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Want to bust out of a rut? Care to imagine yourself in a different role? Looking for some new solutions to age-old challenges? Hoping to recommit yourself to your work in a new-and-improved way?
Join the Alliance for the 3rd biennial Leadership Institute — a 4-day retreat for leadership development of arts administrators, in the idyllic setting of Atlantic Center for the Arts. Be inspired. Be Challenged. Be the leader you've always hoped you'd be.
Whether an executive director, program manager, or other staff, discover your own leadership style and build the confidence and skills to lead an organization that supports artists of any discipline.
It's been a tough year, and we're all a bit beaten down. It's time for new energy, and a reinvestment in your organization's most valuable resource — you!
“I came here not knowing what to expect and was so happily surprised. I found a wonderful balance between guided and self-discovery. Obviously a great deal of forethought has gone into the structure of this week but there has been plenty of time for spontaneity and surprise. Thank you!"
“In 4 days, I found my readiness to take on the challenges ahead, to carve new paths, to know when to step back and when to step up. I can do this.”
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The Curriculum
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The Leadership Institute combines professional best-practices with personal leadership development, ideal for group work as well as individual reflection. The curriculum is designed for administrators within nonprofit arts organizations, particularly those who work directly with individual artists (in any discipline -- visual arts, music, dance, literature, etc.).
The work will challenge and inspire you to:
- Develop your personal leadership style
- Explore major trends and influences shaping your environment of artist-centered organizations
- Expand your awareness of generational and cultural differences
- Identify strategies to sustain your organization's mission over time
- Broaden your network of peer support for ongoing learning and collaboration
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The Setting
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The beautiful retreat setting of Atlantic Center for the Arts provides the ideal environment for in-depth learning and peer interaction that are essential to the Leadership Institute.
Atlantic Center is located on 69 pristine acres on Turnbull Bay, and the campus is connected by raised boardwalks preserving its native palmetto pine forest and lush vegetation. Located on Florida's east central coast, New Smyrna Beach is a quiet seaside retreat named one of The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. At at the mouth of the Ponce de Leon Inlet, which serves as the gateway to the historic and picturesque Indian River-Intracoastal Waterway, New Smyrna Beach is 15 minutes south of Daytona and less than an hour from Orlando, allowing for convenient and affordable travel for Leadership Institute attendees.
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The Institute gave me a gift beyond measure: my fellow participants... I can rely on them for thoughtful, deliberate insights, suggestions and ideas drawn from and informed by their own triumphs and struggles as leaders in the arts.
– previous attendee
The Alliance's 2010 Leadership Institute is supported in part by grants from The Ford Foundation, The Andrew Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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