Strengthening your Trustee Board – approaches to succession and recruitment
Trustee succession planning is an important part of good governance and an area all museum charities should be considering.
- Have you considered how the board will manage if one of the trustees decides to leave?
- Do you have gaps in skills and experience on your board and a need for new expertise and experiences?
- Have you thought about the representation on your board, does it reflect a range of views, viewpoints and your museum’s audiences?
- Are you fully up to date with your governing document and the rules and terms of office for trustees?
Join heritage consultant, Heather Lomas and fellow trustees at this quick fire session to discuss approaches to trustee succession planning, effective recruitment, induction, trustee motivations and lots more.
There will be plenty of time for discussion and sharing of top tips.
Monday 11 March, 6pm-8pm
Please note you must be a member of the West Midlands Museum Development Trustee Network to attend this training session – please sign up here if you’re not: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/TrusteeNetworkEOI/
Carbon Literacy Training sessions 2 and 3
634 museum staff, volunteers and trustees have become Carbon Literate through Museum Development England since November 2021.
Reducing your energy usage means reducing your energy bills, benefitting both your budget and the planet.
West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) are partnering to deliver several rounds of training, using the Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit developed by Museum Development and the Carbon Literacy Trust as part of the national Roots and Branches project.
What is a Carbon Literacy course? Becoming Carbon Literate will give you an understanding of what climate change is, the scale of its effects, and how museums fit into the global, national and local picture to address climate change. You become Carbon Literate by making an individual pledge, and an organisational pledge to take back to your museum, of what you can do, and is in your power to achieve, to make a significant difference to your carbon impact.
Who can attend? Anyone – we welcome all trustees, managers, volunteers and paid staff from museums across England who want to understand the part they can play in tackling the climate emergency.
What’s involved? The course is made up of four modules – the first module is pre-recorded and there are three Zoom sessions:
- Tuesday 27 February – the pre-recorded module will be sent to you. It lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tuesday 5 March, 10am-12.30pm – Zoom session 1
- Thursday 7 March, 10am-12noon – Zoom session 2
- Thursday 7 March, 1pm-3pm – Zoom session 3
You only need to book once for the whole course.
Attendees will be certified as Carbon Literate once they’ve successfully completed the course. Therefore, it is essential you are able to attend all three Zoom sessions and undertake all course activities in full.
Bookings close: 5pm, Monday 19 February
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands and West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
This event is run in partnership with West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM). The event will be hosted by MDEM on their Zoom account. By booking onto this event you give permission to share your booking details with the event partners for the purpose of the event administration. WMMD’s privacy policy can be viewed here and MDEM’s policy can be viewed here.
Accessibility
This event will be auto captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from other forms of access support, including live captioning, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link prior to each event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email by the day before the event please contact us.
Leading Through Change
This course supports leaders and managers with the skills needed to lead your teams effectively through periods of change.
Why come on the course?
If your organisation or team is going through a period of change, it can be a challenging time to ensure everyone feels supported and is able to continue to work productively. As a leader you’ll need to focus not only on the practicalities that change brings but understand how to support your people on an emotional level.
This course will give you the tools to do that, whatever your level of leadership or management responsibility in your in your museum, whether it’s in a voluntary, paid or trustee capacity.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the course, you’ll be able to
- identify the skills and attributes of an effective leader
- recognise how different individuals respond to change and the impact this has
- explain how to manage change effectively in your organisation
- identify ways to positively impact how you lead others through change
What is it?
An interactive, full day course delivered by change management expert, Nigel Rothband, which will give you a greater understanding of how change impacts your team at an individual level, along with improving your skills to lead others through this effectively.
What will I do on the day?
Through practical activities, discussion and exploration of both change and leadership theory, you’ll gain a greater self-awareness of your own leadership style and approach and how you can use this to support your team through a period of change.
Bookings close: 5pm, Monday 5 February 2024
Leading Through Change
Tuesday 20 February, 10am-4.30pm
The Education Room, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery SY1 1LH
If you can’t see the booking link this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Carbon Literacy Training
634 museum staff, volunteers and trustees have become Carbon Literate through Museum Development England since November 2021.
Reducing your energy usage means reducing your energy bills, benefitting both your budget and the planet.
West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) are partnering to deliver several rounds of training, using the Carbon Literacy for Museums Toolkit developed by Museum Development and the Carbon Literacy Trust as part of the national Roots and Branches project.
What is a Carbon Literacy course? Becoming Carbon Literate will give you an understanding of what climate change is, the scale of its effects, and how museums fit into the global, national and local picture to address climate change. You become Carbon Literate by making an individual pledge, and an organisational pledge to take back to your museum, of what you can do, and is in your power to achieve, to make a significant difference to your carbon impact.
