Read or listen to Tribal Leadership, by 2008 Cultural Arts Conference keynote speaker, John King, for FREE!
John King, co-author of Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, wowed participants at the 2008 Cultural Arts Conference - Cultural Leadership., sharing how to use the tribes within organization to maximize productivity and profit.
Learning from the Obama Campaign Model
Barry Hessenius, former Executive Director of the California Arts Council has a blog with ideas on promoting and supporting the arts. In his most recent blog, Barry posts the importance of capitalizing on Web 2.0:
The Arts Culture sector needs to ramp up its effort to become experts in sending the right message to widely divergent targets using the tools and means that work for each of those targets. Click to read Barry's Blog now: http://www.westaf.org/blog/archives/2008/11/learning_from_t_1.php
Fresno Bee Editorial on the Economic Impact of the Cultural Arts
Arts and cultural events pay off big time for Fresno County Economy gets a multimillion-dollar boost from local, tourist spending.
The classic figure of the starving artist may be real, but the arts provide a banquet for the local economy. Fresno County sees almost $120 million annually in economic activity created by the nonprofit arts and culture industry. More than 2,700 jobs are generated in the county each year.
$119,700,000 In Economic Activity & 2,725 Jobs Generated Annually by NP and Culture Industry in Fresno County
Revealing the Nonprofit Cultural Arts Industry as a Formidable Business and Economic Driver for Fresno County
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA - October 17, 2008 - FRESNO COALITION FOR ARTS, SCIENCE & HISTORY (FCASH) announced today the results of the economic impact of the nonprofit arts industry in Fresno County. These local results were compiled as part of the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States.
Over 300 cultural arts providers and partners convene to grow a thriving cultural sector!
Artists and cultural arts leaders, community, business and public leaders from around the valley come together at the 2008 Cultural Arts Conference
Majority of voters (88%) believe that an education in and through the arts is essential to developing imagination
"What is very clear in recent public opinion polling and our own research is that people across the country want a much more engaging and broadened education for students. They want schools to help students set high standards for themselves, have ambition and aspirations for success, and develop the skills to fulfill their dreams and meet the demands of the 21st century world in which we live. And, the majority of voters (88%) believe that an education in and through the arts is essential to developing the capacities of the imagination that empower students to achieve these goals.
We need well rounded citizens who use their imagination to solve our world’s problems
"The arts play a very important role in our lives affording students an opportunity to think creatively and look at the world in a broader, more enlightened manner. In the 21st century and during the era of No Child Left Behind, it is even more important to include the arts in the education of our nation’s youth. If we are going to be on the cutting edge of a global economy, we need well rounded citizens who use their imagination to solve our world’s problems. Arts are one way to insure that America remains an Imagine Nation."
Nominations for the 2008 City of Fresno Historic Preservation Awards
The Historic Preservation Council
Soliciting nominations for the 2008 City of Fresno Historic Preservation Awards
Nominations can be made in the following categories (or a new category can be recommended):
Poets & Writers Magazine puts Fresno and the Valley on the literary map
The Places Between
If you asked a group of people to describe the literary scene in California, most would likely respond by describing what's going on in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles. No doubt there is an abundance of literary activity in both areas, but there's also a lot happening in smaller cities such as Fresno. Cheryl Klein, who directs our California Programs office, recently traveled there to meet with writers and reading series coordinators. What follows is an excerpt from the journal she kept about her trip.
The MFA Is the New MBA
The Master of Fine Arts is the new MBA. So argued author Daniel Pink in a recent New York Times story about the new creative economy, in which even old-school corporations like GM increasingly value imaginative “right-brain†thinkers. Harvard Business blogger Tom Davenport vehemently disagrees.