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The art of governance / Edited by Nancy Roche and Jaan Whitehead.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Performing arts--Management.
- Performing arts.
- Theater.
- Local Subjects:
- Theater.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Art of Governance is an essential guide for trustees in the performing arts and for the artists, managers, and community leaders who work with them. This book provides the larger context in which trustees govern-the art, artists, history, institutions, and national policies of the performing arts-and also explores more practical issues, such as board development, planning, finance, and fundraising. A wide range of distinguished artists, trustees, managers, and consultants have contributed articles, covering everything from "The Art of Theater" to "Understanding Financial Statements." An i
- Contents:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""The Art of Governance: Boards in the Performing Arts""; ""PART I: THE FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNANCE ""; ""The Art of Theater""; ""Going National: A Nutshell History of the Regional Theater Movement""; ""Whither (or wither) Art? ""; ""National Arts Policy: What Trustees Need to Know ""; ""The Role of Advocacy in Trustee Governance ""; ""The Changing Legal Environment for the Arts ""; ""The Artists Speak ""; ""The Spirit of Governance: Six Interviews""; ""PART II: THE PRACTICE OF GOVERNANCE""; ""Board Development ""
- ""The New Work of the Nonprofit Board """"A Guide to Strategic Planning: Taking Aim Before You Fire ""; ""Understanding Financial Statements ""; ""The Annual Fund ""; ""Capital and Endowment Campaigns ""; ""Leadership Succession in Not-for-Profit Organizations: A Board Member's Viewpoint""; ""Additional Perspectives: Small Theaters, Artist Trustees and Alternative Models ""; ""Contributors""; ""Resource Guide ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 19, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781559367806
- 1559367806
- OCLC:
- 862791931
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