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Young Board, Old Board, Your Board

June 22, 2006

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Joe Patti

I saw a very interesting article on board composition in Arts Presenter’s online version of Inside Arts Magazine. (Have to provide email address to read.)

The piece essentially tackled the idealism vs. practicality issue in relation to age of board members. While everyone strives to have younger people on their board, the reality is that the young folks often aren’t far enough along in their lives to offer a non-profit board the time and money (or social contacts with money) that more..seasoned..members of the community can.

Despite some ancedotes which support the idea that older people more easily meet the board requirements of many non-profits the article stresses the importance of making the effort to attract younger members. Their involvement in the board would have to recognize that they need time to raise families and aren’t able to meet the Give, Get or Get Off criteria at this stage in their lives.

Certainly it is just as important to recruit the right young members as it is older members and not just bring them on board because of their age. The article mentions quite a few benefits younger members can bring as well as pointing out some erroneous assumptions.

Give it a read.

Management Philosophy

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Ball Thrown Round The World

June 21, 2006

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Joe Patti

I don’t know if anyone caught this Guardian article on Artsjournal.com in the last day or so. The story covers, Play on Earth, an effort by performance groups on three continents to create and interactively perform with one another with the help of technology. I had previously mentioned a related effort by MIT in an entry a couple years ago.

The Guardian article presents what may be a preview of the format the performing arts may take in the future. It seems quite ripe with possibility. It could be exciting to see how directors might exploit the real time chronological differences in clever ways.

The danger element inherent to having separate directors and casts who have never met each other might provide a draw to audiences as an alternative to the well-edited movie or television show. We often talk about one of the appeals of live performance being that anything can happen and this certainly reintroduces that concept. The irony is, it is the instability of network connection that contributes to this sense that catastrophe may be imminent. As technology improves, performances may have to up the ante in other areas to maintain the ambiance.

Arts in an Age of Technology

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The Non-Artistic for Artistic Leaders

June 20, 2006

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Joe Patti

I noticed this just before I started to travel back from vacation. I thought the deadline to apply was Friday but it is tomorrow. Still, the application is fairly easy to fill out and if nothing else, interested parties can keep their eyes open to apply the next year it is offered. (The praises quoted are from the 2004 institute. Don’t know if they just forgot to update the page or if it is bi-annual.)

Theatre Communications Group is having a New Artistic Leader Institute in San Diego in August. “The goal of the Institute is to orient new and prospective artistic directors to the non-artistic aspects of leading a theatre company.” The criteria for New Artistic Leader is those who have been in their current position since 2004. As is implied by the Artistic Leader term rather than Artistic Director, the program is open to a number of artistic positions. “Resident directors, associate artistic directors and freelance artists are also eligible to apply”

There is a $300 application fee and scholarship monies available.

Although this is the fourth year TCG has done this, the curriculum for this year has yet to be set and will be formulated by a task force in the coming weeks. This seems to imply the program attempts to address the latest concerns of artistic leaders.

Anyhow, if you are interested get thee to the information page and application!

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Away For A Nonce

June 7, 2006

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Joe Patti

I am going on vacation for a bit in order to shower my nephew with adulation.

Those who wish to ponder my occasional brilliance can seek it in the blog archives.

With nearly 350 entries to peruse you can survey the changes in my thinking and writing style from the very beginning!

I will be checking my blog on occasion to thin out the spam of advertising in the comments section.
If you are moved to make observations they will appear on the blog within a few days when I have time to approve them and perhaps say something in return.

General Musings

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