Governance
- Organizational Integrity Assessment Tool – Craig Beeby, U:SA Board, & Editorial Integrity Project
- To Whom Should a Station Report Within a University Structure?
- Is it Time for a Change in Your University Reporting Structure?
- Assessment Tool – The University Station Alliance Peer Review
- KUOW’s Operating Agreement (a.k.a. LMA) with Puget Sound Public Radio.
This agreement has been cited as a model of how a public station can structure an LMA. -Wayne Roth KUOW - Asset Purchase Agreement Checklist
- Constitution Friends Group Example
- Community Advisory Board Example
- Friends Board BYLAWS Example
- LMA Management Agreement Example
- Planning Non-Commercial License Transfer – Ernie Sanchez, The Sanchez Law Firm
Licensee Relations
- Cooperative Efforts vs Control Issues
- Why Should University Funding Be Used to Support Your Station?
- Is Your License Secretly for Sale?
- How a University and Public Media are Alike
- University Tenets of Public Radio Station Ownership & Operation
- Questions and Answers about Public Radio with University of West Florida President John C. Cavanaugh
- Improving Relationships with University Licensees, Dr. John Keiser, SMSU
- Justification for Funding Example
- Approach: Avoidance or Not – Linda Carr, U:SA
- Axioms to Live By – Linda Carr, U:SA
- Corporate Citizen: Campus Citizen – Linda Carr, U:SA
- Licensees: Friends or Foe – Linda Carr, U:SA
- Managing a Budget Cut – Pat Monteith
- Survey Overview – Station Interaction with Licensee’s Journalism School or Communications Department
- Licensee Budget Cuts & Overhead Increases
- Communication- Essential for Success
Cost of Doing Business
Cost of Doing Business in Public Radio was funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Contact U:SA Executive Director Virginia Dambach for assistance in calculating your station’s Quantitative Worth. The key documents:
- Project Overview
- Cost-Benefit Analysis Tool
- Quantitative Worth Analysis Tool
- Executive Summary of Quantitative Worth Analysis
- Executive Summary of the Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Quantitative Worth Research Report
- Cost of Doing Business Governance Report
- Cost-Benefit Analysis Report
Administration & Personnel
- Crisis Communications – Communicating with the Media
- The Troubling Employee in the Public Media Workplace
- Management Etiquette – Serious Offenses
- Managing Stress During Economic Challenges
- Who Do You Let Go When a Layoff is Necessary?
- Staff Employee Handbook
- Job Description Examples
- Job Description Examples 2
- Teamwork Agreements
- Emergency Preparedness Plan – William Marcus, Montana Public Radio
Strategic Planning & Values Statements:
- Assessment Tool – The U:SA Peer Review
- Mission Vision Core Values Template
- Strategic Plan Generic Template
- Mission Statement Generic Template
- Mission Statement – Lance Linares, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
- Mission Statement – Martin Neeb, KPLU
- Credo, Lance Linares, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
- Principles and Values Example
Fundraising & Development
- Fundraising Scripts for Licensee Administrator Examples
- Fundraising Scripts for University President, JoAnn Urofsky, WUSF-FM
- WSHU Development Policy Statement – George Lombardi, WSHU
- WSHU Fundraising Activities within the University– George Lombardi, WSHU
- Friends/Leadership Structure Survey Narrative
- Friends/Leadership Structure Survey Graph
- Separate 501 (c)(3) Friends Group Survey
- Planned Giving: Bequest Brochure Template – Greater Public
- NPR/U:SA Planned Giving Survey Results Overview
- NPR/U:SA Planned Giving Survey Station Comments
Marketing
- Newsletter: Current/Prospective Donors/Underwriters, Dave Edwards, WUWM-FM
- Annual Report – Martin Miller, WFCR
- eNewsletter Editorial Planning Worksheet – Greater Public