Home Page
The home page displays current news from the Kennedy Center and artsmanager.org community members, recent blog postings by Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser, and this week in pictures. Navigate to any of the areas of the site from this page.

Blog
Michael Kaiser, President of the Kennedy Center will post a bi-weekly blog discussing timely marketing, fundraising, and planning issues for arts managers around the world. This blog will discuss current best practices and the developing field of arts management. Join Michael in a conversation on the challenges and potential solutions for arts managers today.

News

The News section will contain updates on recent and upcoming events from the Kennedy Center, as well as any provided by community members. There are also RSS feeds and Google news links for performing arts management news throughout the world. If you have something news-worthy to share about your organization, post it here!

Discussion boards

Discussion boards are a place for community members to meet and discuss topics affecting them and their organizations. Find information on fundraising strategies, board development, and marketing plans. This is a great way to create a database of knowledge - everyone can contribute and give answers based on their experiences.

Resource Center

The Resource Center contains tip sheets, case studies, articles, and web links designed to provide practical advice for the busy arts manager. All artsmanager.org community members are able to review items in and post to the Resource Center. In addition, the Kennedy Center will periodically post resources derived from its national and international work with not-for-profit performing arts managers.

Survey

Community members have the opportunity to develop surveys to ask their fellow artsmanager.org community members about issues of importance to them. Curious about other organizations board give/get policies? Ask them in the survey section of the web site.

People and Groups

Accessible from the home page, People and Groups will show you who else is using the site! This will display profiles from community members. On this page you can search for colleagues, or send emails to members or to entire groups.

Profile

Your profile will identify you to other community members. This is a great way to talk about yourself and your organization. You can also upload a photograph of yourself to your profile. This picture will appear next to your name when you contribute to the discussion boards or post content to the resource center. The best part of this area is that you can decide what other registered users can see using the privacy levels for each piece of information.