Who can attend? Anyone – we welcome all trustees, managers, volunteers and paid staff from museums across England who want to understand the part they can play in tackling the climate emergency.
What’s involved? The course is made up of four modules – the first module is pre-recorded and there are three Zoom sessions:
- Tuesday 27 February – the pre-recorded module will be sent to you. It lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
- Tuesday 5 March, 10am-12.30pm – Zoom session 1
- Thursday 7 March, 10am-12noon – Zoom session 2
- Thursday 7 March, 1pm-3pm – Zoom session 3
You only need to book once for the whole course.
Attendees will be certified as Carbon Literate once they’ve successfully completed the course. Therefore, it is essential you are able to attend all three Zoom sessions and undertake all course activities in full.
Bookings close: 5pm, Monday 26 February
Maximum two delegates per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the East Midlands and West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
This event is run in partnership with West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) and Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM). The event will be hosted by MDEM on their Zoom account. By booking onto this event you give permission to share your booking details with the event partners for the purpose of the event administration. WMMD’s privacy policy can be viewed here and MDEM’s policy can be viewed here.
Accessibility
This event will be auto captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from other forms of access support, including live captioning, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link prior to each event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email by the day before the event please contact us.
If you can’t see the booking link this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Coffee and Chatter: GLAMCares
Grab your morning cuppa…
Join the WMMD team and guest speaker Rosie Barker, Head of Participation at Birmingham Museum Trust to find out more about GLAMCares. GLAMCares is a care and support network for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) professionals which aims to explore and support the wellbeing needs of colleagues in the sector.
Coffee and Chatter is also the perfect opportunity to share what’s happening at your museum, exchange ideas with colleagues across the region and hear about the latest sector guidance and news.
10.30am-11.30am
Zoom details:
https://zoom.us/j/99254865285?pwd=R2xiUlUzOFdWMGJFQXpyL0E4cHpNQT09
Meeting ID: 992 5486 5285
Password: 579046
Coffee and Chatter will be auto-captioned.
Introduction to Accreditation
This practical workshop is an introduction to the Museum Accreditation Standard and is aimed at museums who are considering applying for Accreditation for the first time.
Participants will gain an overview of:
- eligibility criteria
- the application processes
- the different sections within the standard
- accompanying guidance documents
- sources of other advice and support
The workshop also has practical exercises that will help participants plan their return. There will be a break in the middle of the workshop to allow delegates to step away from computer screens.
About Jennie Crawford
Jennie is the Midlands Accreditation Advisor for 23/24. She has extensive knowledge of the museum Accreditation standard having worked as an Accreditation Adviser with ACE (2011-15) and MDNW (2018-22).
Maximum two delegates per organisation. This is for all museums in the East and West Midlands.
Museums in the East Midlands can book their place here.
The webinar will be auto captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from any other form of access support, including live captioning, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link prior to the event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email by the day before the event please contact us.
Introduction to Accreditation
Friday 17 November, 10am-12.30pm
Online
If you can’t see the booking button, this event is fully booked. To join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace
The impact of Covid-19, the cost of living and energy crisis, and ongoing funding and staffing cuts have affected us all, not just in the way we work but also in our day to day lives, our colleagues, friends and family.
All of this can have an impact on our physical and mental wellbeing.
West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD), Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) and ted Learning are partnering to help build awareness of the challenges of maintaining good mental wellbeing and how we can all support each other.
Who should attend:
This workshop is open to anyone who wants to build a greater awareness of mental health.
If you are a leader we recommend that you also attend the afternoon workshop Mental Heath and Your Role as a Leader. Click here to find out more and book both workshops.
The workshop aims to raise awareness of mental health in the workplace and consider the language we use when referring to poor mental health and appreciate the impact this has.
It will explore what steps we can all take to help promote openness about mental health.
At the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- understand what we mean when talking about mental health
- identify examples of helpful and unhelpful language and the potential impact of both
- recognise one thing you can do to encourage more openness when discussing mental health
- explain what support mechanisms are in place and be able to describe the referral process if you or a colleague are experiencing mental health problems
Refreshments and lunch will be provided for all delegates.
Bookings close: 5pm, Friday 10 November
If you can’t see the booking button this event is fully booked. To join the mailing list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace
Tuesday 28 November, 9.30am-12.30pm
Coventry Transport Museum, Hales Street CV1 1JD
Mental Health Awareness Workshops for Leaders
The impact of Covid-19, the cost of living and energy crisis, and ongoing funding and staffing cuts have affected us all, not just in the way we work but also in our day to day lives, our colleagues, friends and family.
All of this can have an impact on our physical and mental wellbeing.
West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD), Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) and ted Learning are partnering to help build awareness of the challenges of maintaining good mental wellbeing and how we can all support each other.
