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Arts Management and the ampersand
Your most impactful purpose and process in managing the arts is to connect.
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The beautiful budget, revisited
It may look buttoned-up and boring, but a budget is a complex work of human expression worthy of creative attention.
Flipping the financial script
Your income statement tells the tale of how (and why) money drives your business. Don't share the wrong story.
The rollercoaster of cash flow
Even a budget that tells a positive story can have gut-wrenching plot twists along the way.
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Sunsetting a nonprofit
The nonprofit arts organization was designed to be durable, not indelible.
What the heck is capital?
Defining and deploying durable capacity to make art work.
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Let the right loan in
Debt is an essential (but perilous) tool for nonprofit arts organizations. Know its nature before inviting it in.
The undertow of overhead
Indirect costs for nonprofit arts organizations aren't (usually) a sign of waste. They're part of the puzzle that makes the mission work.
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.
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The money dance of source and use
A thriving arts enterprise gives every dollar a job. But not all dollars arrive to work at the same time.
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Three levels of attention and action
A framework for thriving nonprofit governance is also a useful lens across all ten functions of Arts Management.
There's only one business model
"There is only one business model," says Clara Miller, "reliable revenue that meets or exceeds expense."
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