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Simply check in with many of the smallest museums. In their realm, pretty much everyone does everything, and most folks are volunteers.

James Bryant
SOJOURN Science - Nature - Education
Santa Fe, NM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bryant-0598a940/


Original Message:
Sent: 6/20/2022 9:54:00 AM
From: Elisa Kosarin
Subject: Looking for Outside of the Box Volunteer Roles

I'm looking for examples of non-traditional types of volunteer roles that museums are using. By non-traditional, I mean roles that extend beyond the front desk, tours, gardening, or behind-the-scenes assistance in collections.

Some of these roles might look like:

- New ways to engage community groups

- New virtual roles

- Volunteer roles within departments that don't typically engage volunteers, such as: Security, Human Resources, or Executive Level

- Any kind of new role that attracts a broad cross-section of the community

The examples will help a client that wants to expand the volunteer program understand the many options available for volunteer engagement. If you have an example to share, I'd love to learn more.

Warmly, Elisa

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Elisa Kosarin, CVA

(She/Her/Hers)

Twenty Hats

www.TwentyHats.com
(703) 967-3516

Original Message:
Sent: 6/20/2022 9:54:00 AM
From: Elisa Kosarin
Subject: Looking for Outside of the Box Volunteer Roles

I'm looking for examples of non-traditional types of volunteer roles that museums are using. By non-traditional, I mean roles that extend beyond the front desk, tours, gardening, or behind-the-scenes assistance in collections.

Some of these roles might look like:

- New ways to engage community groups

- New virtual roles

- Volunteer roles within departments that don't typically engage volunteers, such as: Security, Human Resources, or Executive Level

- Any kind of new role that attracts a broad cross-section of the community

The examples will help a client that wants to expand the volunteer program understand the many options available for volunteer engagement. If you have an example to share, I'd love to learn more.

Warmly, Elisa

--

Elisa Kosarin, CVA

(She/Her/Hers)

Twenty Hats

www.TwentyHats.com
(703) 967-3516

Original Message:
Sent: 6/21/2022 12:12:00 PM
From: Lisa Ortega-Pol
Subject: RE: Looking for Outside of the Box Volunteer Roles

Hi Elisa!

Check out these roles/tasks we have:

• Content creator for TikTok / Instagram Reels (we approve before uploading)
• Proofreader/corrector of automated closed captions on our YouTube videos 
• Library cataloging (our volunteer is a retired librarian)
• Inventory entries for the Arts Archive 
• Prepper of art materials/equipment/room set up for art workshops
• Organizing into folders by year and name of event/activity/museum moment about 8,000+ digital photographs or video clips we dump into the cloud from our cellphones

	Lisa Ortega Pol, MFA
	Educadora de Museo
	Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras
	787-764-0000 ext. 83096   787-763-3939   lisa.ortega1@upr.edu   museo.uprrp.edu

Original Message:
Sent: 6/20/2022 9:54:00 AM
From: Elisa Kosarin
Subject: Looking for Outside of the Box Volunteer Roles

I'm looking for examples of non-traditional types of volunteer roles that museums are using. By non-traditional, I mean roles that extend beyond the front desk, tours, gardening, or behind-the-scenes assistance in collections.

Some of these roles might look like:

- New ways to engage community groups

- New virtual roles

- Volunteer roles within departments that don't typically engage volunteers, such as: Security, Human Resources, or Executive Level

- Any kind of new role that attracts a broad cross-section of the community

The examples will help a client that wants to expand the volunteer program understand the many options available for volunteer engagement. If you have an example to share, I'd love to learn more.

Warmly, Elisa

--

Elisa Kosarin, CVA

(She/Her/Hers)

Twenty Hats

www.TwentyHats.com
(703) 967-3516