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An Action Learning Project Put Into Action

Mar 1, 2018
2 min

An Action Learning Project Put Into Action

SSS Members enjoy a recent Secret Sounds event at the Masters Gallery, featuring The Torchettes The Calgary Folk Music Festival’s donor outreach program, Secret Sounds Society, was born as an Action Learning Project (ALP) during my time as a student in the third cohort of the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP). Secret Sounds is a membership-based social club; members are told the dates and times of the four events in the season, but we keep the location and the concept of e

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Rozsa Foundation

Nov 3, 2017
3 min

Space = Sustainability

Following her time with the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP), Barbara Thorson presented her Action Learning Project at the University of Calgary on March 14, 2017. My Action Learning Project started out as a proposal to create a Policy and Procedure Manual for Cowtown Opera. However, immediate concerns for lack of space in my home and garage (where Cowtown Opera had resided for the past six years), led me to begin the search for a new location. The challenge would be to

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At Risk Outreach - A New Purpose For A Favourite Art Form

Rozsa Foundation

Aug 18, 2017
3 min

At Risk Outreach - A New Purpose For A Favourite Art Form

In 2015-2016, Karen Brown Fournell, General Manager of Rapid Fire Theatre, participated in the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) and through that program developed an Action Learning Project (ALP). Rapid Fire Theatre (RFT) is Edmonton’s longest running improv theatre that aims to provide affordable, high-energy improvisation and alternative theatre to their audiences, while providing exciting opportunities for their participants. One of the things that improv offers, over

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More Meaningful Experiences for Life Long Learners

Rozsa Foundation

Aug 18, 2017
3 min

More Meaningful Experiences for Life Long Learners

Each year, participants of the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) present their organization's board and RAMP faculty with an Action Learning Project, or ALP. This project applies their learnings from the program into a real world plan to move their organization forward. Donna Barrett, Operations Specialist at the Alberta College of Art + Design's Continuing Education Department, shared her experience with us. I, and the ACAD Continuing Education department, continue to be

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Rozsa Foundation

Aug 2, 2017
4 min

iHuman Wellness

From September 2015-April 2016 I participated in the inaugural hosting of the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) held in Edmonton. RAMP is the Rozsa Foundation’s unique certificate program designed for mid to senior level arts professionals and has been offered in Calgary for 6 years and in Edmonton for 1 year. Along with 20 colleagues from 16 Edmonton and area arts organizations, we heard from leading professionals on various topics including human resources, financial man

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RAMP Project – The Ally Toolkit Conference

Rozsa Foundation

Apr 26, 2017
1 min

RAMP Project – The Ally Toolkit Conference

The Ally Toolkit Conference is a one-day conference offering a holistic toolkit for better ally-ship in schools, at work and in our communities. This project grew from a previous RAMP (Rozsa Arts Management Program) marketing project completed by Fairy Tales staff in 2015. The research found a startling lack of audience identifying as ‘allies’ who were attending the festival. This made the opportunity for audience development through education and context building an ideal av

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Rozsa Foundation

Apr 13, 2017
4 min

A Lift for the Lebel Mansion

The Lebel Mansion, built in 1910, is an historic building located in Pincher Creek and is operated by the Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek since 1987. The Mansion is the main cultural and artistic venue for southern Alberta. The building stands 3 stories high, and notions of universal access were not included in the design at that time of construction. In 2007 efforts were made to obtain funding to render the building accessible for everyone, including the installation of

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Rozsa Foundation

Apr 10, 2017
3 min

Connecting Community Across Disciplines

Contributed by Val Duncan, Artistic Producer of Theatre Encounter, following the presentation of her RAMP Action Learning Project. [April 10, 2017] My Action Learning Project started as an audience development initiative. The artistic directors at Theatre Encounter had known for years that their work aligned more closely with contemporary visual arts than with traditional theatre, but, the company just couldn’t seem to integrate people interested in contemporary art into th

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Board Members attend RAMP Graduates' ALP presentations

Rozsa Foundation

Sep 16, 2016
2 min

Board Members attend RAMP Graduates' ALP presentations

Photo: Mary Rozsa de Coquet and Damon Johnston The 2015/2016 RAMP season concludes with graduates' ALP (Action Learning Project) presentations, covering everything from new audience development, board succession planning, fund development, strategic planning, membership development, organizational sustainability, human resources, youth and community outreach, plus many more challenges faced by the arts sector. As always, participants gained new insights into arts management a

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Rozsa Foundation

Jun 26, 2016
4 min

Emerging Themes in the Arts

The Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) in 2015-2016 offered me the opportunity to connect with other arts administrators, raise common issues, and allow for new ideas to emerge. While others in my cohort focused on a challenge in their organization for their Action Learning Project (ALP), I focused on the non-profit arts sector as a whole. “Emerging Themes in the Arts” Theme #1: LEADERSHIP For over 10 years there has been research and discussion about the baby boomer genera

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Edmonton Poetry Festival's Jannie Edwards reflects on RAMP

Rozsa Foundation

Jun 1, 2016
2 min

Edmonton Poetry Festival's Jannie Edwards reflects on RAMP

In June 2016, the Edmonton Poetry Festival's Executive Director, Rayanne Doucet, concluded her Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) with an excellent Action Learning Project (ALP) presentation. Festival board's Vice President, Jannie Edwards attended the presentation and contributed her thoughts. For years, I taught at Grant MacEwan College, now MacEwan University, and ended my career there as Associate Dean of the Performing, Visual and Communication Arts Division. One of ou

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The Roots of Downstage's Pay-It-Forward Program

Rozsa Foundation

May 19, 2016
3 min

The Roots of Downstage's Pay-It-Forward Program

Image credit: Tim Nguyen, Citrus Photography It’s interesting to step back and remember where an idea took root. In 2013-14, I took part in the Rozsa Arts Management Program (RAMP) offered through the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. The highlight of the program for me was working on a season-long Applied Learning Project, for which I focused on ways to remove barriers to attending theatre. Carving out time away from the day-to-day business of running our

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