It's essential to strike a balance between supporting your board and ensuring they hold themselves accountable.

The chief executive-board chair relationship is among the most important for any nonprofit. Here are a few tips to start on the right foot.

How much time do you or others in the organization spend putting flyers up around town or stuffing envelopes? Does your organization...

Like it or not... running an organization, just like life, is full of compromises. And sometimes contradictions. Here are a few examples...

How many times have you plugged a number in the budget to make it balance? How often are you biting your nails at the end of the fiscal...

How much time does your staff spend waiting for their computer to start up, or pull that report you need? How much time does your staff...

As performing arts organizations are resuming in-person performances this fall, there are a lot of questions about how quickly patrons will

Hiring new staff can be time-consuming, frustrating, a big relief, or all the above for arts managers. In Part 1, I reviewed the three...

Finding qualified candidates is more difficult than ever. Read how to adjust to a competitive market and set up your new hires for success.

Wow, what a year! There was unprecedented uncertainty in the last 15 months – organizations made endless contingency plans, managers and...

It’s cliché but true – “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!” The global pandemic is (hopefully) a once-in-a-career opportunity

One of my favorite things about starting Nave Strategies is the opportunity to stay abreast of what is happening in the arts world. There...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This describes what State Theatre New Jersey is doing in partnership with Nave Strategies.

Like most arts organizations during the pandemic, Delaware Theatre Company is having to find ways to get work done with fewer resources.

Have you ever felt like there is so much happening, so many options to consider that you aren’t quite sure what to focus on next?