ArtPlace America also defines ‘community’ as inherently place-based in their 4 principles of successful creative…
The next time you fail, you will know that you are never alone. You’re among creative…
This post was originally part of a weeklong exploration of career paths on our ArtsJournal…
This post was originally part of a weeklong exploration of career paths on our ArtsJournal…
This post was originally part of a weeklong exploration of career paths on our ArtsJournal…
Trying to determine what your strengths and weakness are as you assess the next step or new step in your career? When making a change to this degree, we can often take for granted our most powerful skills.
This post was originally part of a weeklong exploration of career paths on our ArtsJournal…
An easy to implement matrix that can help you determine where your personal objectives are best met when it comes to making career decisions
Photo by Martin Fisch via Flickr This week, we are sharing some of the inspiring…
The brains behind IDEO offer three quick creativity challenges to help you in getting unstuck.
This week, a guest column by Robert Reich entitled “What ‘charity’ should really mean” appeared on the Christian…
Steve Blank wrote an interesting article in the May Harvard Business Review on “Why…
Barring residence under a rock or an other-worldly state of bliss, it is unlikely that…
A recent study found that we only find what we are trained to look for. What does this mean for arts and culture leaders?
National Arts Strategies is an apolitical organization, so this review about an unashamedly liberal and…
“Deal Making 2.0: A Guide to Complex Negotiations” David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius…
Professor Robert S. Kaplan (Harvard Business School) has written a book on leadership, management and…
Twenty-one articles on leadership that the Getty Leadership Institute and NAS have identified specifically for busy arts and cultural professionals.
Sutton and Hargadon examine how and why an organization, in this case, IDEO, uses brainstorming sessions. They’ve modified the criteria in Hackman’s effectiveness model to include three factors to consider when using brainstorming as a significant process in your organization.
There has been a great deal of conversation, debate (and informational video) around logic models…
As in other nonprofit sectors, most energy and resource in our sector is focused on…
We’ve been having some interesting discussions with cultural leaders about the relevance of cultural organizations…
With that helpful and perhaps needed disclaimer out of the way, writer/designer/consultant Helen Waters pens…
The minimalist ratings of nonprofit organizations, using overhead and fundraising ratios, are deeply flawed. Are…
A startup company, Tugg, has an interesting take on allowing the community to “pull-through” programming…
How would the world be different if we could get all of our donors to…
Do nonprofit cultural organizations have a particular responsibility to reach into and represent all parts of the community? Does the benefit of nonprofit status require us to take more risks than commercial theatre?
Diane Ragsdale shares an excerpt from her keynote address on the topic, “Is Opera a Sustainable Art Form?” from the Opera Europa conference in February.
This brief article from Scott Anthony, of Innosight and the author of The Little Black Book Of Innovation: How It Works, How to Do It, looks at consumer needs and innovation opportunities.
Everyone is looking for ways to be more creative and make organizations more innovative. In…
“The human factor in service design” discusses the importance of understanding what truly motivates your…
We’ve all heard about the TED videos, but there’s also a section of the TED…
In “Building a New American Theater of the Commons,” Polly Carl and Vijay Matthew of…
A review of Michael Raynor’s book The Innovator’s Manifesto
The book is intended to be a guidebook for leading nonprofit organizations rather than a handbook of nonprofit leadership or management.
The gents at Freakonomics point to a fascinating study – and paradox: The irony is…
At the risk of piling on the beatification bandwagon, an interesting post from the good…
In tough economic times, more and more nonprofits consider mergers. This can be a good move for organizations sliding into the red, such as Virginia Ballet Theatre mentioned in the article.
Baseball fans have taken to throwing back home runs hit by the opposing team, a practice this author decries as “the worst tradition in baseball.” This article on the trend made me think about one of the challenges we face every day in arts and culture.
The dual functions of guiding artistic or educational activities and an organization’s administration fosters structural complexity, competing sets of goals, multiple stakeholder claims and values in some tension with one another.
Making change in communities requires civic capacity. Power is wielded not only by elected politicians,…
Sustainable performing arts organizations understand their audiences. Sustainable museums understand their visitors. Audiences and visitors…
In this journal article, authors Elkenberry and Drapal Kluver examine the threat that “marketization” poses to democracy and citizenship.
In order to discuss strategy intelligently in the nonprofit sector, we must first understand what…
A short read—an essay really—this piece adapts the principles of Good to Great to the nonprofit sector.
Airport bookstores are filled with the latest answers from management gurus. None have enjoyed anything…
Jeanne Liedtka has been a hugely successful faculty member of the Getty Leadership Institute’s flagship…
The environment shared by for-profits and nonprofits has remarkable similarities: a global economy afflicted with…
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