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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for The Cycle: Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations by University of Maryland, College Park

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    About the Course

    What makes a successful arts and cultural organization? Led by DeVos Institute Chairman Michael M. Kaiser and President Brett Egan, this
    course will introduce you to a management theory called the Cycle which supports thriving arts and cultural organizations. Learning from our
    work with managers from over 80 countries around the world, the DeVos Institute developed the Cycle as a simple, but powerful tool to assist
    managers in their effort to respond to an increasingly complex environment and propel their institutions to excellence. The Cycle explains how
    great art and strong marketing can create a family of supporters, who in turn help the organization produce the revenue req...
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    Top reviews

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    May 19, 2018

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    The Cycle was an eye-opener in many ways. I always thought Arts Management required more artistic intuition than management knowledge, but this framework gave me a whole new perspective.

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    Sep 1, 2018

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    This course is really useful for people related to Art and Culture Management fields, it provides with useful techniques and ideas, particularly regarding marketing and fundraising.

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    By Gabriel B

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    Apr 16, 2021

    This course helped me in understanding how I’ve focused less on Institutional Marketing, how I need to do more on missionary marketing.

    I taught the course would be tedious and rigorous, but rather I’m amazed about the simplicity, ease and fun in studying.

    The FAQs, the Case Studies, etc were all fun. The cycle is amazing.

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    By Anna Z

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    Sep 4, 2020

    This course was my lockdown delight and I really hope to be able to implement the knowledge I got in my professional life. The videos are brief, clear and informative, there's quite a lot of useful reading and some documents that can be used in management practice. Wish there were more courses by Michael Kaiser here!

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    By Sharon O

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    Mar 31, 2018

    Absolutely insightful and relevant! Michael has such great delivery and really breaks down the elements of The Cycle fantastically. As someone who doesn't write reviews at all, I have to say that this course is definitely worth taking if you're into the arts and wish to add, or reinforce, structure to your venture.

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    By Catherine M

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    Feb 14, 2021

    I enjoyed taking this course, and felt like it opened my mind to a whole host of new, great ideas for making real progress in an arts organization. I loved the way it was taught, found it easy to follow and so helpful. I would take another course from Mr. Kaiser for sure, I think he is a really great teacher.

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    By Chico A E H

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    May 12, 2019

    This course caters my curiosity in running a non-profit organisation for music. I learned a lot from this course. The facilitator has credible experiences in arts and cultural organisation. He does not rely the materials from theoretical perspective, but shares his experiences in the real-life activities.

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    By Scott W

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    Feb 18, 2018

    Thank you to Michael Kaiser, Brett Egan and the DeVos Institute of Arts Management for creating such an engaging, informative and enriching course. It has been immensely enjoyable to complete and a very fulfilling experience. I strongly encourage anyone considering this course to enrol immediately.

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    By Denese E

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    Oct 22, 2020

    This course was a big help when I was preparing to assume the new role as Co-Director with the Belize National Dance Company in 2014. We were able to transition the company very well. Additionallly,, we were able to build a strong, cohesive team in a short period of time despite limited resources.

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    By Miguel P G

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    Oct 13, 2019

    Excellent opportunity to learn essential and very useful concepts in Management of Cultural Organizations. Totally recomendable.

    Un curso dinámico, práctico y muy aplicable en la gestión de organizaciones culturales en todo el mundo. Muy recomendable por su contenido, duración y materiales.

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    By Frank J J

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    Jan 26, 2018

    I wish I had met Michael Kaiser several years ago. He is a fantastic inspiring, committed, humorous teacher / interpreter, and he manages to convey his message in the best possible way. Thank you very much Michael, you are indeed a great man who houses a great personality.

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    By Samantha C

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    Sep 24, 2020

    I highly recommend this course to any non-profit arts organization board members who don't know where to start, or employees of small non-profit arts organizations who are struggling to make things happen, or even people considering a career in non-profit arts management.

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    By Ervin J D P

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    Aug 27, 2020

    Very insightful and specific due to the abundance of case studies/testimonies given by many organizations around the world. Even as a college student running a non-profit cultural organization, I was able to learn a lot of things I could apply to my organization as well.

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    By Yasotha J

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    Aug 13, 2022

    Excellent in depth course. This knowledge may be applied not only in arts institution but in any other industry specifically, new start-ups that can benefit from it and existing organisations that wants to implement more strategic approach to achieve their mission.

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    By Victoria B

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    Apr 19, 2020

    This amazingly crafted course, filled with valueble insights is like a book I didn't want to put down. Every lesson filled me with excitement and inspiration to put this priceless knowledge into practice. Great thanks to the DeVos Institute for making this course!

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    By Cera S

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    Sep 2, 2018

    Excellent course! I've been looking for a marketing course with a specific nonprofit focus without much luck. Though this course looks at other aspects of managing an arts nonprofit, it does touch heavily on the marketing aspect, and was incredibly useful.

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    By Megan S

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    Apr 9, 2019

    This course was insightful, inspiring and enlightening. I look forward to applying all of the tools that I have now obtained in The Cycle to enhance my practices in Arts Management. I highly recommend this course to anyone working in the arts industry!

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    By John M

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    Jun 21, 2023

    Excellent Course! It collated a lot of what I already knew and implemented into a succint, legible structured formula, presented with with real world examples ,organizations and people. Simple in it's delivery, yet powerful tools and insights given.

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    By Angela K

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    Dec 10, 2020

    Micheal is a great manager and mind. I loved his approach in teaching things that we do not pay attention for. I am an artist and I really understood organization better now. I recommend this course to everyone who is curious, manager, artist.

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    By Eric K

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    Sep 18, 2020

    Very well put together course that gives an overview of arts management. Mr. Kaiser uses real world examples to back up his lectures, and that enables the viewer to truly see how they can implement it in their own organization.

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    By Mancito T

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    Jan 20, 2022

    It's short and to the point but it does change your mindset concerning arts organizations and those related to creativity in any way. I am a hip hop artist and this gave me some insight on what I can do to make things greater.

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    By M. F C

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    Sep 8, 2020

    The course was very informative and relevant. It draws on a lot of examples of real arts organizations that have made successful use of the Cycle in their marketing, fundraising, growing their family, and making great art.

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    By Said H A A

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    Jul 2, 2021

    Offers to me a new vision about the management of art and cultural organizations with a really practical aproach to be succesful. It need to be adapted to my context, but still it's very usefull for big or small projects.

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    By Diwas A

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    Jun 9, 2019

    I am from a poor family, however I am a student l need to work to run family. so, to get the job i need a online certificate so please provide me a certicitate of Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations .

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    By Fernando G C

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    Apr 9, 2020

    Esse curso é sensacional, a metodologia usada para ensinar e também o conteúdo são fantásticos, se você possui uma organização que precisa de fundraising ou que é uma instituição que trabalha com artes ;Faça este curso!

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    By Andrea G

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    Jun 23, 2022

    It was well structured, the lecturer was clearly an expert in the field yet he felt close an compelling. I would like to had a case study more similar to the project im working on, but still most of them were usefull.

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    By Pablo F V

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    Jan 8, 2017

    This was a very good introduction to a very interesting arts management tool. The practice cases with organisations from different countries and sectors were particularly useful to illustrate the theory in the course.

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