Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture

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University of Leeds

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Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture

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Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture

The course Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture is an online class provided by University of Leeds through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Improve your chances of raising funds for arts and culture by developing your leadership and entrepreneurial skills.

Course description

Learn how to help arts and cultural organisations thrive
2 weeks

As the global funding landscape is changing rapidly, arts and cultural organisations are becoming increasingly concerned about what actions to take.
On this course, you will learn about the importance of developing organisational resilience through effective leadership and management, and how to diversify income streams by becoming more entrepreneurial. You will explore different leadership styles, change management and entrepreneurship, so you’ll be in a better position to lead your organisation’s fundraising strategy and offer better value to your audiences.

Introduction and overview: why are we talking about arts fundraising and organisational development? Global perspectives.
A values-based approach to vision and mission development and the implications of this for authentic arts fundraising.
The role of leaders and leadership in managing changing cultures of fundraising and organisational development.
Theories and practical applications of change management in the arts and cultural sector.
An evolving ecology: Cultural entrepreneurship and new venture creation.
Developing and debating ‘resilience’ by critically exploring emerging business models and structures in the arts and cultural sector.

Explore how to develop an enterprising and effective arts and cultural organisation.
Evaluate the opportunities and challenges of raising funds in the arts and cultural sector by exploring examples and strategies from arts management and cultural policy.
Critically investigate key ideas and models of arts fundraising, cultural leadership, organisational development and change management.
Reflect on ways to develop enterprising and effective arts and cultural organisations.
Identify and debate the challenges unique to leading contemporary arts and cultural organisations.

This course is for chief executives, senior managers and board members involved with fundraising in the non-profit arts and culture sector, whether in the UK or internationally. It also aimed at those aspiring to take on a leadership role in the future.
You may be working in a museum, a gallery, theatre or a community arts centre trying to reach wider audiences and build stronger partnerships. If you are working in the arts and cultural sector and trying to create a sustainable organisation this course will help you achieve it.
This course might also be of interest to postgraduate students of visual and performing arts, and of arts management, business and management, museum and gallery studies and cultural policy.

University of Leeds
As one of the UK’s largest research-based universities, the University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group and a centre of excellence for teaching.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture

Course Topic

Business & Management, Creative Arts & Media, Finance & Accounting

University, College, Institution

University of Leeds

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Effective Fundraising and Leadership in Arts and Culture

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / University of Leeds you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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