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You don’t always have to be a great leader—if you are a smart one. Knowing where to turn for advice can help any director succeed. The readings and resources below will help maximize your staff’s potential, recruit and train an effective board, and keep your institution focused on its mission.
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This May Conservation ConneCTion, in collaboration with COSTEP-CT, is encouraging cultural heritage institutions in Connecticut to invite their local fire department to their site for a walk through. In an emergency cultural heritage staff would work with their local first responders to save and secure their institution. By getting to know their local fire department and know how they work, cultural heritage institutions can help first responders keep their staff and collections safe. Libraries,...
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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...
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The New England Museum Association has announced the theme for its 2011 Annual Conference in Hartford, "Museums in the Mirror: Reflecting Relevance in a Diverse Society." Those interested in the important issues raised by the conference theme will want to read veteran museum director Lonnie Bunch's new book, Call The Lost Dream Back. The book is a collection of essays written over the last twenty years that examine history, race, and the place of...
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The HRC thanks Ron M. Potvin, Assistant Director and Curator of the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University, for serving as guest author for the following entry. Ron's responsibilities include preservation and interpretation of the National Historic Landmark Nightingale-Brown House (1792) and its collections, and management of the Center's financial and educational resources. He is a board member of AAM's Curator's Committee, chair of CURCOM's Program Committee,...
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The HRC thanks Anita Nowery Durel for serving as guest author for the following entry. Anita has over three decades of experience in nonprofits and philanthropy. She is a partner in Durel Consulting Partners. She and her husband, John Durel, lead museum CEO roundtables nationwide. They work with CEOs, boards, and staffs to build relevant and sustainable organizations using concrete steps to fully engage the board in the development process, build staff teams, and...
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