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		<title>Case Study: American Players Theatre (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Kayton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2009, American Players Theatre (APT) finished construction of a new 200-seat indoor theater, the culmination of the most recent strategic plan.  The completion of the Touchstone Theatre accomplished APT’s goal of building a year-round venue to complement its 1,148-seat outdoor venue The Up-the-Hill Theatre on its one-hundred ten acre campus outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Penumbra Theatre Company (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate E. Liberman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lou Bellamy, Founder and Artistic Director of Penumbra Theatre Company in Minneapolis, had recently begun the slow process of planning for his own retirement.  In addition to his own transition, his colleague since 2004, Managing Director Chris Widdess, had announced that she would be leaving the organization at the end of the 2012 season.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Ice Theatre of New York (2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Black</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the far west side of midtown Manhattan, looking out across the Hudson with a view of New Jersey, is a large sports complex called Chelsea Piers. The office of Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) is located at Pier 59, across the parking lot from the Golf Center. ITNY is the only arts organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Arena Stage (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Priromprintr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This case discusses strategy and competitive advantage, using the context of Arena Stage and the opening of its new facility in Southwest Washington DC. In March of 2010, Arena Stage was preparing to make one of the biggest changes in its storied, 60-year history.  The Mead Center for American Theater, a major expansion and top-to-bottom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tool: Organizational Analysis (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Kandel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An organizational analysis raises provocative questions, illuminates problems, and many times it unveils opportunities that may have eluded an organization. Most important, a rigorous, objective analysis, conducted at regular intervals, can help ensure that an organization remains faithful to its mission. Like a snapshot, an organizational analysis captures the state of an organization at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper: Mission Driven Governance (2009)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raymond Fisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prevailing governance model is fundamentally adversarial, pitting board members in a never-ending struggle with executives. This model may ensure that the legal requirements of oversight and compliance are met, but it does little to advance the organization’s goals. The authors of this paper propose a new and more effective framework, one where board members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: A Performing Arts Center at Auburn University (2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kuerten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past years, John Mouton, Senior Advisor to the President of Auburn University had received a variety of input on the construction of a performing arts complex. As of Spring 2008, existing facilities needed expansion and renovation; campus development had made community access difficult; and Auburn’s peers had relatively large, up-to-date performing arts facilities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Performance Programs (2007)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naomi Okuyama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Museum of Contemporary Art was preparing for the departure of MCA Director Robert Fitzpatrick next year. The MCA had come a long way under Fitzpatrick’s tenure, and Peter Taub, Director of Performance Programs, wondered whether this was a good time to propose a plan for growth in performing arts programming. The performing arts at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland (2007)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naomi Okuyama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1999, when Susie Farr, the Executive Director of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, took over leadership of the institution, she had seen turnover as the Center established itself and its distinctive process-focused presenting mission within the facility and the campus. But by 2005 this turnover began to appear less attributable to growing pains, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: The Goodman Theatre (2006)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Nacht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Artistic Director Robert Falls and Managing Director Roche Schulfer looked back on their 19 years leading Chicago’s Goodman Theatre together, they could take deep satisfaction. They had a rewarding partnership. The Theatre had a reputation for creating nationally important work, yet was proudly regarded as a hometown theatre by a city that saw itself [...]]]></description>
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