How to Stay Motivated (when you’d rather be at the beach)

Friends, summer is a hard time to stay motivated. If your arts season is Fall through Spring, you normally want to take a 3-month nap during the summer months, preferably on a beach with a cool drink in your hand. But the summer is KEY time to plan for your upcoming season. So much work can get done when you don’t have shows/performances/exhibits/artists taking up all of your time. So here’s how I stay motivated during ...

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Can An Ex Officio Member Vote? Aye.

A potentially problematic assumption many people make is that the status of being an ex officio member of a group limits that person’s voting rights. Nothing could be further from the truth. Ex officio only refers to the manner in which a person gains the position, generally by virtue of a position or office they hold. It is the the bylaws which dictate whether that person has any voting rights or not. In the absence ...

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10 Ways to Become a Young Arts Professional

10 Ways to Become a Young Arts Professional

A few weeks ago, a post from PostGrad Problems about ways to become a young professional came across my Twitter feed. It was a funny post with some…practical tips about attending Happy Hours and self-organization, but not quite as applicable to arts management as the Clyde Fitch list that came to by inbox the next day.  I appreciated both posts and began to wonder what my advice to new graduates would be.  So, behold, my graduation ...

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