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Confusing the pitch with the plan
Your strategic thinking needs to pick a lane.
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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.
One revenue to rule them all
Why treat "earned" and "contributed" revenue as different streams when they flow from (mostly) the same source?
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What the heck is capital?
Defining and deploying durable capacity to make art work.
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A grant is a gift with strings
Gifts and grants are often bundled together as "contributed income," but they draw from different relationships between giver and receiver.
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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Sorting your lists into useful bits
Your list of active patrons, attendees, or ticket buyers shouldn't be an all-or-nothing communication tool.
In Arts Management, the gift isn't simple
Arts Management is deeply entangled with the cultivation, care, and consequence of giving and of gifts.
The Fundraising Trinity
In growing and sustaining your donor list, the three essential indicators (in order) are Connection, Concern, Capacity.
Three paths to action in Arts Management
What, exactly, is blocking productive action for you or your team? And how might you clear the way?
In Arts Management, the gift isn't simple
Arts Management is deeply entangled with the cultivation, care, and consequence of giving and of gifts.
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