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The curious clustering of human groups
We gather together in particular and consistent numbers. How might that inform arts management practice?
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Announcing ArtsManaged Compass
An AI-fueled arts management thinking partner built on three decades of teaching, research, and practice in the nonprofit arts
 • E. Andrew Taylor
The beautiful budget
Don't be fooled by its buttoned-up appearance. A budget is a complex work of human expression worthy of complex human attention.
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Nonprofit arts adaptation
The modern arts nonprofit evolved in an ecology of growth. It's time to evolve again.
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Two jobs of a governing board
Nonprofit governance can be strange and sprawling, making clarity a core requirement of the job.
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Seven indicators of strategy
How to know if you're crafting strategy or just drafting plans
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Selling the unknowable
How do you "sell" an arts experience when its value cannot be known in advance?
 • E. Andrew Taylor
What "work" does an arts experience do?
"Jobs to be done" shifts focus from who might buy a ticket to what they want that ticket to buy.
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Vision, capacity, and capital
Organizational growth is never in one direction, but rather three directions at once.
 • E. Andrew Taylor
One revenue runs through it
"Earned" and "contributed" revenue may look like different streams, but they often flow from the same source.
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Spheres of influence
When your larger world is spinning out of control, remember the worlds you DO control.
 • E. Andrew Taylor
Three factors of feeling welcome
So many hospitality frameworks focus on the welcomer, but it's the feeling of welcome that matters most
 • E. Andrew Taylor
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