EmcArts’ Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts provides organizations (selected on a competitive basis) with space, time and resources to explore and accelerate the design and testing of new organizational change strategies for which they are both ready and committed, with the purpose of addressing specific challenges and providing a set of compelling “prototypes” for the future.

Round 4 of the Innovation Lab is open to all American nonprofit producing, presenting and service organizations in theater, dance and jazz, including college-based presenters. This is the first round in which service organizations have been eligible.

Emerging strategies selected for inclusion will be in areas that offer substantial leverage for new, effective practice in the performing arts field; they will not necessarily be large in scope or in financial cost.

The Innovation Lab is a 12-month program in which EmcArts facilitators work with teams of staff, artists and board leaders from participating organizations. The Lab includes individual coaching, group facilitation, an Intensive Retreat with specialized faculty, and a variety of extended support systems tailored to the needs of each organization.

Round 4 Deadline: Wednesday, May 19th, 2010.

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