[BCMA] Financial Management in Cultural Organizations- UPCOMING COURSE AT UVIC

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Financial Management in Cultural Organizations
Build your confidence in planning a business case for your work
November 1- 6, 2010 at the University of Victoria
Your creative work in museums and other heritage and arts organizations is reliant on strong financial and organizational foundations. This valuable and timely course builds the knowledge, skills, and confidence that you bring to business and financial planning, management, and performance assessment in your specialized area of cultural sector practice and strengthens your confidence in advocating for support and funding.
Instructor:  Pauline Thompson is a Chartered Accountant, with degrees in economics and history, and a cultural management consultant with extensive financial and administrative management experience. She has demonstrated strengths in strategic leadership, strong project management skills and proven expertise in system design and training, and revenue diversification. Ms. Thompson focuses on the challenges facing cultural organizations, institutions and communities with limited financial and human resources. Her recent work includes needs assessment, governance, operational reviews, cultural planning, policy development and mentoring for museums, theatre companies, historic sites, municipalities, government agencies, and professional associations. She sits on several boards and is currently president of the Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association on Vancouver Island.
Comments from past evaluations:  "I am better grounded in best practices and ethics"; "...this puts my work in context";"... a great strength of the course is Pauline - her experience and style - [she is] very knowledgeable, accessible, down to earth, and engaging!"

Registration Deadline: October 4, 2010, late registrations are accepted if space permits. You can take this course on a non-credit basis, or complete it for Diploma, unassigned, or transfer credit. If you aren't currently admitted to UVic for credit, we can advise you on the best approach, depending upon your interests and needs.

Fee: $669 CAD, including a $75 materials fee (credit and non-credit participation options). A CAD$175 registration deposit is required with your registration. The tuition balance of $494 is due on or before the first day of the course.
Please visit our website at http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=HA488Q  for further information and information on admissions and registration.


Robyn Fila
Program Coordinator | Cultural Management Programs
Division of Continuing Studies | University of Victoria

Tel: 250 721-6460
Fax: 250 721-8774
Email: rfila at uvic.ca<mailto:rfila at uvic.ca>

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