All the goals below reflect agreed on priorities for FAIC, and the order in which they are listed in the strategic plan does not indicate a greater or lesser level of importance.<\/p>\n
It is critical for the Foundation to increase unrestricted revenue in order to build capacity in support of its goals, to be positioned to embrace new opportunities, and to be sustainable into the future.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Encourage participation and giving from non-preservation professionals, allied fields, and the general public.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Register FAIC as a charity with appropriate states to enable wider fundraising.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0 Use the case for support and new messaging to strengthen communications and broaden the base of support.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Take advantage of new fundraising and communication technology, including donor management software.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Leverage efforts with a \u201c50 Forward\u201d campaign (for 50th anniversary of AIC and FAIC).<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Given aging AIC membership, create a strengthened pitch for bequests to build the Opportunity Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0With the assistance of contracted fundraising counsel, create a plan and implement an expanded sponsorship program.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Cultivate new board members who can help increase awareness and outreach to their networks and identify new funding opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue the board initiative to expand outreach and fundraising opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n The Foundation applies its expertise to strengthen the protection of our shared cultural heritage through programming, exchanges, and outreach activities that are critical in increasing the awareness of allied professionals and the public of the importance of the preservation of cultural heritage for future generations.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to raise awareness of and promote conservation and conservation professionals through programming, communications, and advocacy.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Utilize social media to continue to reach the public and introduce them to topics in conservation in addition to the achievements of AIC members.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Establish a \u201cFriends\u201d program for individuals outside of the conservation profession, providing those members with information about conservation, how and when to engage a conservator, and how to support the field (see Goal 5).<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Identify strategies to promote FAIC and AIC online resources internationally.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Advance the role of CoOL and the ConsDistList as a broad international education and outreach tool.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Research most-used information on CoOL through analytics and current student use.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Promote the AIC wiki, Connecting to Collections Care, STASH, and other AIC and FAIC online resources internationally.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Advance equity and inclusion in the conservation profession in collaboration with AIC.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Implement outreach recommendations of the Equity & Inclusion Working Group.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Assist in expanding K-12 activities in support of equity and inclusion goals through outreach and consideration of opportunities for funding.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Build awareness of the field and opportunities in the field.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Advocate for conservation professionals to assume leadership positions.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Develop partnerships with like-minded organizations to identify resources and create a broad plan of action, in concert with AIC.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Develop and implement a plan, in collaboration with AIC, to promote conservation and conservation professionals into leadership roles in cultural heritage institutions.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Be open to funding opportunities to expand outreach activities.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Maintain relationships with funders that might serve as flexible sources of support for special initiatives.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Build relationships with allied organizations to explore preservation initiatives resonating on a global scale.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Identify strategies to promote cultural emergency preparedness and response training and resources internationally.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to support the Latin American and Caribbean Program, if financially feasible.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Encourage and support international collaboration in research that can be shared with the profession, including hosting open data and other resources.<\/p>\n One of the core missions of FAIC is to develop, refine, and support continuing educational opportunities to serve and empower conservation professionals throughout their careers. The FAIC Strategic Plan for Professional Development, updated regularly, provides additional guidance for this effort.<\/p>\n High quality FAIC print and electronic resources are critical to effectively serve the conservation community, allied professionals, and the general public. FAIC will continue to improve its information resources through regular review and adherence to policies that provide consistency, assure quality, and maintain standards.<\/p>\n The Foundation provides opportunities for conservators to showcase their expertise by serving as educators, authors, and presenters in professional development venues and, more broadly, in collection care.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Strengthen current programs.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to assess all FAIC professional development programs to ensure relevance, focus, value, and need, building on past assessments.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Assess processes for administering professional development programs to seek opportunities for streamlining.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Seek opportunities to incorporate digital competencies into professional development and outreach programs. Promote digital competencies and resources.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Identify and provide (when possible) leadership training, and build resources, for career advancement and to strengthen our voice in arts and humanities communities. Create a plan for a leadership initiative in collaboration with AIC and determine the priority and available opportunities for fundraising in support of leadership initiatives.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Seek appropriate sponsorships and new funding streams for FAIC professional development programs.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Expand online programming.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Revise and migrate existing online courses to Higher Logic LMS.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create additional webinars and, as funding permits, online courses, such as moving emergency response team training to an online format.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Develop cost-effective online learning modules, as funding permits, such as the photo chemistry module.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Expand opportunities for professional development grants and scholarships.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Work with AIC Specialty Groups and committees to identify mutual priorities and create an efficient process to distribute scholarships, grants, and stipends that support these priorities through multiple funding sources.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to administer the Kress Conservation Fellowships for post-graduate training.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Assess funding opportunities to increase the number of scholarships to attend AIC annual meetings and other professional conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Transform Conservation OnLine (CoOL).<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to upgrade CoOL and the management of its resources, providing broader access and sustainability.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create a plan for the future of CoOL that includes both content and technology.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Assess what content might be migrated to Higher Logic and the Conservation Wiki.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Consider the priority of funding the information architecture project to reorganize CoOL.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to support and promote expanded content on the wiki and other content resources. Assist AIC in organizing the Higher Logic resource library to make resources accessible.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue outreach efforts to promote digital activities and information sharing.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Be a convener of like-minded organizations to encourage exchanges and education in the digital field.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Increase literature in the field.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create and disseminate resources, harvesting what is available, on the creation, use, and management of information technology in the conservation profession.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to manage the Kress Conservation Publications Grant program and support development of manuscripts and articles.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Support, as is feasible, the publication of print and online conservation literature, including AIC Specialty Group publications.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Identify topics for digital resource content.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Support research in the field and its dissemination.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create a plan to pursue and support research for the conservation profession while allowing flexibility in pursuing opportunities that are presented.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Consider developing additional activities to continue the Life Cycle Analysis.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Work with the Working Group on Materials for Collection Storage, Transport, and Display to identify strategic projects and potential funding sources.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue the Oral History Program.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Support transcriptions of interviews, creation of electronic versions of typed interviews, and annotations of these interviews.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create a working group of interested AIC members to develop a plan to promote and disseminate content from the oral histories.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Become an active member of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD).<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Advocate for cultural resources within the emergency management community, encouraging cultural resources to be included in emergency support functions and recovery support functions on the state and local levels.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create collaborations\/partnerships with other responding organizations and agencies.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create opportunities for AIC members to present in a variety of venues, such as in galleries and to art collector groups, to raise awareness of the field.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to support and promote regional Angels Projects.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Consider supporting AIC participation in the annual Science Festival, potentially re-creating a Girl Scout badge for outdoor sculpture, or other outreach activities.<\/span><\/p>\n The Foundation seeks to motivate collecting institutions through a variety of programs and resources designed to support and strengthen the core mission of collecting institutions.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Explore potential changes to the C2C Care Online Community to ensure it continues to meet the needs of collection care specialists seeking to become better stewards of global cultural heritage.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Provide additional and curate existing C2C Care electronic resources for the broad community responsible for the care of collections.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create a plan to enhance the resources available through the C2C Care program.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Assess the long-term goals for C2C Care as resources are made available and accessed by the broad community.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Explore ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program in cooperation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Seek opportunities to support previous CAP participants in implementing collections care activities.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to engage collecting institutions in emergency preparedness activities via the MayDay campaign.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Provide an updated list of suggested activities to encourage staff-wide preparedness (not only conservation and preservation professionals).<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Promote the Risk Evaluation and Planning Program with small to mid-sized collecting institutions to encourage risk assessment and planning.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Share tools via C2C Care and CAP as appropriate.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Publicize National Heritage Responders and the services provided.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Encourage institutions to include NHR hotline in their planning documents.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Make sure that collecting institutions know that they can reach out to NHR when needed.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Collaborate with AIC to populate Higher Logic\u2019s libraries with open access or sign-in-only access to trusted resources.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Pursue opportunities to promote and encourage use of existing online resources and research through Higher Logic, CoOL and its ConsDistList, the AIC Wiki, and STASH.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Promote the AIC Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Seek partnerships with other organizations to leverage efforts (such as the Americans for the Arts Public Art initiative).<\/p>\n The Foundation elevates the vital role of cultural heritage conservation, in part, through outreach activities that are critical in increasing the awareness of allied professionals and the public of the importance of the preservation of cultural heritage for future generations.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to raise awareness of and promote conservation and conservation professionals through programming, communications, and advocacy.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Highlight AIC, FAIC, and our program in publications in allied fields, creating greater awareness and potential opportunities for collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Continue to strengthen FAIC\u2019s social media presence by sharing stories about FAIC initiatives through engaging social media content.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Promote awareness of conservation resources available to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Brand the program, creating a distinctive and welcoming membership opportunity through engaging with the target audience and defining needs and wants.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Establish a communication plan and strategically identify and connect with potential Friends.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Using products created during the re-branding process, create messaging to appeal to Friends, including working with AIC members to capture their work in stories that can be utilized for other fundraising needs and platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Create member benefits, including branded goods and publications to raise awareness and better educate members about conservation and encourage further giving and advocacy on behalf of the field.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Maintain and expand member benefits of the Friends program, leading to renewal of Friends membership and growth of membership base.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Collaborate with AIC in creating a plan and be open to new funding possibilities for an expanded K-12 Program.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0Assist in promoting equity and inclusion as part of the K-12 Program.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All the goals below reflect agreed on priorities for FAIC, and the order in which they are listed in the strategic plan does not indicate a greater or lesser level of importance. 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Expand the Sponsorship Program<\/h4>\n
Continue to Cultivate and Recruit Board Members Able to Assist FAIC in Reaching Its Goals<\/h4>\n
\nGoal 2<\/h1>\n
Elevate the Conservation Profession<\/h2>\n
Strategies<\/h3>\n
Continue to Expand Outreach Activities<\/h4>\n
Explore Opportunities to Support Global Preservation Initiatives and Exchanges<\/h4>\n
\nGoal 3<\/h1>\n
Strengthen Professional Development, Research, and Publications<\/h2>\n
Strategies<\/h3>\n
Provide Professional Development Opportunities for Conservation Professionals<\/h4>\n
Increase Research and Online and Print Resources<\/h4>\n
Raise the Profile of Cultural Heritage in the Response and Recovery Phases of Disasters<\/h4>\n
Support and Promote Outreach Activities in which Conservators Participate<\/h4>\n
\nGoal 4<\/h1>\n
Motivate Collecting Institutions<\/h2>\n
Strategies<\/h3>\n
Advance the Connecting to Collection (C2C) Care Online Community<\/h4>\n
Provide Conservation and Environmental Assessments for Collecting Institutions<\/h4>\n
Provide Emergency Preparedness and Response Resources and Assistance to Collecting Institutions<\/h4>\n
Promote Conservation and Collection Care Best Practices to Collecting Institutions and Continue to be a Resource for Conservation Expertise<\/h4>\n
\nGoal 5<\/h1>\n
Engage the Public<\/h2>\n
Strategies<\/h3>\n
Continue to Expand Outreach Activities to the Public<\/h4>\n
Create and Nurture a \u201cFriends\u201d Program<\/h4>\n
Support Expansion of the K-12 Program<\/h3>\n