The University of Victoria Cultural Resource Management Program is pleased to present "Museums at the Crossroads" with Stephen Weil June 7-12 in Victoria, BC, Canada. This unique learning opportunity will: * Enhance your understanding of the evolution of the not-for-profit sector over the past four decades and the implications of this evolution for museums; * Develop your planning, leadership, managerial, critical thinking and visioning skills; * Allow you to develop and apply tools for refining and redefining institutional goals, structures and future directions. Topics will include: Getting to the Crossroads: The Museum as a Not-for-Profit Organization * Map of organizational landscape; role of not-for-profits * Evolution of not-for-profit from establishment to enterprise * Museums at the crossroads: current challenges and opportunities Choosing our Direction: Defining and Assessing Institutional Outcomes * Establishing institutional purpose: patrons, participants, publics * Inventory of museum outcomes; means to measure or ascertain museum success * Professionalism: Accreditation and Certification * Strategic Collaborations Exercise and Discussion How Do We Get There? Potentials and Pitfalls * Tensions between mission and market * Behind the Scenes at Emily Carr House * Panel Discussion: "Exhibition Planning: From Regional to Royal" Charting the Course: Ethical Expectations/ Marketing Expectations * Panel Discussion: "Marketing from Inside Out" Sharing the Driver's Seat: The Evolving Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations * Trusteeship: history, traditional duties, emerging duties * The Director's role in achieving Board success Past participants in Museums at the Crossroads comment on their experience: "One of the best museum programs I've ever attended, and such a fine group to be with! Stephen is terrific in the manner he organized and presented this week. I am truly pleased to have been a participant." "...deep knowledge, experience, and energy of the instructor. [The course] has really honed and enhanced my skills." "Well organized, stimulating topics, excellent exercise and team building, tremendous enhancement to professional knowledge and skills." This six-day intensive workshop will bring together a maximum of 16 students, and spaces are still available. Registration is $589 (Canadian funds, credit or non-credit), and B&B style accommodation is available at the University of Victoria campus for $38 per night. To register or for more information, contact Kelly Wilhelm, Program Coordinator as soon as possible, at [log in to unmask] or phone (250) 721-6119. Kelly Wilhelm, Program Coordinator Cultural Resource Management Program Division of Continuing Studies University of Victoria P.O. Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria, BC Canada V8W 3N6 Phone: (250) 721-6119 Fax: (250) 721-8774 Email: [log in to unmask] Visit our Web Site! http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).