Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria

There are still a couple of spaces available for this short immersion
session focusing on strategic planning for the heritage and cultural
community.

"HERITAGE PLANNING:  STRATEGIC APPROACHES TO CULTURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT", October 21-25, 1996 with Alistair Kerr
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Planning that recognizes and integrates community needs and values is
your key to successful preservation programs if you work in urban
heritage conservation, community heritage, First Nations heritage,
and heritage sites.  This intensive course emphasizes the principles
of strategic planning as a framework for:
- reviewing and analyzing your resources, context, and issues
- developing a vision and writing a mission statement
- setting realistic goals and objectives
- reviewing and selecting implementation options
- defining budget
- information and personnel requirements
- undertaking a public participation program
- issues in leadership, working with volunteers, time management and
dispute resolution
- elements of a heritage management plan

You undertake a pre-course assignment based on a project or program
from your workplace or community. This material is addressed and
integrated throughout the course. As a course outcome, you develop an
outline of a strategic plan for your project or program.

Instructor: Alastair Kerr is a specialist in heritage planning with
the British Columbia Heritage Branch
Dates: October 21 - 25, plus pre-course activities
Fee: $589 Canadian (credit or non-credit)
Accommodation: on-campus bed & breakfast available at $61
Canadian/night. Program staff are pleased to provide information on
off-campus alternatives

For more information on this course and others offered this fall,
please contact:
Joy Davis, Program Director
Cultural Resource Management, Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria
PO Box 3030
Victoria, BC V8W 3N6
Telephone (604) 721-8462
Fax: (604) 721-8774
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/


LEARNING OBJECTIVES
You should understand the following concepts and be able to apply
them in a work situation:

- the principles of planning and the planning cycle
- the difference between the task elements and relationship elements
within the process of planning and how to manage them
- the principles and role of dispute resolution in planning
- how to undertake a comprehensive review and analysis as a start to
planning
- how to define a vision and write a mission statement
- how to determine and set realistic goals and tasks based on the
review and analysis
- how to develop an achievable work plan


OUTLINE SUMMARY
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October 14 - 18
Prepare description and analysis of a heritage project in your
community

MONDAY, October 21
* Welcome, Course Introduction and Participant Introductions
* The Elements of Heritage Planning
* Planning: A Problem-Solving Exercise

TUESDAY, October 22
* Participants Presentations of Pre-Course Assignments and Selection
of Projects and Teams
* The Planning Cycle
* Role Play: Community and Group Dynamics - Planning is also about
Managing People
* The principles of dispute resolution in managing the planning
process

WEDNESDAY, October 23
* Reviewing and Analyzing of the Current Situation - Answering the
Question: Where Are We Now?
* Defining a Vision and Writing a Mission Statement - Answering the
Question: Where Do We Want to Get To?
* Developing Criteria and Determining Priorities
* Group Project Work

THURSDAY, October 24
* Setting Goals Based on Priorities: Answering the Question: How Do
We Get There?
* Reviewing Implementation Options
* Determining Realistic Tasks, Human Resources, Timelines, Budgets
and Information Needs
* Group Project Work

FRIDAY, October 25
* Putting It All Together: Student Presentations
* Where Do We Go Next? - Implementing and Evaluating Your Heritage
Plan