In an era of rapid change, visionary leaders must be equipped with day-to-day tools for observation, reflection, personal sustainability, and problem solving to move things forward. Experts point to the differences between management and leadership—management involves routines, processes, and systems while leadership requires an ability to guide, influence, and inspire. Renowned leadership expert Kwayera Archer argues that visionary leadership requires both a commitment towards a long-term mission and effective management skills that enable leaders to refine and amplify their leadership capabilities. This dynamic webinar shares practical skills for managing the shifting daily needs and completing priorities within your work and life, and for developing daily practices for personal sustainability and "rebooting."
As the WARE Network has developed, the Guild has sought input from Network constituents at an inaugural video chat as well as at the Community Arts Educators for Racial Equity Institute at the 2017 Conference. Network participants requested future support on how to stay engaged with the evershifting language that upholds the movement for racial justice. In response to this interest, the WARE Network offers Language for the Movement, a series of two video chats that provide concrete examples of how language can identify you as an ally and the role it can play in furthering your organization’s work around equity and racial justice.
In the Part I “fireside chat,” representatives from Creative Action (Austin, TX) discuss their staff-wide social justice learning initiatives, including an ongoing Examining Whiteness circle. Participants hear about the challenges that go along with building a common language and how tackling language is a necessary step in broadening organizational activity around racial justice.
Join the Small Schools Network and Guild Staff to learn how, as a Guild member organization with a smaller budget size, you can take full advantage of the Guild’s online resources. We know you don’t always have time to explore all of the possible resources that are available, so, alongside Small Schools Network Ambassador Leo Van Asten, Guild staff highlight webinars, publications, templates, and other resources that may be particularly useful for organizations with a smaller staff and less financial resources.
Dr. Bettina Love, our 2016 keynote speaker and esteemed author/scholar, recently launched a new online Hip Hop civics curriculum, GET FREE. Inspired by the ingenuity, political energy, love, and DIY model of underground Hip Hop, GET FREE aims to play a critical role in the movement for justice by reinforcing citizenship, shared leadership, community, civic engagement, and intersectional justice in the lives of young people. In this webinar, Dr. Love discusses the ins and outs of GET FREE and the role music and the arts can play in teaching students to combat racial and social injustice.
If social justice is a tenet of your organization it is important to see that principle reflected from the administrative level down. In this video chat we explore how one arts education organization working with marginalized communities has increased their social justice impact—starting with their administration. DreamYard(Bronx, NY) prioritizes community building and leadership development within their admin team, and sees those principles reflected through the work of staff, teaching artists, and ultimately in the students and families they serve.
Leadership development expert, Ronnie Brooks, and arts education leaders across the country share strategies for taking heart and generating hope – personally and among your team – during uncertain times. This 90-minute zoom chat will build on thoughts shared in the recent GuildNotes article, “A Call for Hope: Building Hope in Yourself and Others.” In this Zoom Chat, you'll gain insights into how to draw on your core values and strengths, as well as those of your co-workers and community members, to build a sustainable vision for hope and progress through your work.
It's the era of Big Data and arts leaders "need to know." Are your programs supporting the change you want to see? Are your managers successfully monitoring their projects? Are you using data to inform decision making and strategic planning? Well-designed and right-sized evaluations do more than keep funders happy: They help us document impact, improve practice, inform planning, and power up our fundraising efforts. For those who know a little to those who know more than a little, this session will help you become conversant with the vocabulary, skills, and tools of assessment and evaluation.
Inspired by the Hip Hop movement, Dr. Love has become an expert on how the arts can expose youth to the possibilities that come with envisioning a world built on joy, radical love, and finding power in centering humanity. In this special, members-only video chat, participants spoke with Dr. Love and peers across the country about how to provide youth with the tools for understanding and working collectively to combat racial and social injustice.
This informative, practical webinar from former director of The Colburn Music School, Robert McAllister, provides insight on how a fundraising strategy can support the impact you want to see in the world. For Colburn, this meant providing deep financial-aid for low-income students. McAllister shares how the organization's fundraising strategy helped realize that vision.
Research indicates that community-based, creative arts programs can improve the health and well-being of older people and their communities. This webinar explores: Key research finding driving the growth of the creative aging field; Older adults' need for creative expression and finding meaning; Principles of older adult learning; and; Three varieties of creative aging programs -lifelong learning, health and wellness, and community building
