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Marketing Your Work
Performer Betsy Kelso shares her tips for marketing yourself as an artist, including many easy and affordable ideas.
What Makes Your Art Different: The Art of Self-Promotion
A good toolkit for learning how to promote yourself and your art.
Using the Internet to Market Your Work
Learn about options for establishing a successful web site that you can use to market your work.
Building Relationships
MatchBook.org interview with Peter DiMuro, Producing Artistic Director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.

Writing Press Releases
A basic overview on how to generate a simple press release.
Sample Press Release
See a sample press release and get tips on standard formatting.

Sample Contract
Accounting FAQ
Frequently asked accounting questions for artists.
Business of Art: Taxing Artists
Tax tips for independent artists.
Fact Sheet - Insurance
Brian Rogers, "insurance guru" for Dance Theater Workshop, explains insurance needs and options for performing artists.
The Actors Fund
The Actors Fund is a human services organization that helps everyone - performers and those behind the scenes –who works in performing arts and entertainment. Programs include social services, emergency financial assistance, insurance resources and more.

Dr. Art on Incoporation
To incorporate or not to incorporate... that is the question facing many artists. The experts at NYFA Source discuss the benefits and drawbacks of incorporation from an artist's perspective.
Establishing a Nonprofit
This online tutorial describes 12 tasks you will need to accomplish as part of the process of establishing a nonprofit organization.

Introduction to Grant seeking
An orientation to the grant seeking process by the Foundation Center.
Grant Proposal Writing Tips
An easy guide to the basic elements of grant proposal writing by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Proposal Writing Short Course
An online tutorial by Foundation Center that goes through the typical of the steps required in a funding proposal.
Proposal Budgeting Basics
An online course by the Foundation Center designed to help with the basics of developing a project budget.
Basic Grant Tips
Adrienne Petrillo, Program Manager for Presenting & Touring at New England Foundation for the Arts shares her top five issues to consider before submitting a grant proposal.
Funding Sources

The Five "P's" of Marketing
Learn about overall marketing practices and how they apply to performing arts presenting.
Communicating with your Patrons
One of New England's leading presenters shares how they create a culture of customer service.
Writing Press Releases
A basic overview on how to generate a simple press release.

Funding Research & Resources
The Foundation Center's User-Friendly Guide to Funding Research and Resources.
Proposal Budgets
Proposal Budgeting Basics by the Foundation Center.
Tips for Writing Effective Proposals
Tips on how to enhance your skills at planning and writing effectively about your organization and projects by arts consultant Suzanne Callahan.
Funding Sources

Activating Access
Aimée Petrin writes about how the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts has made accessibility a core part of their mission and programming.
Universal Design in the Performing Arts video order form (PDF)
This 25-minute video demonstrates how the principles of universal design can be applied to cultural programs to make them human centered and more accessible to people with disabilities.
Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook
Designed to help organizations not only comply with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, but to assist in making access an integral part of planning, mission, programs, outreach, meetings, budget and staffing.
New England ADA & Accessible IT Center
Providing guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and accessible information technology for people in New England.

Sample Contract
Society for Nonprofit Organizations
The Society for Nonprofit Organizations provides new and established nonprofit organizations with resources that can help them to accomplish their missions more effectively. Membership benefits include access to an extensive archive of articles, job postings and grant opportunities.