New Year, New Goals
By now, you’ve probably made a few New Year’s resolutions: lose weight, quit smoking, or be more organized. But have you set career goals for 2008? Are you where you expected to be at this point in your career?
With the new year comes new insight and a fresh opportunity to reflect on where you’ve been and where you want to go. Peter Weddle, a leading expert in human resources, offers an idea called Career Fitness, described below.
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Do you want to acknowledge an exceptional arts education leader?
Do colleagues call you an arts advocacy superhero?
Did a business executive in your community go above and beyond for the arts this year?
It’s time to recognize their hard work.
Americans for the Arts presents the Annual Awards to honor the achievements of leaders committed to enriching their communities through the arts each year. For every path an arts professional’s career might take, there is an award that is right for them:
Alene Valkanas State Arts Advocacy Award
Arts Education Award
Emerging Leader Award
Michael Newton Award for United Arts Funds Leadership
Public Art Network Award
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LaPlaca Cohen, in partnership with Discovery Communications and Antenna Audio, has recently released Culture Track 2007, a new national study (actually the fourth done by them since 2003) looking at attitudes and behavior of cultural audiences. (The report is available from the LaPlaca Cohen Web site) Conducted by e-mail, the results are unusually immediate, and because of the previous research, historical trends can also be reviewed. The research also breaks down the survey respondents into Frequent Attendees (who attend at least one arts event/month) and Infrequent Attendees. Some the of the 2007 results show little change from past studies, and I will focus here on the trends and what I see as the particularly enlightening findings:
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This week Iowa caucus goers cast their first votes for President, and primary voters in New Hampshire get their chance on January 8. And like the candidates, the Americans for the Arts Action Fund has been busy building support for the arts and arts education through the ArtsVote initiative. The initiative is dedicated to making sure that the presidential candidates make on-the-record statements in support of the arts and arts education.
On Nov. 29, the Arts Action Fund and ArtsVoteNH hosted a statewide Arts Policy Forum at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH. The event, a first of its kind, allowed New Hampshire voters who support the arts, arts education, cultural diplomacy, and the creative economy to learn about how the presidential candidates support the arts, and hear from and ask questions by campaign representatives. Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of the Arts Action Fund, welcomed the audience at the Arts Policy Forum and provided an overview of the ArtsVote initiative. His remarks are included in the video below. And check back for more video highlights from the Arts Policy Forum.
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Barry Hessenius’s Barry’s Blog recently featured “year-end” predictions for the arts sector for 2008 from a number of participants in the “Hessenius Group” which he hosts on his blog. I thought I would share my contribution to his list. To read all the contributions, visit Barry’s Blog.
Happy New Year!
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A new study, Portraits of Donors, conducted by The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University was recently released by Bank of America, looked at the philanthropic patterns of high net worth households. This report is based on data already gathered and issued in an initial report that examined giving by the wealthiest 3.1 percent of households. This new study explicitly looks at giving by the wealthiest Americans those that have a net worth of more than $1 million and annual income of more than $200,000. Eighty percent of the sample had a net worth of more than $2 million, and the group of responders was clustered into 12 archetypes:
While space won’t allow describing the characteristics of each of these donor groups, or their behavior, there are a number of very interesting results relevant to giving to the arts that I would like to highlight. Let’s focus first on the sweet spot those categories that seem most likely to support the arts (in bold above): Entrepreneurs, Dynasts, Metropolitans, and High Frequency Volunteer. To combine them all, the most likely arts donor would be a person of high net worth with substantial wealth coming from a business they own, who also gives a philanthropy allowance to their children, lives in a major metropolitan area, and volunteers more than 200 hours a year.
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Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce our Council election results. Below are your peers from across the country who will be serving on the following Councils starting next year. Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations and who voted online. We are looking forward to working with these leaders throughout their terms.
Arts Education Council
Emerging Leader Council
Public Art Network (PAN) Council
United Arts Fund (UAF) Council
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