GLI fellow Priti Gandhi joins The MET
Priti Gandhi (GLI Fellow 2024) never thought one day she would impact the lives of so many artists at one of the world’s most recognized Opera Houses: The Metropolitan Opera in New York. Born in Mumbai, Priti relocated to the USA with her family when she was just a baby. Her formative years unfolded in […]
Island talents: All-Caribbean Youth Orchestra
Envision a youth orchestra of vibrant talents spanning the Caribbean archipelago. Envision young people across far-reaching islands all learning to play an instrument, gaining access to music education from home from professional musicians around the globe. This groundbreaking vision inspired the creation of the All-Caribbean Youth Orchestra (ACYO), which connects young Caribbean musicians from different […]
The Business Model Canvas: A tool for creatives
Imagine bringing a complete business plan to life on a single page… Meet the Business Model Canvas (BMC). Created by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, and Alan Smith, the Business Model. Canvas is a lean visual alternative to the lengthy business plan. BMCs have turned conventional wisdom about entrepreneurship on its head, offering entrepreneurs a simple […]
Angel Band Project: Music therapy for impact
The Global Leaders Institute announces a new partnership with The Angel Band Project, a non-profit organization based in St. Louis, Missouri, which sponsors music therapy programming for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence as part of their healing process. This initiative is co-founded and directed by 2023 GLI MBA in Arts Innovation graduate […]
Social Infrastructure: Five uses for creative leaders
Have you ever spent time at a school, a public library, a park, a community theater, or a sports club? If so, you’ve engaged with social infrastructure. Social infrastructure refers to the physical places that shape the way we interact. These places are used for gathering, sharing activities, building friendships across socioeconomic divides, and developing […]
Tonebase sets the on-demand standard
The Global Leaders Institute announces a new partnership with tonebase, a digital platform that allows music enthusiasts to learn from the convenience of home through pre-recorded and live instruction by world-class musicians. Music learners worldwide connect with classical music stars and other educators by accessing cinema-quality video tutorials, live events, and learning groups in tonebase’s […]
Five ways storytelling helps arts change-makers
Storytelling is humanity’s oldest tool for creating connections, fostering identities, and making sense of the world. In the GLI’s substream ‘Storytelling for Impact,’ storytelling experts David Hutchens and Michael McRay help Cohort Members to make storytelling an integral part of their leadership toolkit. 1. Storytelling connects experience. From the dawn of humanity, stories have […]
Implementing evaluation: Six tips for creatives
Evaluation is an effective tool in understanding and improving an initiative. When properly integrated within day-to-day operations, evaluation can help reveal how individual parts contribute to collective results. In “Frameworks for Impact & Learning,” GLI module director Jessica Sperling, Ph.D. of Duke University, shares six tips with Fellows on fine-tuning evaluation in arts enterprises. […]
NYC invests in The Perelman Performing Arts Center
The Global Leaders Institute (GLI) is thrilled to announce a partnership with The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), a new multi-space performing arts center located at the northeast corner of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. As the cornerstone of this relationship for 2024, a team of GLI Fellows is […]
Evaluation in the Arts: Five Tips for Entrepreneurs
How well is your arts initiative doing? Want to refine it and show its value to others? Evaluation is a way of discovering, revealing, and evolving the functionality of projects. It helps arts leaders learn from observation to plan, make decisions, and improve things. In “Frameworks for Impact & Learning,” Jessica Sperling, Ph.D., of Duke […]