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BUSINESS & THE ARTS

"When we're out recruiting businesses, they look at the whole city. They do, in fact, want to know if we've got a symphony, an opera, a ballet. It's just good business for the city to have alternatives to sports." Hugh L. McColl,Jr., Chairman of the Board and CEO of NationsBank Corporation, 1997

Alliance Business Centres Network

American Management Association International - resources for information on careers Canada

ARTicle - Business Needs What the Arts Teach - Stan Strauss, Vice President & General Manager, Binney & Smith Inc. - NYSATA Conference - October 1997

ARTicle - Measuring Your Arts Economy: Twelve Questions and Answers about Economic Impact Studies

Arts Business Exchange - response to the expressed need for greater knowledge, control and, therefore, improvement of economic conditions in the visual arts

"It is a matter of enlightened self-interest for business to support the arts. And, it is a matter of good corporate citizenship. But most of all, it is a matter of making our community and nation a better place to live for those of us who take great pride in calling it home." Winton M. Blount, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Blount, Inc., 1985

Arts & Business Council of Chicago

Arts & Business Council - New York City

Arts-On-The-Line - links to more than a score of Arts related Economic Impact of the Arts Studies

ArtsNet - The Arts Management Information Service. ArtsNet provides services and information relating to arts management and cultural resources on the Internet. Features include links to Development Resources, Career Services, and Arts Management Resources as well as a Development Database.

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Business & The Arts - Arts Organizations are in need of strong managerial talent in order to survive in today's competitive environment. Rutgers University offers administration courses for the arts

Business Committee for the Arts - Brining business and the arts together

Business Values: How Arts Education Builds the Skills that Business Values

"We must face up to the task of bringing our cultural achievements into balance with our material well-being through more intimate corporate involvement in the arts." David Rockefeller, 1966 Founding Address - Business Committee for the Arts, Inc.

Canada Business Service Centres

Canada's International Business Strategy

Canadian Centre for Philanthropy

Canadian International Development Agency

Canadian Technology Gateway 

Community Access Program

Conference Board of Canada

Council for Business and the Arts in Canada - Business for the Arts

Cultural Human Resources Council - addresses collaboratively the training and career development needs of cultural workers - artists - creators - technical staff - manager - boards - volunteers.

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - International Cultural Relations

The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts Organizations and Their Audiences

The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Cultural Organizations in California

First Nation's Business Resources

Fraser Institute - economic think tank to look at public policy and direct attention to the role markets can play in providing for the economic and social well-being of Canadians

Human Resources Development Canada - administers programs supporting the income of Canadians and human resources programs linked to the requirements of the national economy and labour market

Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation

Industry Canada - main function is to provide policy advice, industry sector information and business services

Marketing Masters

Music Business One-Stop - world's largest music business site - dedicated to the music business entrepreneur

Music Business Solutions - helping musicians, songwriters and industry careerists start and grow successful music businesses through vital information and creative management strategies

REPORT - Humanities and Arts on the Information Highways: A National Initiative

REPORT - Making the Connection: Your Business and the Internet - prepared by Industry Canada

SchoolNet - Canada's educational Internet network

SchoolNet Digital Collections Program

Statistics Canada - When data on the culture of Canada are released you can read a short article in the Statistics Canada Daily available at this site.

Strategis - The Information Highway - Industry Canada's Business Information site

Student Connection Program - will help Canadian small businesses get connected to the Information Highway - and become more competitive

Work In Culture - Cultural Careers Council Ontario - Want to find out where you can train to become a gaffer? Need some refresher courses in cop editing? The Ontario Cultural Training Database (OCTD) is your ultimate guide to arts training in Ontario.

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