Preservation
- Cultural and Historic Resource Surveys
- Historical Markers and Designations
- National Register of Historic Places Designations
- State Antiquities Landmarks
- Historic Bridges
- Rosenwald Schools
- Compelling Stories Will Promote Your CHC’s Work
Outreach
- What to Consider When Providing Local Preservation Events
- Effective Event Photography
- Celebrate with Fun Family Events
- Social Media Part I
- Social Media Part II
- Websites Part I
- Websites Part II
- Youth Outreach: Active Engagement
- Youth Outreach: Resources for Youth Activities
- Youth Outreach: Pecos CHC Case Study
- Youth Outreach: Student Preferences
- Youth Outreach: Kerr CHC Case Study
- CHC Game Changers- Strategies: These excerpts demonstrate how CHCs layer efforts to leverage relationships and opportunities. These are proactive groups--they ask, invite, encourage, follow-up, and follow-through. These CHCs connect to larger efforts to broaden their audience and the impact of their work.
- CHC Game Changers- Education: These excerpts show CHCs that understand the importance of expanding appointee knowledge of local and state history, while providing opportunities to share that knowledge with the public. These CHCs seek out and include professionals in CHC activities to bring a level of sophistication and expertise to educational programming.
- CHC Game Changers- Influence: These excerpts highlight CHCs who change the way people view preservation by developing relationships that connect individuals and organizations to the benefits that come from preservation activity.
Organizational Topics
- Calculations Associated with CHC Service
- Spreadsheet Tracking CHC Volunteer Hours
- Recruitment and Retention of Appointees
- Cultivate Support in Tough Economic Times
- Doing More with Less
- Determining CHC Volunteer Hours
- Calculations Associated with CHC Service
- Planning for the Future
- Sample Application for Appointment
- The Role of a CHC Appointee
- The Role of a CHC Chair
- Fielding Archeology Questions from the Public
- Improving Annual Reports
- How THC Staff Use Annual Reporting Data
- Acknowledging Exceptional Service
- Post Oak CHC- Fictional CHC created by CHC Outreach staff to demonstrate practical dos and don’ts for CHCs. Featured links address event promotion, partnering, and marker narratives.
Partnerships
- Working with Elected Officials
- Planning CHC Regional Meetings
- Initiating Discussions that Educate and Influence
- CHCs Provide Opportunities to Educate and Influence
- How to Deal with Difficult People
- Pursuing Partnerships with Colleges and Universities
- Expanding CHC Partnerships
- Why Partnering with the THC is Important
- Advantages of Partnering with History-related Organizations
- Improving Partnerships with History-related Organizations
- Reflecting on Partnerships Questionnaire
- Considering New Partner Organizations Worksheet
- Diversifying Partnerships Worksheet
Workshops
- 2020 Real Places Session: “Let's Talk About CHCs.”
- Topics: Staging leadership succession, onboarding CHC appointees, improving meeting attendance, securing financial support, downsizing programs, evaluating internal communication, encouraging youth education, and managing aging volunteers.
- 2018 Real Places Session: "Good Partner, Bad Partner: Which Role do You Play?"
- Topics: Improving partnerships, recruitment and retention, organizational visibility, funding opportunities, diversifying appointee skill sets, community engagement, and educational opportunities.
- 2016 Story of Texas Workshop: “Know Thyself.”
- Topics: Demographics collection and use, organizational and community rebranding, partnerships that expand promotional strategies, focus groups, evaluations, and membership surveys, fundraising strategies to increase member and donor support.
