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Leadership Program for Marketing and Development Professional
NYC: January 5-15, 2009. An intense eleven-day curriculum focusing on the challenges facing leaders and staffs of tomorrow’s orchestras.
Designed to address issues of importance unique to orchestra boards.
An Assessment Resource for Orchestras in their Communities.
This Orchestra Leadership Academy seminar was designed to explore managing the difficult terrain of doing more with less. In turbulent times like those we are experiencing now, this might mean letting go of staff and cutting your operating budget. Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times provided practical insights and approaches to use back home, focusing primarily on human resources and financial issues. It equipped participants not only just for survival, but also enabled them to find ways to keep morale up, focusing resources where they matter, and helping their organization thrive. This valuable resouce list has been compiled for those unable to attend this seminar.
Selecting, Enableing, and Evaluating the Executive Directors
This comprehensive resource by the League of American Orchestras describes a process for selecting the executive director, building the board/executive relationship, and evaluating the effectiveness of the executive director. Whether you are a board leader, an executive director, or someone who aspires to become an executive director, you can't afford to miss this book's answers to questions such as: What is the board's role in ensuring the success of the executive director? Who should be on the search committee? Should we hire an executive search firm? How do we establish priorities for the next executive director?What are the criteria and methods for evaluating the effectiveness of the executive director? By Ellen Cochran Hirzy.
Stay connected via e-mail discussion groups, courtesy of the League of American Orchestras. The groups serve as a platform to pose questions, seek advice, and broadcast information to a select group of people.
Download Forum for Executive Directors: Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times Resource List