For Organizations
The Art of Leadership
Ongoing Communications
Ongoing support and communication for the initiative will include dissemination of nationwide best practices studies and related information for all participating organizations. The first publication, Fund Raising Ideas That Work In Rural America, was compiled by John Barsness for Montana Arts and is available by contacting Stefanie Flynn at sflynn@mt.gov.
MAC has established an electronic communication listserv for participants in the workshop programs to share expertise, ask questions, help with challenges and share good ideas among peers.
For further information or clarification of The Art of Leadership programs contact Cinda Holt, The Art of Leadership program director at 406.777.0090 or cholt@montana.com.
Resources
Important Tax and Reporting Changes for Arts Organizations
- Draft Redesigned Form 990 and New Annual Electronic Filing Requirement for Small Tax-Exempt Organizations Click here to download this PDF.
- Learning from Sarbanes-Oxley: A Checklist for Nonprofits and Foundations Visit Independent Sectors website to download this PDF document, http://www.independentsector.org/PDFs/sarbanesoxley_checklist.pdf Once you download the "Checklist" click on the link at the bottom of the document. On this web page you can download the article entitled, "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations" (PDF), either from the box on the right-hand side or the link at the bottom of the web page.
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- New Auditing Standards and How They May Impact Your Organizationx by Ernest J. Paszkiewicz, CPA, a partner with Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates in Baltimore at www.gma-cpa.com.
Click here to download this Word document.
Ben Cameron's Keynote Speech
Ben Cameron, outgoing executive director of Theatre Communications Group, addressed the participants at the 2006 The Art of Leadership institute workshop on governance with words of wisdom about the importance of strong and visionary leadership. The audience asked MAC to provide this transcript of his engaging and passionate speech.
Web Links
Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts offers leadership development programs and tools customized for arts professionals.
Artful Manager
The Artful Manager seeks a new set of metaphors for the administrative leaders of arts and culture. There is a need for business thinking, to be sure, with an intensity and deftness we have only begun to understand. But there is also an energy beyond money and markets that the artful manager must channel. What if, in the end, the arts organization is not a problem to be managed, but an instrument to be played?
Board Cafe
CompassPoint's Board Café is the electronic newsletter exclusively for members of nonprofit boards of directors. Short enough to read over a cup of coffee, Board Café offers a menu of ideas, information, opinion, news, and resources to help board members give and get the most out of board service.
Leadership Transitions
Leadership Transitions is part of the Texas Commision on the Arts' Tools for Results Tool-kit which was developed as a resource for non-profit arts and cultural organizations. Leadership Transitions contains information and tools that actively address demographic trends and organizational changes.
Linkage, Inc.
Linkage, Inc. is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development. They publish a free, monthly eNewsletter that offers you industry leaders' viewpoints, best practices, and relevant information on a variety of topics.
