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    <updated>2011-12-20T18:57:24Z</updated>
    <subtitle>innovations and impediments in not-for-profit arts</subtitle>
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    <title>My 2012 Professional Resolutions</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.48617</id>

    <published>2011-12-20T18:54:38Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-20T18:57:24Z</updated>

    <summary>As I contemplate the new year, 2012, these are my professional resolutions.I will: 1. Get involved politically, making donations as I can to the political candidates I support. Too often I&apos;ve promised to do this, but haven&apos;t. This year, as...</summary>
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        As I contemplate the new year, 2012, these are my professional resolutions.I will: 1. Get involved politically, making donations as I can to the political candidates I support. Too often I&apos;ve promised to do this, but haven&apos;t. This year, as...

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    <title>Defending Arts Entrepreneurship</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.48387</id>

    <published>2011-12-05T16:18:41Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-05T16:19:50Z</updated>

    <summary>As I interact more with arts entrepreneurship professionals, especially those in music (my home field), I am appalled at how often and consistently these professionals are asked to defend their discipline. What could be more important today than equipping our...</summary>
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        As I interact more with arts entrepreneurship professionals, especially those in music (my home field), I am appalled at how often and consistently these professionals are asked to defend their discipline. What could be more important today than equipping our...

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    <title>The Arts and Social Capital</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.48127</id>

    <published>2011-11-14T19:14:59Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-16T16:43:29Z</updated>

    <summary> As the &quot;economic rationale&quot; for supporting and funding the arts has fallen into disuse, another has risen, and one of much more substance, that of &quot;building social capital.&quot; The &quot;economic rationale&quot; was bound to have a short life, as...</summary>
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         As the &quot;economic rationale&quot; for supporting and funding the arts has fallen into disuse, another has risen, and one of much more substance, that of &quot;building social capital.&quot; The &quot;economic rationale&quot; was bound to have a short life, as...

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    <title>The Language of Music Advocacy</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.47757</id>

    <published>2011-10-19T18:37:56Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-19T18:43:14Z</updated>

    <summary>In a recent class I was teaching on music entrepreneurship, during an idea/feedback section of the class, I became mystified at many students&apos; inability to express in words the importance of music. Their ideas were wonderful: full of social impact,...</summary>
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        In a recent class I was teaching on music entrepreneurship, during an idea/feedback section of the class, I became mystified at many students&apos; inability to express in words the importance of music. Their ideas were wonderful: full of social impact,...

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<entry>
    <title>Idea Formation, Entrepreneur or Career Exploration</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.47600</id>

    <published>2011-10-07T10:22:36Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-07T10:29:05Z</updated>

    <summary>Dear Taylor, Last Monday, at the end of the class on entrepreneurship you asked a difficult question, how do I develop ideas? I have thought long and hard about this and have come up with suggestions for you - and...</summary>
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        Dear Taylor, Last Monday, at the end of the class on entrepreneurship you asked a difficult question, how do I develop ideas? I have thought long and hard about this and have come up with suggestions for you - and...

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    <title>Music School Curriculum</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.47391</id>

    <published>2011-09-22T14:30:27Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-22T18:08:33Z</updated>

    <summary>Two recent experiences have triggered my thinking in regard to one of the central questions facing higher education music institutions today: how to revise the curriculum, so that students are prepared to survive and thrive in the new and future...</summary>
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        Two recent experiences have triggered my thinking in regard to one of the central questions facing higher education music institutions today: how to revise the curriculum, so that students are prepared to survive and thrive in the new and future...

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<entry>
    <title>Arts Leadership -- Measuring Impact</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.47181</id>

    <published>2011-09-10T19:11:17Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-16T01:45:29Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[In my most recent post I commented on the difference (s) between leadership and entrepreneurship.&nbsp; While I didn't state it explicitly, I implied that leadership sits on a platform of altruism, while entrepreneurship may, or may not.&nbsp; Social entrepreneurism appears...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[In my most recent post I commented on the difference (s) between leadership and entrepreneurship.&nbsp; While I didn't state it explicitly, I implied that leadership sits on a platform of altruism, while entrepreneurship may, or may not.&nbsp; Social entrepreneurism appears...]]>

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    <title>Leadership, Entrepreneurship, What&apos;s the Difference?</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.47054</id>

