Sustainability in Arts Education
Regardless of your role in the arts education ecosystem, sustainability is the proverbial grand prize.
What do we want?
Imagine the day… The arts are universally endorsed in public education policy and practice and included without question in school budgets.
Looking at Arts Ed from Inside Out
There comes a time for honest reflection in the life of every arts in education program. Whether your organization or project is just finding its footing or is well-established, we all benefit from turning the lens from an outward programmatic focus to an internal review of organizational health.
Propel Arts Ed Advocacy with Data
Data is a powerful tool for arts ed advocates. Quantifiable data helps to answer the question of need. Decision makers want proof that policy is warranted and dollars are needed.*
Arts Ed & Strategic Planning: Surf’s Up
My surfer sons tell me that paddling out and waiting for the perfect wave is part of the “surf’s up” gestalt, meaning conditions are right, right now. As a non-surfer I might describe it as a state of alert readiness.
Arts & School Culture: More Than Friday Night Lights
We hear that organizational culture and climate can transform the workplace, in both positive or negative ways.
The Funding Challenge
Effective arts education programs across the country have garnered a mix of public and private funds to enable their success.
Be the Good News
Most news stories today are rather grim. Whether you follow cable, broadcast or social media, the world seems out of sorts.
Communications for Cause
Strategic communications is at the heart of advocacy success —the art of communicating effectively with targeted audiences in order to move decision makers through the use of mainstream, social, new and paid media.
Getting Started
Beginnings are hard. In advocacy work (as in life), sometimes it’s difficult to know where to start.
Cultivating Influentials
Let’s assume that most of us are not the final arbiters in making big decisions that affect our professional lives– unless you’re Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, and I suspect that even they need to take their shareholders into account. We all need others for input and agreement to advance our vision and ideas. This is especially true in the education arena.