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One State Together in the Arts Conference
Arts Leadership for the 21st Century:
Boomers and Beyond - January 9, 2003
Research
In the fall of 2001 CompassPoint Nonprofit Services completed Daring
to Lead – A study on nonprofit executive tenure, a survey of more
than 1,000 nonprofit leaders from around the country. The report includes
findings on nonprofit executive career paths, tenure, salaries, and job
challenges. Included is a series of Calls to Action for funders, technical
assistance providers, boards of directors, and executives themselves –
strategies for supporting and retaining the sector's leadership talent.
To download the full report, visit CompassPoint.
Tools
See how your salary compares to similar positions at other organizations
– and to jobs in the for-profit sector. Visit salary.com.
Articles
Leverage Lost: The Nonprofit Arts in the Post-Ford Era. An in-depth study
of the history of the funding of the arts in the U.S. by John Kreidler,
San Francisco, California. Available at In
Motion Magazine.
Leadership Development and Renewal: A Learning Strategy for Senior Performing
Arts Managers by Tom Lewis, et al. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Arts Leadership
Network, 2000. Available at PACT.
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings from the 1999 Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, “Strengthening
the Arts through Policy, Performance and Practice.” November 14–17,
1999, San Francisco. Panel on Leadership Development and Transition in
the Arts. Available at Grantmakers
in the Arts.
Model Programs
Independent
Sector Emerging Leadership Initiative
James
P. Shannon Leadership Institute
National
Arts Administration Mentorship Program
National Association
of Media Arts and Culture Media Arts Leadership Institute
National
Museum Fellows Program
Theatre
Communications Group New Generations Program
Professional Development
Even the most accomplished nonprofit leaders can benefit from management
training. Follow these links to low-cost opportunities to brush up on
your own skills. Find great ideas about how to foster other leaders among
your staff or board.
Arts & Business
Council of Chicago
The Community Media
Workshop at Columbia College
The Donors Forum
Executive Service Corps
IT Resource
Center
Nonprofit Financial
Center
The Support Center
of Chicago
Transition
Guides
Please send links to additional succession-related research, tools,
articles, and programs to simpson@artsalliance.org
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