tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20539850.post6901162808681061855..comments2023-09-26T11:13:44.207-04:00Comments on SpringBoardMedia: Nonprofit Arts ZombiesBNewmanSBoardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07804966250954053044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20539850.post-33158682966578598272011-02-17T16:42:38.057-05:002011-02-17T16:42:38.057-05:00Thanks Tom. You're right about the people part...Thanks Tom. You're right about the people part - we need ways to keep the good ones and move out the bad ones (this is harder). I'm so glad to hear what you're doing in Sarasota. When I was in Atlanta, we tried this, but the competitive spirit of many people (probably myself included) stopped this from happening as well as it should have. I remember people starting another fest all the time, and just wishing they would have walked in my door and said "let's collaborate." Would have been better for us, the community and the artists.Brian Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437592947161837950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20539850.post-53566127194497566142011-02-08T10:52:47.922-05:002011-02-08T10:52:47.922-05:00thank you brooklyn red.as you well know, we here i...thank you brooklyn red.as you well know, we here in ourlando are right there with you. <br />fresh from the 48th state in arts funding...yeeehawww,lets ride to tally.<br />grrrr....it's going to get worse before it gets better!<br />animals know who feeds them,it's not that complicated. <br />if they cant do it alone they need to help one another and see if they can do it together. otherwise give the slim reigns over. put it in the business model right under the mission statement...too many on the rat wheel will make it roll.mikki mouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786301634698210309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20539850.post-50891217456634109002011-02-08T09:31:49.379-05:002011-02-08T09:31:49.379-05:00PS- that previous comment by me. And the "red...PS- that previous comment by me. And the "red" reference is to Liverpool Football Club, not my political affiliations. <br /><br />*ha*<br /><br />--Tom HallBrooklyn Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013165417435851056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20539850.post-1979270956570753092011-02-08T09:30:43.049-05:002011-02-08T09:30:43.049-05:00This is so true. In Sarasota, we are actively work...This is so true. In Sarasota, we are actively working on partnerships with local "film festivals" based on identity issues-- Jewish films, films by and about Women, films about LGBT issues-- by folding their programs into our festival and collaborating with the organizations, generally human services organizations not primarily focused on film, to deliver a great film experience for their constituencies, albeit folded into the pre-existing Sarasota Film Festival (with special events here and there year round). It has expanded our focus, scope and reach at a time when our own organization is facing expanding financial restraints and we are always working to figure out how to do more with less.<br /><br />On the other hand, I can imagine everyone reading this piece and these ideas and thinking "I agree, there are too many others out there," not seeing THEIR organization as part of the problem. When you have passionate people who have put in years of service for very little reward, people who love what they do and want to keep their organizations afloat by making sacrifice after sacrifice, no one sees themselves as the organization who should be the one to walk away. <br /><br />I think mergers are a great idea, but there needs to be a paradigm shift among leaders in seeing partnerships and mergers as being collaborative and essential. The question is, do you like being in charge or is serving the mission the most important thing?<br /><br />I will say, no matter how this goes, one of the things I think is very important is that arts workers, people working to deliver arts services to communities around the country, should be one of the primary priorities of this effort; with all of the reductions and cuts, many many talented people will be leaving the arts. Which is a huge shame, because they have worked as hard as anyone to fill important roles and deliver on the organizational mission. No one talks about workers in the non-profits arts sector, but they are the lifeblood of this area and their rights and concerns need to be addressed at the same time.<br /><br />Too often, arts groups are run by people passionate about the art and not passionate about good management, be it of people, of money, of development, of Boards. I think this is one of the most important problems in the field; leaders who love the various art forms and the satisfaction of working directly with artists, but who are less than effective in the actual business and management of the people and the institutions that deliver on the mission. <br /><br />Bad management costs everyone; the more bad experiences sponsors and donors have with organizations that don't deliver, the more the rest of (or is it us?) suffer.Brooklyn Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013165417435851056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20539850.post-43687942861885890212011-02-08T09:06:36.080-05:002011-02-08T09:06:36.080-05:00The Republicans are laughing all the way to the ba...The Republicans are laughing all the way to the bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com