Get your copy of our Humanities to Go catalog and bring a program to your community Humanities to Go is the Humanities Council's speakers bureau offering 180 humanities programs available to non-profit and ad hoc community organizations throughout New Hampshire. Offerings include living history programs on Susan B. Anthony, Julius Caesar, Homer’s Odysseus, and New Hampshire’s own Hutchinson Family Singers. You'll also find programs on the history of Polish knights, the artistic and cultural significance of Russian matryoshka dolls, Native American bead work, and the story of brewing in the Granite State. UPDATE! We've added new presenters and programs to Humanities to Go along with new programs by current presenters. Some programs listed in the print catalog are no longer available and we have updated contact information for some of our presenters. You can find all this information in our HTG Supplement, available here as a downloadable PDF. If you have a copy of the print catalog, please print the supplement and keep it with your catalog. The on-line catalog has also been updated with this information. If you'd like a print copy of the catalog, contact our office at 224-4071. See our on-line events calendar to find a Humanities to Go program near you. Or book your own! Find directions here.

Directions for applying to bring a Humanities to Go program to your community

The Application

Apply for a Humanities to Go program with this simple, one-page application form. Download the HTG Application Checklist to help guide you through the application process. Each HTG program host is limited to three programs per year; however, those who partner with a completely separate organization may enjoy the benefits of six programs per year, when each partner serves as host for three programs. (The partner organization must be a separate administrative entity; you should not duplicate one another’s constituent base.)

The Humanities Council encourages collaboration! You can build your audience, increase your program power, and share your costs with any partner organization you think might like to help host your selected programs.

The cost share formula for non-profits is $35 for the first program; $50 for the second; and $75 for the third.

 Deadlines

Submit your application at least ten weeks before your planned event.

Booking a Speaker; Conducting a Program:

Step One:
Select a program and contact a partner in your town if you wish to collaborate (we recommend schools, parent/teacher organizations, chambers of commerce, town offices, museums, libraries, historical societies, and other civic organizations).

Contact the speaker well in advance. Remember you need to schedule 10 weeks between submission of the application and the event. Set a date, time, and location for the program with the speaker you’ve chosen. Provide the speaker with details about your audience, your location, program protocol, evaluation procedures, any other details that will give your speaker a good idea what to expect. Confirm with your speaker what technology he/she will require. Be sure to ask for the speaker's round trip mileage to and from your venue. The Humanities Council will pay up to $50 in mileage at .50 cents per mile. Your organization is responsible for paying any mileage above that amount.

PLEASE NOTE: You must contact and schedule a date and time with your chosen presenter FIRST before submitting your application. The Humanities Council does not book the speaker for you.

Step Two:
Mail your application to us with a check for the correct cost share amount. Please clearly indicate the place where the program will be held, including the address, so we can publicize your program in our print and on-line Calendars. When you receive a response from us, confirm the program with your host partner and speaker.

Step Three:
Begin promoting your program (with your host partner if applicable). In any publicity, please give the Humanities Council equal credit for sponsorship. Use the Humanities Council logo on all print materials and post the logo on your website with a link to the Council's site. Download a black and white or color version of our logo with these links. Check with your local newspapers and radio stations for deadlines. Refreshments are always a good audience draw. Prepare your volunteers in advance. If you change any of the logistics for your program including time, place, or date or if you anticipate a weather-related cancellation YOU MUST contact the Humanities Council as soon as possible at 224-4071 so we can note the changes in our print and on-line materials.

Step Four:
Program hosts will receive a check from us two weeks in advance of the program which you must use to pay your presenter(s) their stipends plus mileage at the time of the program. IMPORTANT: The program host pays the presenter directly on the day of the program with the funds previously received from the Humanities Council. You must have a check for both the $200 stipend (or possibly a higher amount if it is a living history program) and total mileage ready to present to the speaker at your program. The Humanities Council does not pay the speaker directly.

• The NHHC pays up to $50 in total mileage costs at .50 per mile, your organization pays mileage costs above this $50;
• Living history performers may charge an additional fee of up to $125, which the program hosts cover. Chautauqua scholars are strongly urged to be flexible in their fees, especially for organizations with small budgets;
• Programs that include multiple presenters (two or more) are limited to six presentations per calendar year – please check with the NHHC before booking these programs to check on their status;
  
1. If you must reschedule the program because of speaker sickness, inclement weather, or other unforeseen crisis, please inform the Humanities Council, your community, and any media outlets as far in advance as possible.
   
2. Evaluation is essential for sustaining quality programming. We ask for three different types with your final report to us; one from the speaker, one from the program organizer, and one from your audience. When you introduce the speaker, please also announce that you will collect evaluations at the end of the program. Give an evaluation form to your speaker when you pay him or her. The form should be returned to you for inclusion in your final report. Evaluation forms are included in the back of the catalog. You may feel free to make copies for your program(s) or download the forms with the link below.

Download Humanities to Go application and evaluation forms in our Forms Library.