Arts organizations cannot long survive without earning impassioned support from the communities they serve.
Communities cannot reach their full potential without the benefits the arts can provide.
---------- For some, the arts as indispensable is a preposterous idea, yet nearly every stakeholder in the industry believes the arts' value to be unquestionable.
That gap accounts for most of the challenges arts organizations face.
As long as the arts are seen as an amenity (at best), they will struggle in a world that only has time for that which is necessary.
Mere relevance will not suffice.
To compete in the marketplace of public value the required standard is indispensability.
Engage Now is a how to manual for the arts organization seeking to become invaluable.
---------- Engage Now is a how to manual for the arts organization seeking to become invaluable.
It - Presents basic principles and practices of effective community engagement, - Provides guidance for achieving systemic focus on engagement, and - Outlines a process for becoming a universally recognized community asset.
This book is intended for anyone with a vested interest in the arts.
Since the arts are essential for healthy individuals and healthy communities, it is for everyone.
However, far too few people are aware of their vested interest.
That makes Engage Now important for us all.
---------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: The Mission of Arts Organizations Chapter One: Systemic Challenges and Internal Issues Chapter Two: What Is the Arts Business? Chapter Three: The Way Forward: New Understanding of Mission Part II: A Community Engagement Primer Chapter Four: Engagement Essentials The Practice of Engagement Chapter Five: The Engagement Process: Principles and Practice Chapter Six: Engaged Arts: Organizations Chapter Seven: Engaged Arts: Artists (Entrepreneurship Chapter Eight: The Engagement Process: An Operational Blueprint A Benediction: It's Not Easy Conclusion ---------- What they're saying: A pl.
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| Arts | Organizations Artists (entrepreneurship |
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Artsengaged Engage now!: a guide to making the arts indispensable, paperback/doug borwick
