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How the Currier Museum of Art Prepared for Its Reopening

Connection Cafe

We sent weekly Membership Monday emails; created a new space online and on social media with story time, art activities, curatorial walk throughs; provided holiday meals for purchase from our café each month; and hosted Zoom talks with artists from our collection. Our focus was to maintain a connection with the public and our members.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

The following is a compilation of online discussions of faux donors trying to scam colleges, schools, and nonprofits. Then I went to work, and a friend of mine who was also a big Star Trek fan called me from New Hampshire to say “did you hear about Deforest Kelly?!? Maybe they’re just practical jokes.

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Adding value all-around: knowing when to hire staff or engage volunteers

Twenty Hats

Even though a great many museums evolve from volunteer-led organizations to employee-driven ones, the two roles are not interchangeable – we’ll discuss the distinctions in a moment. Knowing when to hire employees and when to engage volunteers is not about the budget. All three of these factors played into the decision.