The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) [Alliance member] has launched a new series of free online guides to support Trustees and Boards of UK museums and heritage sites.
The new guides are the result of work that AIM has carried out with Trustees and Boards through the Hallmarks programme over the last three years. The new guides have been written for AIM by museum sector experts to ensure the most up to date and comprehensive information in each area. The guides are:
- More Effective Meetings: engaging trustees and building a strong team
- Running an open recruitment process
- An introduction to museums for new trustees
Trustees can also benefit from the new AIM guide Successful away days for boards of museums and heritage organisations which complements AIM’s recently published Preparing to Prosper. This guide offers a toolkit for running a successful away day so that museums can have the kind of discussions that can help them move forwards as an organisation.
AIM has also updated its Success Guide Successful Governance in Independent Museums to reflect recent developments in governance.
Other guides in this new series will be released soon covering auditing board processes and documentation and also how to review your governing document and legal structure. These will be available online at www.aim-museums.co.uk.