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Performing Arts Resources to Support Emerging Leaders at Arts Organizations

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is dedicated to fostering vibrant nonprofit arts organizations. Through our research on leadership in nonprofit arts organizations, we have investigated the ways that arts organizations can recruit and retain emerging arts leaders.

In our 2009 report "Involving Youth In the Arts" we found that while early-career arts leaders are inspired to enter the arts administration field, they face barriers to developing satisfying and successful careers. Below please find links to free, online resources that may be helpful to you and your arts organization in addressing some of these barriers.

If you have resources to suggest or feedback for us on our report please let us know. You can contact us at:

performingarts@hewlett.org

Two-Way Performance Evaluations	HR Village Sample Performance Appraisal Banff Center Sample Performance Evaluation
Sample Employee/Policy Handbook	HR Council: Employee Handbook
Creating Mentoring Relationships	Nonprofit Good Practice Guide: Mentoring a Two-Way Street
Informational material on generational profiles	HR Council: Generational Profiles
Basic Guidelines for Giving Feedback	Basic Guidelines for Giving Feedback
Diversity in the Workplace	HR Council: Diversity in the Workplace
Technology in the Workplace	Technology Resources through the Council of Nonprofits Technology for Nonprofit Organizations
Information for Young Artists on How to Build a Network	The American Association of Museums - a model for emerging arts leaders Emerging Leaders in New York Arts - Information and Resources
Other Resource Kits	The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide (including a section on Emerging Leaders) Idealist.com's The Nonprofit Human Resources Center The Craigslist Foundation's "Nonprofit Support Yellow Pages"