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Anyone for Pizza?

What possible function could an inner saboteur have? Meet the F words

10 Rules for Dynamic Participation

How do you get people really engaged in a process? We've developed a technique alled Dynamic Participation - guaranteed to get people talking and acting. Here are the rules.

The Obtuse Art of Strategy

We are regularly invited to assist organisations in the generation of strategic
plans. The generation of a document or report is very often seen as the “end
product” of a process and in some cases the plan itself then needs to be “sold” to the organisation. Increasingly we find management teams wanting to approach this task in a more creative way.

Roles & Relationships in a non profit

Managing the relationship between a chief executive and board of directors in a non-profit can be challenging. This paper summarises the roles and responsibilities of each.

What's a Blog got to do with it?

Why are so few Irish arts organisations using social media to produce and promote their work? This paper asks a few questions and makes a few suggestions to get you thinking about the possibilties.

Costing and Pricing Your Work

Many artists and creative practitioners are unclear as to how to cost and price their work - many make the mistake of under pricing. This paper is a guide to the science and art of costing and pricing.

Preparing Proposals

A guide for artists on how to approach the commissioning process.