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A Profile of Creating Partnerships: Drawing Lessons from Scholar-Practitioner Collaborations
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by Sue Anne Lafferty and Therese Filicko. Reviews relevant literature on scholar-practitioner partnerships and the links between practice and research. This paper then explores the Profiles Project teams as possible examples of different styles of research partnerships. This paper is #15 in the Occasional Paper Series at the Arts Policy and Administration Program at The Ohio State University. Presented at the 26th Annual Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts Conference, October 13-15, 2000. |
All About Using Consultants
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An overview of when using consultants is helpful, and where to find consultants. |
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Consultant Debunking
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Tips to figure out if your consultant is qualified. |
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Coping with Cutbacks: Strategies Checklist
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The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation offers this checklist as a thinking tool and as a route to direct action. Use these suggestions as a starting point for your own brainstorming, and use the categories to help you organize your thinking and analyze your current approach to fulfilling your mission. But don't get locked into any one strategy--cut them up, pull them out of a hat, mix and match them. Do whatever helps you spur new ideas that fit your specific situation. |
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Daring to Lead: A Study on Nonprofit Executive Tenure
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by Jean Peters and Tim Wolfred. A national study of more than 1,000 nonprofit leaders, including 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. |
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Defining the Arts and Cultural Universe: Early Lessons from the Profiles Project
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by Therese Filicko and Sue Anne Lafferty. Reviews the framework developed by the Profiles Project for understanding what is meant by "arts and cultural universe." This framework is then used to characterizing arts and cultural organizations in a national survey population and at ten sites for the purpose of defining which organizations to include in survey samples. Early data from the sites offer insights into the character of those local art and cultural communities. This paper is #7 in the Occasional Paper series at the Arts Policy and Administration Program at the Ohio State University. Presented at the Twenty-eighth Annual Conference on the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action(ARNOVA) in 1999. It was revised for inclusion in the Technical Report for the "Profiles Project." A revised version also appears in the Autumn 2000 issue of the Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society. |
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How to Hire and Work with Consultants
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From OnTap.org, tips for hiring and working with a consultant, including, Interviewing Consultants; Questions to Ask Your Prospective Consultants; Checking References; Client Responsibilities |
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Managing A Consultant
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Help on managing consultants from TechSoup. |
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Nonprofit Branding: Unveiling the Essentials
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Helps nonprofits evaluate and enhance their brand |
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Nonprofit Technology Training
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Training sits at the heart of technology success in nonprofits. The best hardware, software, and technical support systems will not help any nonprofit make appropriate, strategic, and sustained use of technology if staff are not trained. |
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Online Appeals To Donors, Nonprofits
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Online donations are reaching record levels. Read to find out why more nonprofits are turning to their computers for financial help. |
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Selecting an IT Consultant
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RFPs, contracts, due diligence... The National Council of Nonprofit Associations provides an overview of what you need to know before choosing an IT consultant. |
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Strategies for Successful Holiday Campaigns
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As summer announces its close with cooler mornings and shorter days, Ohioans will soon begin planning for the holidays. Many times, those preparations include making annual donations to local nonprofit organizations and it’s not too late for organizations to start planning a holiday campaign that may result in an extra boost of charitable donations. |
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What do We Need to Know About Culture?
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This paper reviews public opinion polling data on arts and culture. This paper is #5 in the Occasional Paper Series at the Arts Policy and Administration Program at The Ohio State University. Presented at the Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STPA) Twenty-third Annual Conference in 1997. |
