Unorthodox methods
Matthew Foster on the gradual transition from core funding to generated revenue
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Stepping in, stepping up
If more companies want to start outsourcing work, then freelancers better be ready, willing and able to meet the demand. Ruth Garn…
It’s not black or white
Following a recent panel discussion on the future of black British theatre, Pat Cumper takes stock of the sector
A university challenge
Artists and academics have plenty to gain by working collaboratively on arts research, says Graham Devlin, as he outlines why and…
Greenlight your ideas
The arts sector is quick off the mark to generate eco-friendly reports and recommendations but, asks Debra Reay, why is it stallin…
Progress and profit
Sarah Thelwall outlines clear models on how to develop mixed income streams for your organisation
Last Word
Strength in numbers I’m going to come clean. An hour before we signed off the final tweaks to what I do think is a particula…
You’re hired!
Appointing a senior member of staff is rarely an easy task, Diana Barden looks at how assessment centres are shaking up the recrui…
Diary of a director
Start by building relationships, says Steve Marmion, big change can wait
Leading the way
Investment in cultural leaders can be scarce, but Sue Hoyle explains how candidates can Clore their way to the top
Need to know
Looking for advice? AP finds the answers to your questions
Alive and kicking
Why should arts funders invest in experimentation? Hasan Bakhshi presents findings from NESTA’s new research
Waving or drowning?
Shaun Belcher debates ideas on how to improve community arts
From Russia, with guts
Immersive opera might only just be catching on in Britain but, as David Staples reports, Opera Gulag has already gone some way to…
Plug in to the matrix
How can local authorities develop cultural leadership? Kathleen O’Neill explains how matrix management transformed Scotland’s…
Top 5 Websites
Kim Lofthouse shares the websites she wouldn’t want to be without
Mix and match
Looking at the year-on-year mammoth success – and variety of cultural choice – on offer in Edinburgh every August (p1)…
Bums on Seatem
The second financial collapse of the Keith Prowse ticket agency in 16 years comes as little surprise to the clients working with t…
Stealing strategy
Is the arts baby drowning in the strategy bathwater? Alice Devitt thinks that business techniques should support, not overwhelm, a…
Boiling VAT
Mahmood Reza follows up on Garsington Opera’s VAT victory by explaining how the new rules work.
Add up your value
Mahmood Reza looks at how Gross Value Added is calculated, what it means for your organisation and why it can be a useful measure.
The march of the Twitterati
Something fundamental is going on in the media world, says William Shaw. It’s big, scary, only half understood, and it&rsquo…
Cultural shift
Catherine Large calls for a radical re-think of the accepted routes into the creative and cultural sector, arguing for a shift awa…
Risky business
Mahmood Reza explains the importance of good risk management to the health of an organisation.
