Posted on July 8, 2008 by Max van Balgooy
Many nonprofit organizations (which I assume includes historic sites) in Massachusetts are underfunded, overstretched, and vulnerable to cuts by state government, a new report from the Boston Foundation finds.
The report, Passion & Purpose: Raising the Fiscal Fitness Bar for Massachusetts Nonprofits, includes recommendations that address significant financial and organizational weaknesses in the state’s nonprofit sector as [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 by Max van Balgooy
The upcoming National Preservation Conference is hosting a series of events exclusively for National Trust Historic Sites. Please add these to your calendars:
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008:
9:00 am-5:00 pm Site Directors Meeting I
Wednesday, Oct. 22:
9:00 am-12:00 noon Site Directors Meeting II
Thursday, Oct. 23:
7:00-8:30 pm Reception for Site Board members
Friday, Oct. 24:
7:15-8:15 am [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2008 by Max van Balgooy
Esther Hall will lead a Better Boards workshop for historic sites at the Inn at Woodlake in Kohler, Wisconsin on November 6-8, 2008.
This workshop is limited to six Sites and each Site will need to send six people: the Site Director and five carefully selected Boardmembers (e.g., Chair, rising chair, etc). Thanks to a [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Max van Balgooy
Susan Cramm has recently posted a couple articles on her blog at Harvard Business Publishing that help put words to the subtle reasons so many of us are struggling with computers, the Internet, and information technology (and perhaps PreservationNation). Admittedly it’s a bit provocative, but it helps categorize so many of the issues I [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2008 by Max van Balgooy
Every once in a while, I see a posting on a listserv or field a request on business plans for historic sites and historic house museums. At the National Trust, we encourage all organizations (whether preservation groups or historic sites) to develop business plans, especially when resources are tight (if you’re rich, you can [...]
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