A Guide for the Professional: A Collection of Ideas and Techniques to Aid the Professional in the Management of Volunteers and the Development Program is by James Gregory Lord and published by the Third Sector Press. It provides resource to develop and manage a core of volunteers in a cultural facility.

Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Cultural Economics held May 12-14, 1986, at the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France.

Prepared by the Management Support Services program of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, and intended as a practical guide for nonprofit organizations, this is a study of 17 unidentified organizations in Minnesota, 12 social service organizations and 5 arts and cultural organizations, with operating budgets in the range of $100,00 to $2 million, in existence 3 to 15 years and with 1 to 45 staff members. Other characteristics of the organizations were that they had been active for a continuous period of at least two years, and had ceased to exist or operate as an autonomous organization, or

The author examines the way the management at The New York City Ballet adapted to the changing environment of the 1980's.

The California Association of Nonprofits facilitated the research and writing of this report. Copublished by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. It doesn't seem possible to imagine anyone connected with the nonprofit sector who has not recently heard about some organization and its insurance tribulations. Anecdotes abound and, as this document will attest, nonprofits are confronting serious issues about how to manage their insurance needs. Many organizations are faced with extraordinarily high insurance costs for which they made no plans. Other organizations have actually had their policies

CONTENTS
Preface.
A message from the president.
Officers.
Board of directors.
Executive director's message.
A brief history.
The organization.
Staff.
Programs.
Publications.
Performance schedules.
The state of the art.
Professional opera survey.
Company descriptions.
Opera America contributors.

The author examines the development and running of a small arts organization, which is different than larger and more established arts organization.

This study guide will lead you through the basics of media relations and discussion of more specific problems and issues. It can be used for individual study or as a workshop guide. Here are some suggestions on how to get the best use out of the study guide. The goal of the Media Resource Guide is to help individuals identify themselves and their organizations as sources of information which will be valued by newspeople as media resources.

This is a chapter in the book, The Economics of Nonprofit Instutions: Studies in Structure and Policy.

A panel discussion on future issues of collective bargaining in art organizations. There are tough issues ahead - issues that affect both artists and managers, issues that affect the collective bargaining process. The impact of technology and high-tech changes such as high-definition television are all part of it. In addition, other issues flow from this - the effect of overexposure of artistic products through cable television, direct satellite, home use, and so forth.