    <published>2011-09-03T10:42:33Z</published>
    <updated>2011-09-03T17:09:41Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[I'm often asked the question, so what's the difference between leadership and entrepreneurship?&nbsp;&nbsp; On face value, a pretty simple question to answer, but when put in the arts world and higher education contexts, pretty complex. Leadership implies taking action that...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[I'm often asked the question, so what's the difference between leadership and entrepreneurship?&nbsp;&nbsp; On face value, a pretty simple question to answer, but when put in the arts world and higher education contexts, pretty complex. Leadership implies taking action that...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Enabling Arts Entrepreneurs</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.46259</id>

    <published>2011-07-06T10:07:11Z</published>
    <updated>2011-07-06T10:22:08Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[I recently gave a talk at the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland in College Park.&nbsp; My topic focused on those skills that orchestral musicians will need (now need!) in order to succeed and thrive in the future.&nbsp;...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[I recently gave a talk at the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland in College Park.&nbsp; My topic focused on those skills that orchestral musicians will need (now need!) in order to succeed and thrive in the future.&nbsp;...]]>

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    <title>Impressive Conservatory Program (s)</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.45918</id>

    <published>2011-06-14T17:55:22Z</published>
    <updated>2011-06-14T18:13:06Z</updated>

    <summary>I recently returned from a trip in the Netherlands, where I had been invited to experience and comment on programs and research being conducted in a Dutch Lectorate (research group) within the Prince Claus Conservatoire in the Hanze University in...</summary>
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        I recently returned from a trip in the Netherlands, where I had been invited to experience and comment on programs and research being conducted in a Dutch Lectorate (research group) within the Prince Claus Conservatoire in the Hanze University in...

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    <title>Arts Entrepreneurship Class -- Final Words</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.45748</id>

    <published>2011-06-02T14:15:58Z</published>
    <updated>2011-06-02T14:38:17Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Last night was the last Arts Entrepreneurship class.&nbsp; Student projects were nothing short of amazing.&nbsp; The amount of hard work (hours in), plus creativity and demonstration of already-acquired skills and knowledge was impressive.&nbsp; This experience once again reinforces what we...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[Last night was the last Arts Entrepreneurship class.&nbsp; Student projects were nothing short of amazing.&nbsp; The amount of hard work (hours in), plus creativity and demonstration of already-acquired skills and knowledge was impressive.&nbsp; This experience once again reinforces what we...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Arts Entrepreneurship Class -- Student Project</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.45667</id>

    <published>2011-05-26T15:19:10Z</published>
    <updated>2011-05-26T15:22:03Z</updated>

    <summary>I plan to publish some of my class student projects: those that lend themselves to posting, i.e. a PowerPoint that provides complete or almost-complete information, or a paper that expresses a complete idea or process. This first one is the...</summary>
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        I plan to publish some of my class student projects: those that lend themselves to posting, i.e. a PowerPoint that provides complete or almost-complete information, or a paper that expresses a complete idea or process. This first one is the...

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<entry>
    <title>Blog Salon -- Organizational Design</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.45498</id>

    <published>2011-05-13T14:15:03Z</published>
    <updated>2011-05-13T14:17:08Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Check out this Blog Salon -- yours truly is a contributor.&nbsp; Looking Ahead to the Future of Nonprofit ModelsARTSblog is bringing together a progressive group of thinkers to further the discussion on changes in the nonprofit model. Throughout the week...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[Check out this Blog Salon -- yours truly is a contributor.&nbsp; Looking Ahead to the Future of Nonprofit ModelsARTSblog is bringing together a progressive group of thinkers to further the discussion on changes in the nonprofit model. Throughout the week...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Arts Entrepreneurship Class Progress</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.45403</id>

    <published>2011-05-09T14:34:30Z</published>
    <updated>2011-05-09T14:57:39Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[--following up on my promise to keep interested readers up-to-date on my class, Arts Entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Recall that I posed 2 major assignments.&nbsp; The first of these was to identify an existing arts organization, study it deeply, then pose one expanded...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[--following up on my promise to keep interested readers up-to-date on my class, Arts Entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Recall that I posed 2 major assignments.&nbsp; The first of these was to identify an existing arts organization, study it deeply, then pose one expanded...]]>

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<entry>
    <title>Using the L3C Organizational Model</title>
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    <id>tag:www.artsjournal.com,2011:/state//58.45260</id>

    <published>2011-04-29T16:13:51Z</published>
    <updated>2011-04-29T16:34:13Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[This past week I realized that I really could have used the L3C model in each of my professional leadership positions, and that in doing so, i would have alleviated pressure on the annual balance sheet.&nbsp; I must admit to...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[This past week I realized that I really could have used the L3C model in each of my professional leadership positions, and that in doing so, i would have alleviated pressure on the annual balance sheet.&nbsp; I must admit to...]]>

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