for Support for our institutions. I am working on the Case for the Litchfield Historical...
The HRC thanks Karin Peterson, Museum Director for the State Historic Preservation Office, Department of Economic and Community Development, for serving as guest author for the following entry. Karin is responsible for the oversight of four state museums: Henry Whitfield State Museum in Guilford; Old New Gate Prison & Copper Mine in East Granby, Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury and the Sloane-Stanley Museum in Kent. At a time when the "success" of a museum...
The HRC thanks Tammi Flynn, Director of Marketing for the Florence Griswold Museum, in Old Lyme, CT, for serving as guest author for the following entry.Brandraising by Sarah Durham is all about communication. It is very much a how-to book with lots of bullets and checklists and a very detailed outline of how to establish a meaningful brand and develop a communications strategy. Along the way Durham is pretty realistic. She acknowledges the lack...
