Course Fees: Advance / Regular*SAA Members: $189 / $249Employees of SAA Member Institutions: $219 / $279Nonmembers: $249 / $299
*Register for either Fundamentals of Project Management for Archivists, Towards Financial Sustainability in Archives, and/or Advanced Project Management for Archivists and save!
Any two courses:
SAA Member $279 / $339
Employees of Member Institutions $309 / $369
Nonmember $339 / $399
All three courses:
SAA Member $359 / $419
Employees of Member Institutions $389 / $449
Nonmember $419 / $479Course Description (1 day, .75 CEUs, 5 ARCs)
Sustainable organizations have a business model that allows the necessary time and resources to meet their mission. Archives and other cultural organizations must work to develop operating models to become sustainableeven when in the midst of an economic downturn.
This workshop will challenge you to think (perhaps for the first time!) about your organization as a business. We’ll introduce you to several tools, including graphical methods for evaluating institutional performance and economic impact analysis. These tools, along with guidance on how to ask difficult questions and how to approach tough decisions, will help you develop a strategic plan for your organization as you work toward financial sustainability.
Upon completion of this course you'll be able to:
- Describe the foundations of a sustainable organization;
- Demonstrate graphical methods for evaluating performance;
- Define basics of economic impact analysis;
- Discuss surveys, statistics, and questions that can help you think strategically; and
- Discover how the tools can be utilized to put together a financially sustainable model.
Who should attend? New and experienced archivists in managerial, developmental, or outreach roles.
Knowledge assumed for this course: The instructors assume that participants have basic knowledge of the business operations of archives.
Attendance is limited to 40.
