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The bother of bylaws
Does your arts nonprofit's map for action match the terrain?
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E. Andrew Taylor
Minimum viable everything
Getting better as an arts organization doesn't always (or even often) mean getting bigger.
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E. Andrew Taylor
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The rise and stall of the nonprofit arts
The modern arts nonprofit evolved in an ecology of growth. It's time to evolve again.
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E. Andrew Taylor
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Is your workplace a pyramid or a wheel?
Johan Galtung defined two structures for collective action: thin-and-big (the pyramid) or thick-and-small (the wheel). Which describes your workplace?
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The one and the many of board service
How do nonprofit boards balance individual impulse with collective resolve?
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E. Andrew Taylor
The strategy screen
A strong strategy demands a clear job description
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E. Andrew Taylor
Mission calisthenics
It's time to strengthen your nonprofit's readiness as well as your resolve.
Why boards get bored
How can the work of a nonprofit board be complex, consequential, and tedious all at the same time?
What holds a nonprofit together?
Sometimes we learn the answer by watching them fall apart.
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Ownership and control
There are essentially three ways to structure organizational ownership and control. Choose wisely.
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E. Andrew Taylor
Do less, better
Does your mission statement inspire or exhaust you?
Doing the wrong thing righter
"The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become." – Russell Ackoff
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E. Andrew Taylor
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