Would you share a copy with us, too? We are currently working on writing Museum's 5 year strategic plan.
Nahoko Green Collection Automation Manager (312) 799-2067 direct, (312) 799-2367 fax green at chicagohistory.org Chicago History Museum 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60614-6038 www.chicagohistory.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nancy Proctor Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:07 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Strategic Plans in mcn-l Digest, Vol 38, Issue 20 I'd like to second Narda's request: if Ari or anyone else is willing to share a copy of their strategic plan, I'd love to learn from your experience! Nancy Nancy Proctor Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012 USA o: +1-202-633-8439 f: +1-202-633-8455 c: +1-301-642-6257 proctorn at si.edu http://www.americanart.si.edu http://eyelevel.si.edu/ On 11/22/08 3:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" <mcn-l-request at mcn.edu> wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Strategic Technology Plans (Narda McKeen-LaClair) > 2. Re: Strategic Technology Plans (Ari Davidow) > 3. ?Info needed for photographer Mildred Mead (Gose, Denise) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:12:12 -0500 > From: "Narda McKeen-LaClair" <nmckeen-laclair at shelburnemuseum.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] Strategic Technology Plans > To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <831C2E61E09EF642868B6750DA987285B45E42 at sm-srv1.shelburne.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello all, > > Our organization is just starting the discussion about developing a > technology plan. It is obvious from the first conversation that there > are varying visions for what this plan will include and how long it will > take us to craft it. Would anyone be willing to share their wisdom and > experiences in developing this document? Specifically I am interested > in knowing who was involved and how long did it take? What was the > scope of your plan? If anyone is willing to share a copy of their plan > I would be thrilled. My email is listed below. > > Thank you in advance, > Narda > > Narda McKeen LaClair > Technology Administrator > Shelburne Museum > PO Box 10 > Shelburne, VT, 05482 > (802)985-3346 x3196 > nmckeen-laclair at shelburnemuseum.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:44:16 -0500 > From: "Ari Davidow" <aridavidow at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Strategic Technology Plans > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <747cfaf50811211344l78e70e48q4a495744785c0d58 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It took us a couple of months to draft the first plan. Now we spend a > couple of weeks a year updating it. The technology plan built on an > existing Strategic Plan for the organization. There is a > reasonably-long (~15-20 pages) exposition of what we're trying to do, > then appendices mapping to our strategic plan, very simple budget, > etc. Note that we are a very small organization and that we didn't > have to cover standard IT stuff--just mission-related IT > (preservation, web, databases, etc.). The primary participants were me > (Dir. Online Strategy), and senior management, with me doing the > writing, others turning it into non-technical wording, and our COO > helping with the budget. > > The goal is specifically to figure what we want to be able to spend, > what our contingencies are (if too few funds), what we'll use to > measure whether we are reaching our goals, etc. We use this doc to > show to potential funders when we want them to understand where their > money is needed. > > For all that, I don't know that any funders have ever seen the whole > document. Usually I roll a 1-2 page summary for specific purposes. > In-house, however, this is the document that helps us hold the "what > did we accomplish last year? Is that what we meant to accomplish? Is > it what we should have accomplished? How does this change where we > expect to see ourselves next year, two years from now, in 5 years?" > conversations that are vital (and help us also hold conversations > like, "what happens if this building burns down. how do we recover our > digital assets." > > Hope this helps, > > ari > > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 38, Issue 20 > ************************************* _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
