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The Cycle: Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Introduction to the Cycle
Welcome! This first week you will be introduced to the course structure and learn the key principles of the Cycle, a management theory which supports thriving arts and cultural organizations and which serves as the framework for the course. The Cycle proposes ... - Week 2 - Long-Term Artistic Planning
This week, you will learn the benefits of planning your programs further in advance and learn strategies for planning your organizations programs over a five-year time frame. The Cycle proposes that each organization has a rolling, 3-5 year programming plan th... - Week 3 - Institutional Marketing
This week introduces institutional marketing, one of two marketing perspectives that is used to aggressively compete for audience attention and loyalty. Institutional marketing is the creative use of organizational assets to create spikes in awareness, energy,... - Week 4 - Programmatic Marketing
Programmatic marketing is the second marketing perspective that the Cycle describes. Programmatic marketing can be defined as the tactics used to identify and target potential audiences for each attraction, create awareness and demand, and drive a sale (of tic... - Week 5 - Family and Boards
An organization’s family makes up the third aspect of the Cycle. The family is an energized, enthusiastic group of ticket-buyers, board members, donors, trustees, and volunteers that anchors an organization’s financial health through its commitment of time, ta... - Week 6 - Fundraising and Course Summary
Fundraising, the final aspect of the Cycle, consists of a strategy for sustainable growth that joins long-term artistic goals, and energized family, and logical options for investment to build organizational resources donor by donor, week by week, month by mon...
Prerequisite
Instructors
Michael M. Kaiser
Founder and Chairman
DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland
Brett Egan
President
DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland
Editor
The University of Maryland is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's leading public research universities. A world leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 37,000 students, 9,000 faculty and staff, and 250 academic programs.
Its faculty includes three Nobel laureates, three Pulitzer Prize winners, 47 members of national academies and a large number of Fulbright scholars. The institution has an operating budget of $1.8 billion, raises $500 million a year in external research funding and recently completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign.
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