Resource Topic: Strategy

Welcome to your creative first-aid kit, a list of tools and resources designed to help artists and arts organizations prepare for and respond to the unexpected.

During a crisis, it’s crucial to have a plan—but how do you plan for the unknown? This guide helps you get started.

Master the art of efficient asynchronous work with four project management tips to boost collaboration and productivity

Strategic planning is critical to helping an organization focus its work and make choices that deliver on its mission. Strategic planning is often the realm of consultants, but this article looks at the process and offers tips on how you can take it on yourself.

A roadmap for transitioning your organization to a four-day work week, drawing insights from Arts Midwest’s experience implementing this model in 2022.

In this resource, deepen your understanding of equitable rural prosperity and discover how to use the Thrive Rural Framework to build capacity in your organization or community.

Creative community-building is a vehicle for addressing social issues, as well as an opportunity to reimagine the way our communities can relate and support each other. This resource offers suggestions and project planning ideas to help you connect to your community priorities and vision.

Learn how to use our research to strengthen the way you build connection in your community.

A framework to help marketers, communicators, outreach managers, fundraisers, programming teams and leaders generate out-of-the-box ideas that solve sticky challenges, create new opportunities, and drive greater mission impact—in 60 minutes or less!

Empathy is an important tool that helps us understand one another. In this resource, we offer a research approach to complement surveys and other quantitative data.