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Springboard 2009 Cohort Resources
The following links and articles are provided as a starting point for Springboard participants and consultants to explore resources and ideas relevant to your organization and its situation.
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- General Arts Resources
Leadership/Governance
Planning
Organizational Systems
Communications/Marketing
Resource Development/Fundraising
Evaluation
Legal and Financial Requirements
General Arts Resources
The following sites prvide access to resources and tools in multiple areas of arts management and timely arts and culture sector news.
Local/RegionalNational
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Americans for the Arts
- Arts Journal, the Daily Digest of Arts, Culture and Ideas
- Business Committee for the Arts
- The Arts Resource Network
- Community Arts Network
- Culture ADD (Access Diagnose Develop)
- ArtsManager.org (requires a free subscription)
- Wallace Foundation Arts Education Research
National Blogs/Listservs
Managing in the Current Economic Crisis
- Arts in Crisis A Kennedy Center Initiative
- Arts Funding and Response Readiness Toolkit
- Back from the Brink Chronicle of Philanthropy, October 16 2008
- Navigating Troubled Waters Wold Brown, Newsletter No. 42, published 2008
- Arts Funding in a Time of Economic Downturn Panel Discussion video, October 27 2008
- Finding Calm in Crisis: A Museum Survival Guide
- Feeling the Squeeze Chronicle of Philanthropy, Special report, January 15 2009
- Managing in Tough Times: 7 Steps The Bridgespan Group, November 11 2008
- Puget Sound Cultural Organizations and the Recession (PowerPoint Download)
- State of Our Arts in The Economic Crisis ArtsFund (PDF download)
- Arts and the Recession WA State Arts Commission
Leadership/Governance
Links- Board Cafe
- Board Source
- Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
- Governance Matters Good Governance Guide
- Getting on Board with Effective Orientation: A Board Source Toolkit
- Why Boards Don't Govern Compasspoint
- My Point of View: Arts Leadership Lab: The L Word... Leaders 4Culture Newsletter
- Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out
- Surviving the Financial Crisis
Planning
LinksArticles
- Business Planning for Nonprofits: What it is and Why it Matters The Bridgespan Group
- Strategic Planning in the Arts: A Practical Guide The Kennedy Center
- Concentric Concerns: The Art of Administrative Collaboration University of Oregon
- Community Based Arts Organizations: The New Center of Gravity Americans for the Arts
Organizational Systems
Links- NPower
- Tech Soup
- Center for Arts Management and Technology
- Idealware: Candid Information about Nonprofit Software
- Technology in the Arts
Communications/Marketing
LinksArticles
Resource Development/Fundraising
LinksArticles
- Average Source of Revenue for Nonprofit Arts Organizations Chart Americans for the Arts
- Arts Fundraising Shifts Gears in Perilous Economy LA Times
Evaluation
LinksArticles
- Evaluation: Good to Great
- Basic Guide to Outcomes-Based Evaluations for Nonprofit Organizations with Very Limited Resources
Legal and Financial Requirements
Links- Washington Lawyers for the Arts
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- Nonprofit-Specific Legal Requirements
- International Center for Nonprofit Law
- Tax Information for Nonprofits