In an effort to gather information for a long range plan, the Nebraska Arts Council along with Arts Development designed a Dialogue process that would access the arts need of the state. This process consisted of the following major elements:

1. an arts constituency questionnaire aimed at isolating areas of concern for the state's arts community;
2. a television program designed to communicate information on the Arts Council, and questions about its future directions;
3. town meetings held throughout the state for citizens to view the television program and discuss the questions it raised;
4. a citizen questionnaire distributed throughout the state to gather the opinions of an even larger number of citizens;
5. regional meetings around the state as an additional public form for discussion; and
6. a State wide Conference to Synthesize information and opinion into priorities and possible programs. (p. 1-2)

CONTENTS
Section I: Introduction and overview.

Section II: Designing a planning process.

Chapter 1. A Plan to Plan.
Chapter 2. Defining Primary Issues.
Chapter 3. Presenting the Issues to the Public: The Test of a Concept.

Section III: The Dialogue on the Arts.

Chapter 1. Inviting Citizen Participation.
Chapter 2. The Dialogue on the Arts Television Special.
Chapter 3. Organizing the Town Meetings.
Chapter 4. The Citizen Questionnaire.
Chapter 5. The Regional Meetings.
Chapter 6. The Dialogue of the One Hundred.
Chapter 7. A Ten-Year Timeline.

Section IV: Issues and Questions for the Future.

Chapter 1. On Matters of Policy and Philosophy.
Chapter 2. One Last Question.

Appendix.

In an effort to gather information for a long range plan, the Arts Council along with Arts Development designed a Dialogue process that would access the arts need of the state.