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Manual of strategic planning for cultural organizations : a guide for museums, performing arts, science centers, public gardens, heritage sites, libraries, archives and zoos / Gail Dexter Lord and Kate Markert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lord, Gail Dexter, 1946-
- Standardized Title:
- Manual of strategic planning for museums
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Museums--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Museums.
- Museums--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Strategic planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Strategic planning.
- Gardens--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Gardens.
- Zoos--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Zoos.
- Historic sites--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Historic sites.
- Libraries--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Libraries.
- Performing arts--Societies, etc--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Performing arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
- Summary:
- The Manual of Strategic Planning for Cultural Organizations adopts a revolutionary approach to the world of museums and cultural institutions. By encompassing a broad group of cultural organizations, this whole-career oriented book responds to the 21st-century reality that boundaries are being blurred among institutional types.
- Contents:
- Why conduct a strategic plan?
- Case study 1.1: The Guggenheim Bilbao strategic vision 2020
- Case study 1.2: Why do you need libraries anyway? : The County of Los Angeles Public Library strategic plan
- Case study 1.3: Soft power and the Gardiner Museum's strategic plan
- When to conduct a strategic plan
- Case study 2.1: It's time for strategic planning at the Whitney Museum of American Art
- Case study 2.2: A new strategic direction for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Who and what : the structure of strategic planning
- Case study 3.1: Tafelmusik's strategic plan for acoustical excellence
- Case study 3.2: Benefits of strategic planning in science centers
- How : methods of engagement
- Case study 4.1: Why strategic planning for cultural organizations needs to include the city
- Case study 4.2: How Art League Houston engaged communities
- From problems to strategies
- Case study 5.1: The role of strategic planning in formalizing and communicating the changing role of the Toronto Zoo
- Case study 5.2: A new governance strategy for the Tom Thomson Art Gallery
- From strategies to goals : the strategic planning retreat
- Case study 6.1: Creativity is center stage in strategic planning for Roundabout Theatre Company
- From goals to objectives and tasks
- Case study 7.1: Henry Ford Estate Fair Lane : a 21st century blueprint for an iconic historic home
- Implementing the plan
- Case study 8.1: A great garden of the world : our planning story
- Evaluating the strategic plan
- Case study 9.1: Measuring what matters in strategic planning
- Case study 9.2: Using metrics to further alignment at Hillwood
- Conclusion: What can go wrong and how to fix it
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9798765177624
- 1-5381-0132-7
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