The Institute for Cultural Entrepreneurship is offering an immersion program for museum professionals designed to introduce the principles of entrepreneurial thinking aimed at expanding vision and leadership skills. The program is a dynamic four-day experience that immerses participants in the world of nonprofit entrepreneurship training through case studies and exercises that contribute to creative idea generation. The training sessions are designed to serve as catalysts that challenge traditional models of museum work in innovative and creative ways.

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Center for Nonprofit Excellence is pleased to continue its mission of helping nonprofits build more secure futures by providing partial scholarships ($400 out of the $500 tuition) for two professionals who are accepted through the Institute.

Eligibility:

Applicants will have some level of supervisory capacity of other staff and/or volunteers and are in a position to make organizational change. Applicants also must have been employed in a diversity of urban and rural museums or historic preservation organizations for a minimum of six (6) years.

Deadline: March 1, 2012. Please apply directly to the Institute.

For questions about the program, please contact: Elizabeth Furlow at furlowew@oneonta.edu

Museums can no longer depend entirely on public philanthropy for financial support. Instead, successful museum leaders must use their own resources and ingenuity to recognize opportunities that increase revenue and ensure self-sustainability.