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Thomas Sullivan posted a reply on Re: Unlimited PTO
Monday, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Said: Hi Teresa,My name is Thomas Sullivan, and I am the Executive Director of the Westchester Children's Museum in Rye, NY. We have recently adopted an Unlimited PTO policy as a benefit to both attract/keep talent and as a way to honor t...
Megan Dietz posted a reply on Re: First Aid - What are we doing?!
Monday, Jan 22, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Said: We offer, but do not require CPR and First Aid training for part time staff, our local Assistant Fire Chief offers the training for minimal cost. We have first aid kits in the adminstrative office, at our front desk, and out on ou...
Julie Mendes posted a reply on Re: Looking to Improve our Booking Systems for ...
Monday, Jan 22, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Said: We use Doubleknot for all of our Field Trip, Birthday Party, and event bookings. The Doubleknot staff will work with you to learn the system and their support staff is quick at responding when we encounter any issue. We are able to do a...
Adrienne Wiseman posted a new Topic
Sunday, Jan 21, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Looking to Improve our Booking Systems for Groups, any advice?
I work for a museum with several K12 group experience options between our museum galleries, labs, and shows. Our K12 booking process has outgrown our (originally) simple systems with google form requests and a calendar. We've added staff, but It's taking far longer to book, confirm, prepare for, and bill our groups. And our reporting is a mess. We're currently thinking about hiring a consultant to help us breakdown our process to find solutions (software? organization of staff?). I'm won...
Stephen Hermes posted a reply on Re: Unlimited PTO
Saturday, Jan 20, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Said: Teresa,I am on the board and the Treasurer of the San Diego Children's Discovery Museum. I have worked with many small to mid-sized nonprofits and have only one experience with an unlimited PTO policy. The only employee ...
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