Robin Etherington

Experience

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  Guelph Museums

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1995

  Executive Director

  Managed professional staff, volunteers and students; annual finances, facilities and initiatives; policy development; grants application; strategy planning; public relations and marketing; community & partnerships development. OTHER POSITIONS / OPPORTUNITIES:Canadian Heritage Information NetworkCanadian Museum of CivilizationRoyal Ontario MuseumAnthropology Museum, UNAM, Mexico CityNational Institute of Anthropology, Mexico

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  Etherington Consulting

  Jan 1995 - now

  Principal

  Contract Senior Management Services for not-for-profit and cultural organizations and businesses: professional personnel, budget/finances, processes and procedures, communications and operations, as well as policies, grants, programs, training opportunities, strategic and business planning. Develop and implement fund development (fundraising and revenue generation) strategies. Cultural Resources Management and cultural strategic planning.Professional and technical writing for businesses and not-for-profit organizations. Contributor to 'Heritage Downtowns' : a planning consultancy specializing in the economic and social renewal of historic downtowns by providing strategies for rejuvenation and intensification : https://heritagedowntowns.com/ August 2024 to Present: Working with Wintranslation, a translation service in multi-languages, including First Nations (https://www.wintranslation.com/). I developed two cases with the Diefenbunker Museum & the Bytown Museum in Ottawa: https://www.wintranslation.com/bytown-museum-case-study/ and https://www.wintranslation.com/diefenbunker-canadas-cold-war-museum-case-study/ Show less

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  Nortel Networks

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2001

  Information Developer

  Designed and developed information products: documentation and courseware. Task and content analysis; and raised efficiencies at the corporate level

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  City of Kingston

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2008

  Manager, Culture and Heritage
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  RCMP Heritage Centre

  Mar 2009 - Nov 2011

  President & CEO

  Managed the operations, including community and stakeholder development, fund development, staff, programming, marketing and facility maintenance.

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  Bytown Museum | Musée Bytown

  Dec 2011 - May 2022

  Executive Director

  MUSÉE BYTOWN MUSEUM Managed an $800,000 cultural charity on a UNESCO World Heritage Site: operations, revenue streams, innovative positioning of the Museum in the International & National arena, policy development, strategigic planning, advocacy. marketing & resourceful grant writing & fundraising for $5 million. Proactive liaising & advocacy with governments, tourism agencies, universities & stakeholders. Extraordinary upgrading to an online collection management system, a virtual tour, website & social media activities & Zoom-lectures : https://bytownmuseum.com, & curated a unique exhibition with international & local partners. In 2020-2022, innovated and all exhibitions & programming are online for public access. Actively engaged in public speaking, lecturing & participated on Committees & Boards. Museum's Youth Council is featured in 'Nelson HISTORY 8,' 2016, Nelson Education: http://bytownmuseum.com/get-engaged/youth-council/. Participated in Museum's collaboration with Kitigan Zibi & Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation; resulting in labels translated in Algonquin & Indigenous Murals painted by 3 women artists from Kitigan Zibi (open to the public on May 12, 2023). Won Ontario Museum Association's 2023 Award of Excellence in Special Projects for its transformative work of Permanent Exhibition Renewal. Show less

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  Ontario Museum Association

  Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

  Interim Executive Director

  Executive Management of finances, HR, facilities, policies & procedures, programs, communications, including oversight of website renewal initiatves, partnerships & advocacy: 2023 Budget, 2022-2023 Audit, established direct pay servicies (Ceridian) & signing authorities, Board Reports, 2022-2023 Annual Report, e-newsletter messaging, including Interim Executive Director Messages, developed & moderated Fall Series of Workshops & Panel Discussions, AGM preparations