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        QUALITY MANAGEMENT - QUALITY COLLECTIONS CARE

A Management Training Workshop
12th Annual Meeting of SPNHC
July 12th and 13th, 1997
Madison, Wisconsin

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections is sponsoring a
management workshop for collections care staff, directors and administrators.
This two-day workshop is designed to improve the ability of workshop
participants to successfully implement collections care improvements at their
institutions.  It is geared to the needs of staff working with natural
history collections in museums or universities.

The workshop will cover the basics of project management, as well as exploring
how to persuade key players to buy into a course of action, and how to
effectively communicate goals and needs to other staff.  Participants will meet
in a combination of group lectures and discussions and smaller break-out
sessions.  The format will include group exercises as well as a take-home
assignment that will challenge participants to identify a project in their
institutions that they can plan and implement using the methods they have
learned in the workshop.

Collections Care Staff -
How will this benefit you?  The workshop will:

- Improve your ability to implement collections care improvements at your
        institution
- manage projects that require the cooperation of people who may be
        resistant to change, or have goals that conflict with yours.
- manage projects that include participants above you or parallel to you
        in the chain of command

Directors and administrators -
Attending will help you:

- be an effective advocate for sound collections management decisions
- integrate collections care concerns into museum planning
- implement decisions with a maximum of staff cooperation
- help you to understand the motivations and interests of collections care
        staff
- enable you to use their strengths more effectively

Workshop curriculum planning and presentation will be developed  by Mary Case
and Will Phillips of the management consulting firm Qm2 (Quality Management -
Quality Museums) in consultation with the Education and Training Committee of
SPNHC.  Qm2 has extensive experience working with non-profits in general and
museums in particular.

Registration fee is $175 for the two day session, which includes refreshments
but not lunch.
To register and reserve your place in the workshop, send a check for $175 made
out to SPNHC Workshop to: Julia Golden, SPNHC Treasurer, University of Iowa,
Department of Geology, Iowa City, Iowa  52242-1379.

 The SPNHC Education and Training Committee is soliciting corporate sponsorship
in order to be able to provide a limited number of scholarships. Contact Beth
Merritt at 513.345-8508 (e-mail [log in to unmask]) for further
information.

This project was supported in part by an award from the Institute of Museum and
Library Services, a Federal agency that strengthens museums to benefit the
public.