Tools & Reports
As well as an established reputation for commissioning and publishing leading-edge essays and provocation papers MMM has authored a significant body of material on organisational and financial development in the arts and cultural sector in the form of reports, case studies and toolkits.
Below is a rich archive of key documents and resource packs from our previous phases of work. New material will be added as a result of our current programme soon.
Towards a healthy ecology of arts & culture
This classic 2007 paper summarised all of MMM’s learning from 2005-2007.
Arts Professional article series
In 2005-7 MMM published a popular series of nine articles with Arts Professional, exploring the latest thinking emerging from the action research.
- Download the full AP article pack here
2005 Kick-off Research
MMM began as a result of two large-scale conversations in 2004 and 2005. Preparation for the 2005 conversation took the form of an exploration into what MMM identified as the seven key themes: governance, finance, key competencies, demographics, technology, marketing/participation and strategic alliances. Dedicated teams compiled succinct research reports on each of these topics.
- Download the full research pack here
Exemplar case studies
During 2005/07 MMM worked closely with seven small and medium sized organisations each of whom had embarked on a major change programme which aimed to evolve their business models. The organisations were the Aegis Trust, Audiences Yorkshire, Lift, Manchester Camerata, MLA Yorkshire, SE Dance and Watershed.
Governance tools & case studies
Improving the Governance of arts and cultural organisations who were constituted as charities was a key theme of MMM’s work during 2005/07. As well as the materials from a national road show for non-executive Directors and Trustees and executives, five case studies and a popular checklist tool were produced.
You can also read another very interesting report by the PAEback group on Performing Arts Organisation: a role for boards here
Stakeholder Engagement Pack
Recognising that the success of any change project is dependent on developing the correct level of engagement with all parties involved, this tool, developed through the work with the MMM Exemplars (see above), this tool allows you to identify all your key stakeholders and track their engagement
- Use it online here
Income Spectrum
This MMM tool will allow you to carry out a quick diagnostic of the different kinds of income your organisation currently attracts and also what resources, both staff and cash, are outlaid against each income type.
- Use it online here
New & Alternative Financial Instruments
In 2007 MMM published a breakthrough report into forms of finance alternative to grants, so-called New & Alternative Financial Instruments, together with a series of cases studies to explain their relevance and use by arts and cultural organisations. We have revised this material and given it a refresh and added some new material from our current programme as well.
We also published three case studies of how Charity Bank had helped some organisations successfully invoke loan finance.
- Read the case studies online here
