Lessons Learned While Creating Systematic Change

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Speaker(s)

About this Webinar

How does an arts organization utilize a systems-change mindset when evaluating their work? What are the challenges in translating the core values of a project to the core values of an organization? What are the barriers in thinking about systemic change? In this webinar Angela Han from Third Eye Cultural Collaborative will reflect on experiences working with organizations to create systemic change and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusive practices. The session will focus on ArtsBoston’s Audience Lab initiative and will also include observations from John Beck, ArtsBoston’s Deputy Director.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will discuss and reflect on the challenges and barriers to implementing systemic change within organizations.
Participants will discuss and reflect on how systemic change can be implemented in the context of embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their work.
Participants will gain an understanding of how cohort-based learning can encourage organizational change.

Angela Han

Partner, Third Eye Collaborative

Angela Han’s experience in the cultural sector has included local and national organizations in a broad range of capacities. She has worked as an executive director for an orchestra, a science educator for a museum, and a policy researcher for a national arts service organization. She has served on numerous grant and advisory panels including for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Arts Education Partnership, and the New England Foundation for the Arts. Angela has and MBA in Arts Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as degrees in physics and music.

John Beck

Deputy Director, ArtsBoston

John Beck started at ArtsBoston in 2001 and has been Deputy Director since 2010. In this capacity he leads ArtsBoston’s growing audience development, cultural data, and research programs, including the ArtsBoston Audience Initiative, The ArtsBoston Audience Lab, and The Arts Factor Impact Report. Mr. Beck also develops earned revenue strategies and manages the organization’s finances and HR while assisting the Executive Director with planning and fundraising

initiatives. He is a frequent presenter on audience development, data strategies in the arts, and the role of arts service organizations and has presented at the Association of Performing Arts Service Organizations Conference, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, National Arts Marketing Project conference, and many local gatherings. Mr. Beck is on the Board of Company One Theatre, is a graduate of Tufts University, and has an adorable son named Chester.