As Beijing, Vancouver and London prepare to host future Olympic Games, it seems fitting to remind readers of the Arts Management Newsletter of the value of cultural programs within the Olympic Movement and the connection between artists and athletes. That value, and the corresponding cultural development surrounding the successful hosting of the Olympic Games, has deep roots within the Olympic Movement thanks to the vision of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. de Coubertin was a cultural administrator.

The book "Managing Dance" focuses on four themes - dance artists, products, participation and the political context - each of which is explored from different perspectives by contributors currently working dance management.

Dance is a very dynamic part of Australian performing arts culture. It can provide a rich performance experience, merging the imagination and skill of choreographers, dancers, designers, composers and musicians.

The content of this paper aims to increase support for and involvement in the mentorship of managers and administrators in the cultural sector. A mentor is an experienced and trusted advisor, who has a willing heart to share with someone who has one-to-one relationship with him / her. But does Mentorship have value in culture sector? If the answer is positive, how to make effective steps to achieve it?

Finnish Contemporary Dance has started to make significant international successes around the world in the late 1990s and in the beginning of the 2000. To verify that, we can take a number from the statistics collected by the Finnish Dance Information Centre. In 2003, 26 dance companies performed abroad in approximately 30 different countries.

This thesis investigates performing arts administration and management in the current economic and social environment in Vietnam and Australia within a context of globalisation. A comparative study of two major arts organisations in both Vietnam and Australia was carried out to investigate the following: why and how performing arts organisations are adapting to the changing environment; how arts leaders are adapting to changes; and whether arts managers need specific arts management training.

This UK Government paper considers the value of museums. It "recognises and celebrates the importance and achievements of museums in the 21st century while identifying some of the challenges that face them."

To read the complete paper:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/31419198-35C1-4A00-8C12-CB0572EC9B57/0/UnderstandingtheFuture.pdf

A good website that employs use of online technology to enhance the experience of the museum visitor through podcasting. Here is an example of SFMOMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

http://www.sfmoma.org/education/edu_podcasts.html

The Grand Opera House presented 387 performances in 2002/03 to an audience of almost 300,000, as the study mentioned. But what does the statistics mean?

The Department of Culture of Tartu City Government is glad to invite cultural professionals to the international cultural management conference "Cultural Management in Changing Environment" o­n 23-24 November 2006 in Tartu, Estonia. The first conference day will deal with management of cultural sector at European, state and local government level (cultural policies) and management of international cultural cooperation. The second conference day will focus o­n management of cultural organisations - strategic management, human resources management with the purpose of building a creative and innovative environment, case studies of management of Estonian cultural organisations.

On September 11 2006, Berlin hosted an International Creative Cities Conference. Right now, you can not only listen to the experts' English speeches for free, but also can read the studies from different participants in creative industries and ecomony fields.

Further resource:
http://www.berlin.de/senwiarbfrau/projektzukunft/themen/kultur/ccc_2006_praesentationen.html

This Economy of Culture in Europe Study is on national approaches and practices in the European Union in relation to Intercultural dialogue, and is being completed in collaboration with Media Group and MKW GmbH. The sectors to be covered by the Study are Visual arts, Performing arts, Audiovisual, Advertising, Software publishing, Music, Books and press, Heritage, Tourism.

http://ec.europa.eu/culture/eac/sources_info/studies/studies_en.html

The history of dance has always been a history of loss. Most of dance produced is lost to us for good -- the result of the lack of funding for preservation, the ephemeral characteristic of dance performance, and the lack of a widely-applied documentation system. Documentation systems do exist, and the prominent one is called Labanotation. Labanotation scores, which are the most precise means of documenting a dance, function for dance the same way music scores function for music. But Labanotation has not yet widely applied, because, unlike music scores, it is not essential for dance creation/performance, and there is a general lack of education about it.

This research, which was written by Catherine J. Johnson and Allegra Fuller Snyder and was published by Council on Library and Information Resources Washington D.C, focuses on the management of the variety of resource. And it also presents the issues in evaluating, documenting, preserving, and making accessible the history of dance.

http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/aw/1999/clir/84/pub84.pdf

Each country develops its own cultural policy according to its national, historical, political, geographical, economical and other peculiarities., as this paper mentioned in the introduction. This paper compared the supports for the arts between in Europe and in the US as a main example to discuss about the varieties of national cultural models.

http://neumann.hec.ca/aimac2005/PDF_Text/NaimarkM_RichD.pdf

Prof. Meler, Department of Marketing at Osijek University, would like to examine the role of the arts and cultural marketing in the Republic of Croatia. He analyzed at first the situation and problems of arts and cultural marketing of the existent theoretical basis, and then facilitated what can be done.

To read the paper:
http://neumann.hec.ca/aimac2005/PDF_Text/Meler_Marcel.pdf

This study Research Priorities for Dance Education, which includes not only Quantitative and Qualitative research, was published by National Dance Education Organization. It addresses not only situation of Dance Education in USA, but also presents the dilemma sides.

This full and particular survey, was written by Dr. Sharron Dickman and was published by Arts Victoria, Australia, aims to guide small performing arts groups on how to do a visitors research in order to find our, to develop and to influence their target group and audience. Furthermore, it is also practical tools on marketing and promotion.

This paper, which is written by Jack McAuliffe - Vice President for Marketing, American Symphony Orchestra League, guides readers why a survey is necessary, how to do a research, and how many various surveys can be used. In order to create a beneficial marketing strategy, please read the useful resource as an example.

http://www.symphony.org/book/pdf/marketresearch.pdf

This report is published by South African Department of Arts and Culture. It is the strategic plan for 2005-2010, which aims to preserve South African culture to ensure social cohesion and nation-building.

The Departments activities are divided into six programmes and their respective descriptions and measurable objectives are the following: