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Subject: ACRA/SRI Educational Needs Assessment Questionnaire

EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE American Cultural Resource
Association and SRI Foundation

The American Cultural Resource Association (ACRA) and the SRI Foundation
have established a partnership to provide continuing professional
education on the business aspects of cultural resource management (CRM).
ACRA is the national trade association for the cultural resources
industry; one of ACRA's missions is to promote and provide educational
and training opportunities for the industry. The SRI Foundation is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of historic
preservation through research, public outreach, training, and continuing
professional education.

This brief questionnaire is designed to determine what kinds of training
CRM professionals would like to have concerning the "Business of CRM"
and how they would prefer to have the training delivered.  In order for
us to provide accessible, informative, and cost effective educational
products, we need the input of those who will be using these materials.
Please take a few moments to complete this questionnaire and return it
to Lynne Sebastian at [log in to unmask] by September 30,
2004.  If you have any questions, please contact Terry Klein at
[log in to unmask] or (505) 892-5587.

Questionnaire

1.  How would you characterize your professional position?

CRM business owner - new business                       ______
CRM business owner - established business                   ______
Senior staff CRM business                                   ___X___
Junior staff CRM business                                   ______
Federal agency CRM staff                                    ______
State/local agency CRM staff                                  ______
Tribal employee                                             ______
Other (please specify) ___________________________

2.  The following is a list of "Business of CRM" training topics. Please
rank your interest in each of these topics from 1 to 5, with 5 being a
topic that you would be most interested in pursuing and 1 being a topic
in which you would not be interested.

Starting and Maintaining a CRM business                    __1___
(assessing the market, defining your services, business plans,
financing, insurance, accounting)
Marketing Your Business                                    __2___
(marketing, networking, expanding your services, teaming,
subcontracting, DBE certifications)
Personnel/human resource issues                                  __4___
        (hiring practices, employee handbooks, personnel policies,
salary determinations, benefits)
Contracting                                                    __3___
(RFPs, proposals, project scoping, contract negotiation and
implementation, federal procurements, budget preparation)
Project management                                         __5___
(planning, budget tracking, project scheduling, deliverable tracking,
project closure)

3.  Are there other Business of CRM topics that you would like to see
offered?  Please specify:

____No____________________________________________________________

4.  Which of the following would be most useful or convenient for you as
a means of receiving training on these topics? Please rank each of the
following from 1 to 5, with 5 being what you consider to be the most
useful or convenient way to receive training and 1 the least useful or
convenient.

One to two-day workshops                                        ___5___
Distance learning modules (via the Internet or CDs)             ___3___
A combination of distance learning modules
with follow-up workshops to provide more in depth treatment
___1___


5.  If you ranked "workshops" as "the most useful or convenient" in the
previous question, which of the following is the best venue for you to
attend such workshops?  Please rank each of the following from 1 to 5,
with 5 being your strongest preference and 1 being venues that would not
work well for you.

In conjunction with an ACRA annual meeting                  ___5_____
In conjunction with other national conferences/meetings     ___3_____
In conjunction with a regional conference/meeting
___4_____
At any major city within my region of the country
___2_____

If the location isn't important to you, please check here
________


6.  Is there another type of educational product or products that you
would like ACRA to consider developing?

____no___________________________________________________________

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