You can’t pour from an empty cup
Beth Alden is CEO at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester, an arts organisation with a craft focus. She is taking part in Creative United’s Prosper programme.
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Creating business plans to get excited about
James West shares his recipe for creating one-pager and full business plans worth reading.
Southend Museum Business Model
Explore how Southend Museum revised its business model and got staff behind a more positive and ambitious future.
National Justice Museum Business Model Case Study
Explore the National Justice Museum’s new business model and the process that led to it uniting its various venues, collections and activities under one national brand.
To sell or not to sell?
This IETM toolkit aims firstly to clarify the key concepts and definitions related to business models and business models innovation, possibly overcoming prejudices in the process; it then proposes a business model canvas tailored to the specific characteristics of arts and cultural organisations, and illustrates how some cultural organisations across Europe have successfully innovated their business models.
Introducing the Business Model Canvas
Reinvent your business model with this introduction to the Business Model Canvas for arts and cultural organisations.
Ideas to spark your future business model
Gain inspiration to develop a more resilient business model with this article from AMA Executive Director Julie Aldridge.
Investing in change – developing innovative new business models
In this article, Michelle Wright discusses the need for arts organisations to be more innovative in their fundraising by adapting their business model to generate more commercial income.
Maximise your existing business model to generate new income
Ten years ago the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry had to find new sources of income. In this article, Joanna Reid describes how, in addition to promoting its events and conferencing services, the theatre turned its in-house workshop into a commercial set-building operation, which now contributes £400,000 a year as a production services subsidiary.
The role of diversity in building adaptive resilience
Discover how embracing the creative case for diversity and difference can support the adaptive resilience of arts organisations. This paper features ten case studies, recommendations of helpful things to do and a framework for self-assessment.