@artfulmanager

Arts Management faculty at American University, blogger, speaker, theory tinkerer, consultant. He/his.

 Washington, DC
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Joined January 2008
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“We need to navigate reality not live in a consultancy-induced fantasy.” ⁦@snowded⁩ thecynefin.co/purposeless/

Purposeless - The Cynefin Co

I've always lived in a house ruled by cats, independent creators of their own existence whose essence is so well summarised in my favourite of Kipling’s

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It's Inbox Zero Day! I’m so grateful to @Superhuman, which has helped me #HitZero 158 weeks in a row. Get 2 free months with this link: superhuman.com/refer/3csym4q…
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Such a great conversation between @saybarra and @xvarela on the @gestoraspodcast - candid and compassionate insights on #ArtsManagement gestoras.net/eng-stephanie-y… – at Gaithersburg, MD
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A quick video walkthrough of the “#ArtsManaged Field Guide” – a free, evolving, connected, online textbook for #ArtsManagement practice. youtu.be/49raRBHKLZ4 – at Washington, DC
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The new issue of *Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts* is now online! This special issue explores the expanded/expanding field of #Arts #Entrepreneurship. Read and share! artivate.org/index.php/artiv…
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“Churn, baby, churn,” this week’s #ArtsManaged Field note explores the challenging truth that up to 80 percent of first-time arts attendees never, ever return. notes.artsmanaged.org/p/chur…

Churn, baby, churn

Attracting new audiences to your arts organization is essential, but 80 percent of them may never return.

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“Climbing the ladder of control,” this week’s #ArtsManaged Field Note on clarifying and communicating when members of your team can act without asking and when they should ask before acting. #ArtsManagement notes.artsmanaged.org/p/clim…

Climbing the ladder of control

It takes clarity and communication for team members to know when to act without asking, and when to ask before acting. The "ladder of control" can frame those conversations.

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Congrats to the @gestoraspodcast team on their launch today! A bilingual podcast about and for Latina and Latine women-identifying arts managers. #ArtsManagement bit.ly/m/gestoraspodcast @gestora – at Gaithersburg, MD
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“Arts Management and the indecisive squirrel” - Uncertainty in decision-making can leave you skittering back and forth or dangerously frozen in place. Two questions can help unlock decisive action. #ArtsManagement #ArtsManaged open.substack.com/pub/artsma…
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Grateful to see the brilliant new play, “Exclusion” by Kenneth Lin, at @arenastage - funny, focused, sharp, beautifully performed. If you wonder how theater can invoke America’s history in the present tense, go see it. Running through June 25. arenastage.org/tickets/2022-…
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"Neutral questions and considered opinions," this week's #ArtsManaged Field Note on Liz Lerman's process for creative feedback, and how it can inform the business of art, as well. #ArtsManagement notes.artsmanaged.org/p/neut…

Neutral questions and considered opinions

Liz Lerman's Critical Response Process offers tools not only for arts inquiry but also for arts management.

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Such a useful inside view of the process and price of producing your own work. Thanks @jamesholod - I’m adding this to my Performing Arts Management class syllabus.
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“By the end of the 2010’s, the contemporary performing arts had developed an increasingly sophisticated system by which they could talk about who should be presented…without ever resolving the issue of how anyone could create work in the first place.” culturebot.org/2023/06/95593…
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The Artful Manager | 06/02/2023 - eepurl.com/isB6bI
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“Most of our existence is a combination of avoiding and sampling surprise.” artsjournal.com/artfulmanage…
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What are we planning when we plan in the arts? Two goals rule them all: AFFORDANCE (the environment and capacity to act) and PROPENSITY (the likelihood we’ll take action when the moment comes). #artsmanagement artsjournal.com/artfulmanage…
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"Some Disassembly Required," this week's #ArtsManaged Field Note on the mismatch of for-profit tools for a nonprofit journey. #ArtsManagement notes.artsmanaged.org/p/some…

Some disassembly required

The nonprofit arts organization was assembled from available parts. It's no surprise that some of them don't quite fit.

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Smart fundraisers don't get (overly) distracted by donor capacity. They emphasize the other two points of the triangle first. Connection, Concern, Capacity. #ArtsManaged #ArtsManagement notes.artsmanaged.org/p/the-…

The Fundraising Trinity

In growing and sustaining your donor list, the three essential indicators (in order) are Connection, Concern, Capacity.

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So intrigued by the Smart Connections plugin for @obsdmd - connecting OpenAI with the (almost) 2 million words in my notes vault. wfhbrian.com/introducing-obs…
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“Four Conversations with Uncertainty,” this week's #ArtsManaged Field Note, on how we each approach moments we don't understand, and why that matters. #performingarts #museums #artsmanagement notes.artsmanaged.org/p/four… – at Gaithersburg, MD

Four conversations with uncertainty

Each of us has a preferred way of knowing what to do when we don't know. Ichak Adizes' framework can help us recognize our conversational style when faced with uncertainty.

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