All you need Are Five Good Ideas

Or one, really, for last-minute holiday shopping. This recently published Coach House/Maytree Foundation publication evolved from a series of lunch-time discussions that Maytree hosted over the past eight years. Edited by Maytree Chairman Alan Broadbent and President Ratna Omidvar, the much-praised book covers leadership and vision, organizational effectiveness, human resources, resource development, advocacy, governance and more by a wide variety of respected contributors. The essay on Revisioning your Organization by Nick Saul of The Stop is particularly great and his points will ring true for Arts Action Research devotees. It’s a valuable non-profit management handbook – broken into short essays and sections that make for easy transit reading – and an ideal gift for your arts management family and friends.