Resource Topic: Strategy
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How To Implement a Four-Day Work Week at Your Organization
A roadmap for transitioning your organization to a four-day work week, drawing insights from Arts Midwest’s experience implementing this model in 2022.
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Starting Where You Are to Build Equitable Rural Prosperity
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.
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Creative Community-Centered Project Planning
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...
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Creating Connection 101
Learn how to use our research to strengthen the way you build connection in your community.
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Use Brainstorming that Breaks Through
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...
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Using Empathy to Better Understand Your Audience
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.
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SMART Goals for Arts Organizations
SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Organizations that express goals in this way stay aligned with their mission. This article helps you write SMART goals that can...
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Event Planning 101
Planning a big event, and want to make sure you can accomplish your goals? Let this resource guide you through the do’s and don’ts, including getting organized, engaging your community,...
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Connecting What and Why
Changing how you think about your organization will help you change how you talk about it. Focusing on why you do what you do is the key. This article will...
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Mission/Money Matrix
The Mission/Money Matrix is a tool for visualizing how a nonprofit’s programs and activities contribute to profitability and mission impact. It helps you prioritize resource allocation and facilitates strategic staff...