There are a few spaces left in this amazing
course - don’t forget to get your registrations in!
Caroline
Want to gain leadership capacity for both
your institution and career in the cultural sector? The Cultural Resource
Management Program at the University of Victoria is pleased to offer the
following 5-day on-campus leadership course for professionals and volunteers
working in museums, heritage sites, cultural centres and galleries and
supporting arts or cultural groups.
Leadership is a key
ingredient to personal and institutional success, yet cultivating strong and
visionary leadership remains one of the greatest challenges facing the cultural
sector. What are the qualities and attributes of successful leaders and
successful institutions? How do you assess leadership in an institution and
define leadership at the individual level?
Taught by Gail Anderson, this
five-day session has two parallel themes running through your conversations and
coursework – personal leadership and institutional leadership. Discussions
focus on contemporary challenges and issues impacting leadership in the
cultural sector and explore strategies to cultivate institutional leadership
and enhance personal leadership. You will have the opportunity to explore these
issues for your own institution and for yourself. Participation in this course
enables you to
Please
note: Participants should have prior professional or volunteer
experience in a nonprofit organization as you will be referring to and reflecting
on this experience throughout the duration of the course.
Dates: April 26 – 30, 2010 (with a
preparatory assignment)
Please register by: March 29 (late registrations accepted
if space permits)
To register in this course
please visit https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=HA488T
Fee: CDN$652, including a CDN$70 materials
fee (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options) A CDN$170 registration
deposit is required with each registration form.
Gail Anderson, president of
Gail Anderson & Associates (GA&A), helps position museums for greater
relevancy and success in today's complex world. Working closely with museum
trustees, directors, and staff, Gail facilitates strategic planning,
organizational assessment and development, board development, and individual
coaching.
With almost 30 years of
experience in the museum field, Gail brings an extensive knowledge and
understanding of museums, current issues, creative solutions, and diverse
strategies for institutional success. Before beginning her own consulting
business, she was deputy director of the Mexican Museum (San Francisco), vice
president of Museum Management Consultants, chair of the graduate Department of
Museum Studies at JFK University, assistant director of the Southwest Museum,
and museum educator at the Museum of Northern Arizona.
Anderson has been active
professionally throughout her career as a current member of The Museum Group, a
past board member of the American Association of Museums, a member of the
committee that produced Excellence & Equity, and past president of the
Western Museums Association Board of Directors. In 1997, she received the
Director's Chair award for distinguished service and leadership from the
Western Museums Association. She is the author and editor of Museum Mission
Statements: Building A Distinct Identity (American Association of Museums) and
editor of Reinventing the Museum: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on
the Paradigm Shift (AltaMira Press, 2004). Gail continues her commitment to
advancing the field through frequent speaking engagements, writing, and
teaching.
What past participants
have said about the instructor and the course:
·
“Best
course I have ever taken. I learned so much, it will take months for me to
process it all.”
·
“I’ve
had a personal paradigm shift, which will both empower me and help me to focus
on my future goals.”
·
“I
can’t even begin to tell you how much this course has helped me. It has
clarified my thinking about so many things. I will be looking at issues at work
and my personal life in a different way from now on.”
·
“This
course has had direct relevance both for myself personally and for the
institution I work for. It has given me strategies for assessment, recognition
and achievement of goals, it has been extremely valuable.”
·
“Gail’s
knowledge and experience were inspiring.”
·
“The
course content was comprehensive and well planned. Pacing was great. Gail is a
fantastic instructor. She helped establish a trusting open environment where we
can all flourish.”
DRAFT
Day-by-Day Topics:
Day
1: Leadership challenges in the cultural sector
Day
2: Leadership issues for individuals
Day
3: Leadership issues at the institutional level
Day
4: Change/Institutional Change
Day
5: Reflections and implementation
Caroline J. Posynick
Program
Coordinator
Cultural
Management Programs
Division
of Continuing Studies
University
of Victoria
PO
Box 3030 STN CSC
Victoria,
BC V8W 3N6
ph:
(250) 721-6119
fax:
(250) 721-8774
Cultural
Resource Management Program
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