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The sneaky surprise of new arts buildings
That shiny new arts facility is full of promise and potential, but also unexpected and unrelenting expense.
May 27
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E. Andrew Taylor
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The one and the many of board service
How do nonprofit boards balance individual impulse with collective resolve?
May 20
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E. Andrew Taylor
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The relentless rise of pseudo-productivity
Visible activity and physical exhaustion are not useful measures of valuable work.
May 13
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E. Andrew Taylor
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The strategy screen
A strong strategy demands a clear job description
May 6
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E. Andrew Taylor
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April 2025
What is Arts Management?
The practice of aggregating and animating people, stuff, and money toward expressive ends.
Apr 29
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Outsourcing expertise
Sometimes, it's smart to hire outsiders. Sometimes, it's not.
Apr 22
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Minimum viable process
As a nonprofit arts organization, your business systems need to be as simple as possible…but not simpler.
Apr 15
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Do what you say you will do
Commitments are easier made than met. So do the math.
Apr 8
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Selling the unknowable
How do you "sell" an arts experience when its value cannot be known in advance?
Apr 1
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March 2025
Make things, tell people
The core of any creative practice is also the center of Arts Management practice.
Mar 25
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Mission calisthenics
It's time to strengthen your nonprofit's readiness as well as your resolve.
Mar 18
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Why boards get bored
How can the work of a nonprofit board be complex, consequential, and tedious all at the same time?
Mar 11
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