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Jackie Hobbins posted a reply on Re: Grocery Store packaging - What do you fill ...
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Said: So far, it's held up great! It's been out since December.
Janis Evora-Benton posted a reply on Re: Seeking Advice: Front Desk Training Timelin...
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Said: Hello,I am the Operations Manager at the Children's Museum of Discovery formerly known as San Diego Children's Discovery Museum. For initial training we do at least a week of our Support training which is when they are out...
Calla McCulley posted a new Topic
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Seeking Advice: Front Desk Training Timelines & Best Practices
Hi everyone,
We're currently revisiting our training and onboarding process for our visitor services team (especially at the front desk), and I’d love to learn how others approach this.
Specifically, I’m curious:
We're currently revisiting our training and onboarding process for our visitor services team (especially at the front desk), and I’d love to learn how others approach this.
Specifically, I’m curious:
- How long is your initial training period for front desk/visitor services staff?
- Do you have a structured development timeline or ongoing training after onboarding?
- What’s worked well for your team in terms of building confidence and con...
Brianna Borka posted a reply on Re: Creating Pre-K Summer Camps
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Said: That bit of knowledge alone is super helpful, about regulations. Bathrooms, they would definitely have to be self sufficient because we're a small museum with only 2 single unisex bathrooms for the building.
Mike Lee posted a reply on Re: Did you get direct tax credit for installin...
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Said: We did receive a nice tax credit last year for work we did in 2022/2023. We built a new facility and were able to claim everything that is required to go into making the system work (Ex: pretty much all HVAC related items). ...
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