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What’s Your Nonprofit Arts Board’s 6th Through ∞th Most Important Responsibilities?

March 21, 2023 by Alan Harrison Leave a Comment

After the first five, the rest will grow your skills in all you do All nonprofits are essentially scientific, social experiments in bettering our various lots in life. Including nonprofit arts organizations. The background of that experiment is this: there is a thing that needs to be done or else the community suffers. Private businesses can’t do it. The government … [Read more...] about What’s Your Nonprofit Arts Board’s 6th Through ∞th Most Important Responsibilities?

What Did You Talk About at Your First Nonprofit Arts Board Meeting Tonight?

February 7, 2023 by Alan Harrison 1 Comment

Robert's Rules of Order? The art? The revenue? The needs of the community? It’s the first Tuesday in February. Welcome to your first board meeting! It’s 7:00pm. You rushed home, had a quick dinner, and drove like a bat out of hell to get there at 6:55. Surprisingly, you’re among the first people there. You were unanimously elected to the board at the January … [Read more...] about What Did You Talk About at Your First Nonprofit Arts Board Meeting Tonight?

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As a brilliant follow-up to SCENE CHANGE, the book that rocked the nonprofit arts industry in America, Alan Harrison takes you deeper into how board members can zealously advocate for their organizations, while at the same time putting checks on all the factors that get in the way of greatness. … [MORE] about About Scene Change

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Alan Harrison is a writer, father, performer, consultant, recovering artist, and the author of the industry best-seller "Scene Change: Why Today's Nonprofit Arts Organizations Have to Stop Producing Art and Start Producing Impact" and “Scene Change 2: The Five REAL Responsibilities of Nonprofit Arts … [MORE] about About Alan Harrison

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