Many Hands Working to Achieve Lasting Change byLaurie Schell October 13, 2022 0 Collective Impact Collective Impact can help communities accomplish big things in arts education. The term “collective impact” has been associated...
The Art of Strategic Communications byLaurie Schell September 5, 2022 0 The term “strategic communications” describes a messaging plan linked to overarching goals. It sits at the heart of advocacy success...
The Value of Multiple Perspectives in Advocacy byLaurie Schell June 14, 2022 0 Perspective is broadly defined as having a particular point of view. What do we see from where we are standing?...
The Power of the Individual in Advocacy byLaurie Schell May 2, 2022 0 Individuals stand at the heart of advocacy strategy. We advocate every day, formally and informally. We advance causes for ourselves...
Introduction to Case-making and Systems Change in Arts & Cultural Education byLaurie Schell March 18, 2022 0 I am a lifetime advocate for music and arts education. In more recent years - especially since 2020 - as the...
Be the Good News! byLaurie Schell February 23, 2022 0 Boy, do we need some good news. The world is out of sorts. It’s hard to go through a day...
Forest and the Trees: Perspectives in Music Education Advocacy byLaurie Schell January 19, 2022 0 What is your point of view in arts education advocacy? Are you the arts educator, working everyday to advance students’...
Because Shift Happens… A Brave, New World byLaurie Schell January 14, 2022 0 There comes a time for honest reflection in the life of every music educator and music education program. Students are...
Keystones in Music Advocacy byLaurie Schell November 12, 2021 0 Photo by Andreas Schantl on Unsplash In the natural world, ecosystems may be as small as a tide pool or as vast as...
Sustainability in Music and Arts Education byLaurie Schell October 9, 2021 0 Photo by Fauzan Saari on Unsplash Regardless of your role in the music and arts education ecosystem, sustainability is the proverbial grand prize. ...
Music & School Culture is more than Friday Night Lights byLaurie Schell September 6, 2021 0 As teachers and families head back to school for the 2021-22 school year, there is still much uncertainty, feelings of...
Arts Education and Strategic Planning – Surf’s up! byLaurie Schell August 13, 2021 0 My surfer sons tell me that paddling out and waiting for the perfect wave is part of the “surf’s up”...