Too many variables cause irrational solutions, especially where impact is involved. Analyze and know your company’s place in your ecosystem, but then stop analyzing and just do. I have many friends in the nonprofit arts business who are searching for a replicable set of actions that predict success. Much like the flocks of flaks that worshiped Danny Newman’s Subscribe Now! … [Read more...] about The Cure-All for Nonprofit Arts Organizations Doesn’t Exist
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C’mon, Now. It’s Not the End of the World for the Nonprofit Arts Sector.
Blame arrows are rampant in boardrooms, newsrooms, and rehearsal rooms. Blame is meaningless. The solution is obvious. You just have to want to change. (Oh, right. That.) First of all, I think it’s appropriate to mention that this particular column was published on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Election day 2023. Precisely one leap year from now, … [Read more...] about C’mon, Now. It’s Not the End of the World for the Nonprofit Arts Sector.
“But That’s Not What We Do.” – Indeed. And That’s Why You’re Closing, Nonprofit Arts Organizations.
No one else cares what you do or how well you do it. They care about why your community is made better by you having done it. It’s college football season in the United States. Not the “beautiful game,” but a completely different game in which the foot is used on the ball sparingly. Still warmish in many places, possibly some wildfires and hurricanes still going on, but … [Read more...] about “But That’s Not What We Do.” – Indeed. And That’s Why You’re Closing, Nonprofit Arts Organizations.
$500,000,000 a Year for Five Years for Nonprofit Theaters? Wow, Is That Ever a Bad Idea.
Desperation can cause bad and even damaging ideas. Sometimes, those ideas get funded. And then there’s this. I read recently that an informal group that calls itself the Professional Non-Profit Theater Coalition has put forth an effort to get $500,000,000 (five hundred million dollars) per year allocated to nonprofit theater organizations in America. The group has … [Read more...] about $500,000,000 a Year for Five Years for Nonprofit Theaters? Wow, Is That Ever a Bad Idea.
The Present “Presenting Problem” Problem Presents Problems for Nonprofit Arts Organizations
How do you determine the difference between your company’s suspected real issues and the actual real issues? What happens when you’re wrong? Presenting problem: Our nonprofit arts organization is broke. Real problem: Our nonprofit arts organization chooses to continue to provide art and nothing more, believing that the production of our version of art is a universal … [Read more...] about The Present “Presenting Problem” Problem Presents Problems for Nonprofit Arts Organizations