Last week there was an article by The Guardian’s Lyn Gardner commenting on the No Boundaries conference. In particular, she discusses the proposition put forward by John Knell that many arts organisations are “too… Continue reading
Looking through old files, I found this document from Michael Kaiser’s roadshow for ACE England a few years ago: it’s worth revisiting as our need to be more effective at fundraising becomes more… Continue reading
I’ve been thinking about Boards. There seems to be such a spectrum of relationships, responsibilities and behaviours of Boards, either because of or even despite the requirements of Company Law, that I… Continue reading
“Attacking institutionalised racism, using the tools of institutionalised racism to do so” – Thus spake Ekua Bayunu, Chair of the Sustained Theatre National organisation. The subsequent discussions were intelligent, informed, focused, professional and… Continue reading
I’ve been thinking again about leaders and their role in helping to create an innovative organisation. It is a really serious issue since leaders have the capacity of torpedoing their own best efforts,… Continue reading
Well, as many of you will know by now, in CidaCo we’ve been successful with a major ACE G4A bid and work starts now! It’s called Creative Capital, it lasts 12 months, it’s… Continue reading
Well, all good things must come to an end, I guess, and on Friday we reached the end of the Sustained Theatre Yorkshire course for Creative Entrepreneurs. For everyone involved, it’s been a… Continue reading
Interestingly, Ben Walmsley of Leeds University posted a link to an article from the American Theatre Communications Group, an organisation I hadn’t come across before – the article reports a discussion between a… Continue reading
I came across this when doing the research for CidaCo’s School for Female Entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia a few years ago – for some reason, I woke up thinking about it this morning and thought I’d share… Continue reading
A fascinating few days in Lagos, courtesy of Nigeria’s Minister of Culture and the School of Media and Communications in the Pan African University. It was a deliberate attempt to bring together many… Continue reading
