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The sudden death of longtime Blue Earth County Historical Society volunteer Orv Jensen was truly unexpected. When I worked at BECHS in the early 1990s, Orv and his colleague Win Grundmeier were already veteran volunteers, and they did much to educate me about this field. Thanks, Orv, for all you did for me. You will [...]
“As they are for home-town residents everywhere, the local attractions always are just ‘there,’ with seemingly plenty of time to stop in. Trips to distant attractions beckon, and we don’t discount the road trip’s enduring appeal. But somehow time to visit the local sites never seems to materialize, and its always in the wake of [...]
Winona County historical Society wants to know if anyone in the field has any suggestions for attracting college-age students to their local museum. We have had some success working through the local universities attracting interns and lecturing professors. There has to be some good ideas out there we aren’t thinking of. Mark Peterson Print PDF
Digital Windfall
by David Grabitske
on July 28, 2008
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· in Collections, Digitization, Nonprofit Issues, Volunteers
The transition from analog photography to digital has produced a windfall for local historical organizations. Many newspapers across Minnesota have donated their file photos to their local historical organization when switching to digital formats. One result is that an invaluable source of historical data is now, potentially, available to the public in any number of [...]
As reported in the March 12, 2008, issue of the Local History News, GuideStar reports an emerging trend in the travel industry called “voluntourism.” This is the idea that people can vacation and volunteer for local nonprofits at the same time. Dave Beal, in his February 15, 2008, entry on MinnPost, wrote about how business leaders [...]
Guidestar recently carried an article Is Your Organization Ready for “The Boom”? by Christine Litch that notes the impending retirement of the Baby Boom generation and its potential impact for nonprofit organizations. AASLH’s “History News” Summer 2007 issue has an article “A Golden Age for Historic Properties” by John Durel and Anita Nowery Durel that [...]
The Corporation for National and Community Service announced the top 50 large cities that have the strongest rates of volunteerism. Minneapolis-St. Paul was first on the list. The report states generally that men provide slightly more hours on average than women, but that a much higher percentage of women volunteer than men. Is that true [...]
April 15-22, 2007 is National Volunteer Appreciation Week. What specific tasks are most critical to your historical society that volunteers accomplish? Feel free to share stories about volunteer contributions. And, how are you planning on thanking your volunteers during this special week? Or, during the year? Print PDF
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