Some believe that donor fatigue is an inevitable consequence of long-term involvement with an arts organization, or other not-for-profit venture, and that these organizations must be prepare…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:32AMIt is time to come out of the closet and admit my most private guilty pleasure: I love fundraising. While so many arts...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:20AMThree arts organizations in Dayton, Ohio, recently made history by merging together. The Dayton Ballet, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and Dayton Opera are now going to be one organization n…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:17AMWhen I left the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in December 2000, fundraising was still considered something rather distasteful by many in England. Fast forward 12 years.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:43AMPerhaps instead of making speeches about the value of the arts we simply need to get more fathers dancing.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:15AMThe departure of a successful executive can wreak havoc on the support base of an organization if it is not handled well (or if the new leader simply does not have the skill to pull it off).
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:40AMIf board members are not helping to raise money from their friends and associates, they are not performing one of the central responsibilities of board membership. But for many arts organiza…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:12AMWe hoped that giving our international students the opportunity to learn basic concepts, return home, get frustrated and return to us for another 'dose' three years in a row may help them ha…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:42AMFundraising is a new concept in Spain; like most European countries, the government has been, by far, the major underwriter of arts programming. But major fiscal challenges facing the nation…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:24AMIt is astonishing to me that this summer marks the 75th Anniversary of Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:29AMWith the gap between the haves and the have nots changing, with too few arts organizations building the size of their funding families, with the advent of new technologies that can help us b…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:21AMYes, the world is changing -- it has always been changing. Tastes change, needs change. We must adapt to new technologies, new art forms, new ways of communicating.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:30AMIf I hear one more pundit or read one more blog suggesting that 'old models' of arts organizations are dying and that 'new...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:22AMBarbara Cook is coming back to sing at the Kennedy Center. This is her first time back with us since she received the...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:52AMMany writers, myself included, have focused on the benefits that internet technology offer to arts institutions:...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:03AMEvery time you read about or visit the new Signature Theater, think of Edward Norton and one of his most powerful performances -- as a family member of staggering importance.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:16AMI know asking for money can be uncomfortable; I know looking for board members or planning an institutional marketing effort can be time-consuming and challenging. But unless one acts on a b…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:13AMSpending two days with these students in classes and lecture was exciting and enlightening. They know far more about arts management than I could have dreamed of at that age.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:36AMIt was exciting to read that Gregory Doran will become the new Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Greg is a...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:20AMIt has struck me recently that people who ascend to high government positions -- as mayors, governors or even presidents -- could do worse than to learn from arts leaders and other not-for-p…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:40AMThe Metropolitan Opera recently announced a new ticket pricing policy for the coming year that, among many other things,...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:01AMIt is difficult to read much about the arts these days without running into a discussion about engaging audiences...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:18AMToday is the birthday of one of my personal heroes - Harvey Lichtenstein. Harvey, of course, was best known as...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:12AMThere are so many sad stories these days about arts organizations that are closing or cutting back, artists who...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:11AMI recently went to a performance of Mozart's Così fan tutte that was inspiring for several reasons. The most obvious was...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:02AMYet another American symphony orchestra has suspended operations. The Napa Valley Symphony recently announced that it...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:11AMOne challenge that is universally experienced is the shrinking pool of public funding for arts education. No one who works in arts education can ignore this reality.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:20AMI am often asked whether for-profit executives can make good not-for-profit executives and my response is always...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:04AMWhile most arts managers and board members don't turn to financial forecasts when they are looking for a lift, I...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:00AMI had the great pleasure of visiting the Museum of Chinese in America in Chinatown in New York City. There is much to...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:44AMWhile not every child today has the opportunity to dance, act, sing or play an instrument, there will always be a group of extraordinary people who have a need to express themselves and the …
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