Who should attend:
The morning session, Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace, is open to anyone who wants to build a greater awareness of mental health.
The afternoon session, Mental Health and Your Role as a Leader, is designed specifically for anyone with managerial or leadership roles in a museum; team leaders, supervisors, volunteer managers or trustees, whether paid or voluntary. As it builds on the learning from the morning session, leaders must have attended Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace in the morning.
If you are not a leader please book the morning session with this link.
Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace (9.30am-12.30pm)
The workshop aims to raise awareness of mental health in the workplace and consider the language we use when referring to poor mental health and appreciate the impact this has.
It will explore what steps we can all take to help promote openness about mental health.
At the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- understand what we mean when talking about mental health
- identify examples of helpful and unhelpful language and the potential impact of both
- recognise one thing you can do to encourage more openness when discussing mental health
- explain what support mechanisms are in place and be able to describe the referral process if you or a colleague are experiencing mental health problems
Mental Health and Your Role as a Leader (1.30pm-4.30pm)
The workshop aims to enable leaders to confidently engage in conversations with those colleagues they suspect may be suffering from mental health problems, by developing the appropriate supportive skills and behaviours.
It with help you to understand what you can do as a leader to proactively create a mentally healthy workplace.
At the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- understand the personal barriers that may prevent you from engaging in conversations with team members you suspect may be suffering from mental health problems
- list the skills and behaviours required to confidently engage in a supportive conversation about mental health
- demonstrate the skills and behaviours and develop the confidence to engage in conversations with colleagues or volunteers who may be suffering from mental health issues
Refreshments and lunch will be provided for all delegates.
Bookings close: 5pm, Friday 10 November
If you can’t see the booking button this event is fully booked. To join the mailing list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Mental Health Awareness
Tuesday 28 November, 9.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4.30pm
Coventry Transport Museum, Hales Street CV1 1JD
The Role of Trustees in Income Diversification
Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) and West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) are delighted to be working with Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy to offer a suite of fundraising workshops for 2023/24.
The programme consists of eight, two-hour online workshops which will explore income generation from digital fundraising to developing on-site retail. Each workshop will present key theories and case studies, allowing for discussion on practical application. There is no requirement to attend every session, although they complement each other, they also work as stand-alone workshops. Read about the full programme of events.
The Role of Trustees in Income Diversification
Thursday 14 December, 10am-12noon
Specifically for Trustees, this workshop will assist you in considering your role and responsibilities in supporting income diversification strategies and delivery. The session will cover key compliance requirements, particularly in relation to fundraising, consideration around the return on investment of different areas of income, and what approaches might be best for your museum.
Places are very limited, maximum one delegate per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
Accessibility
This event will be auto-captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from any other form of access support, including live captioning, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
This event is run in partnership with West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD), Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) and Cause4. The event will be hosted by Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy (Cause4) on their Zoom account. By booking onto this event you give permission to share your name, email address and access needs with the event partners for the purpose of the event administration. The Cause4 privacy policy can be viewed here, WMMD’s GDPR policy can be viewed here and MDEM’s policy can be viewed here.
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link to the training prior to the event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email the day before the event please contact us.
If you can’t see the booking button the course is fully booked. If you would like to join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
Developing Onsite Retail
Museum Development East Midlands (MDEM) and West Midlands Museum Development (WMMD) are delighted to be working with Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy to offer a suite of fundraising workshops for 2023/24.
The programme consists of eight, two-hour online workshops which will explore income generation from digital fundraising to developing on-site retail. Each workshop will present key theories and case studies, allowing for discussion on practical application. There is no requirement to attend every session, although they complement each other, they also work as stand-alone workshops. Read about the full programme of events.
Developing Onsite Retail
Tuesday 21 November, 10am-12noon
Providing practical tips on launching a shop, consideration of what you have and examples of quick wins on both product and pricing. This workshop will support you to develop your onsite retail offer.
Places are very limited, maximum one delegate per organisation. Priority will be given to delegates from non-NPO and non-National museums in the West Midlands which are Accredited or officially Working Towards Accreditation.
Accessibility
This event will be auto-captioned through Zoom. If you would benefit from any other form of access support, including live captioning, please answer ‘yes’ to the access requirements question on the booking form and email the WMMD team as early as possible stating the support you require.
This event will be hosted by Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy (Cause4) on their Zoom account. By booking onto this event you give us permission to share your name, email address and access needs with them for the purpose of the event administration. The Cause4 privacy policy can be viewed here
All participants will receive an email containing a Zoom link to the training prior to the event. The email will be sent to the email address used for booking. If you have not received an email the day before the event please contact us.
If you can’t see the booking button the course is fully booked. If you would like to join the waiting list please email wmmd@ironbridge.org.uk
