"In the know": Definitions of common terms :: Careers in Cultural Management

Careers in Culture Introduction Opportunities Changes and Challenges What do Cultural Managers Do? Ways Into the Field Work Search Strategies The Alphabet Soup of Cultural Management "In the know": Definitions of common terms Is that your group or mine?: untangling the acronyms Credits		Careers in Culture – Careers in Cultural Management > "In the know": Definitions of common terms You may find it hard to understand the some of the language and terms used in the cultural sector. Here is an explanation of some of the common terms: AD Artistic Director ASO Arts Service Organization CEO Chief Executive Officer CMP Creative Management Project Cultural Management The art of planning, organizing, leading, supervising and monitoring activities within the not-for-profit and for-profit arts, cultural sector. These activities include management and administration. Development Creating and undertaking long-term activities that provide new and ongoing revenue to an organization. ED Executive Director Fundraising All activities related to raising financial resources for a cause or an organization, whether proposal writing, direct mail, special events or other longer-term activities. GM General Manager HR Human Resources NASO National arts service organization Not-for-profit Organizations with Boards that return all revenues to the organization, not to individual owners/shareholders. IT Information technology PR Public Relations Umbrella group An organization that supports – and often, in matters of public policy, represents – other individual cultural organizations.

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