Request for Proposals Round 3 Deadline: Wednesday June 5, 2013

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1 The Innvatin Lab fr Museums Supprted by Request fr Prpsals Rund 3 Deadline: Wednesday June 5, 2013 The Innvatin Lab fr Museums helps museums incubate and test innvative strategies t address majr adaptive challenges in all areas f their peratins. The Lab is a cllabratin between EmcArts and the American Alliance f Museums Center fr the Future f Museums, made pssible by the generus supprt f MetLife Fundatin. In this third rund f funding, up t three museums will be selected t participate in the year-lng prgram (see applicatin infrmatin belw). Because the Innvatin Lab fr Museums is a cmplex prgram, we strngly encurage applicants t discuss draft prpsals with prgram staff. Cntact infrmatin is prvided at the end f this RFP. Please nte that museums cnsidering applying can make use f individual applicatin clinics with EmcArts staff during the Alliance s 2013 Annual Meeting in Baltimre (details belw). Why an Innvatin Lab fr Museums? Innvatin is vital t the success f American museums. The capacity f cultural rganizatins t cnceive, research, incubate and prttype innvative appraches t their wrk acrss all aspects f the institutin has becme a bellwether fr their sustainability. Adaptive capacity the ability t design and execute a series f innvatins cnsistently ver time is nw a leading indicatr f lng-term viability. Yet the Alliance has bserved that museums find it extremely difficult t vercme the internal cultural barriers that typically stifle innvatin. Hw des the Lab define innvatin? Based n research int the literature f innvatin, EmcArts has develped the fllwing wrking definitin f rganizatinal innvatins fr the scial sectr, which is nw widely adpted in the field: Organizatinal innvatins are instances f change that result frm a shift in underlying rganizatinal assumptins, are discntinuus frm previus practice, and prvide new pathways t creating public value. While nt all innvatins meet all these criteria, this definitin prvides a useful framewrk fr recgnizing changes that are mre than just incremental revisins t business-as-usual. It helps distinguish innvatin frm effrts that are simply nvel and unrelated t achieving the rganizatin s missin r creating public value. Abve Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 1

2 all, the definitin draws attentin t the fact that innvatin requires a shift in the rganizatin s underlying assumptins abut its wn prcesses and prducts and abut the external perating envirnment. Organizatins applying t the Innvatin Lab fr Museums shuld bear this definitin in mind as they prepare their prpsals. Prpsals t the Lab can address changes in prgrams, exhibits, peratins, cmmunicatins r gvernance. Innvative appraches t cllabratin, restructuring, dwnsizing, r merging are welcme, as are prpsals fr new r expanded activities. What kinds f change des the Lab fcus n? Mst rganizatins are familiar with technical challenges t their peratins and systems, challenges that can typically be slved by gradually changing and imprving current practices. Rnald Heifetz, prfessr at the Kennedy Schl f Management at Harvard, distinguishes these frm adaptive challenges thse that demand new appraches and strategies because there are n set prcedures, n recgnized experts and n evident respnses available t meet the challenge. Challenges f this kind require that rganizatins shift their ingrained rganizatinal assumptins, and let g f cherished beliefs, in rder t develp innvative respnses that are unprecedented fr that rganizatin. The Innvatin Lab fr Museums has been created t help encurage, imprve and supprt the develpment f new and innvative appraches t addressing welldefined adaptive challenges. Participants becme investigatrs driving the experiments in this labratry fr testing new appraches and explring "next practices in the museum field. Areas f Fcus Preference will be given t prpsals addressing innvatin in ne f three areas: Yuth Educatin Over the next decade, the mst vibrant develpments in educatin will likely take place utside traditinal institutins during a transitin frm the institutinal/teacher era, characterized by public schls, prfessinal teachers and a cre curriculum, t a learner-based era driven by life-lng learners drawing n a variety f resurces utside traditinal schls. Innvatin will redefine hw learning is rganized, what netwrk f resurces cmprises the brad schl cmmunity, and what the experiences f learners will be like in the future. Preference will be given t prpsals fcusing n museums explratin f this evlving terrain and their rle in develping persnal learning cmmunities Innvative prjects related t educatin may invlve partnerships with traditinal schls, but they may als reach ut t ther learning grups (such as hmeschlers) r experiment with new ways t prvide learning resurces t students either physically r via the Web. Demgraphic Transfrmatin The U.S. ppulatin is shifting rapidly. Within fur decades, the cre audience fr museums nn-hispanic whites will be a minrity. This frecast paints a trubling picture f a future in which, if trends cntinue, museum audiences will Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 2

3 be radically less diverse than the American public and museums will serve an ever-shrinking fragment f sciety. Current barriers t diversifying museum audiences include lack f specialized knwledge, n strng traditin f museumging amng sme ppulatins and the influence f scial netwrks n the use f leisure time. Preference will be given t prpsals addressing hw museums can clse this gap and serve a brader, mre inclusive representatin f American sciety. Innvative prjects related t demgraphic transfrmatin may help develp a deeper and mre nuanced relatinship with the diverse cmmunities surrunding the museum, nurture a cadre f diverse future museum practitiners, r help the museum serve unmet cmmunity needs that may be utside the scpe f traditinal museum peratins. Participatry Experiences Anther demgraphic transfrmatin shaping America is generatinal. Millennials, grwing up in a wrld in which they can create, cntribute, mdify and share cntent, are primed t lk fr participatry and scial activities in museums. Preference will be given t prpsals that address hw museums can meet this evlving expectatin. Innvative prjects related t participatry experiences may explre hw museums can becme places t hang ut, engage and cntribute; blur the bundaries between back f the huse and frnt f the huse; and act as mderatrs and filters f cntributed wisdm and diverse perspectives, in additin t being surces f schlarship and pinin. What types f initiative are suited t participatin in the Lab? Breakthrugh strategies are ften represented as having three stages: 1. The emergence f big ideas frm a backgrund f n ideas 2. Mving significant strategic ideas t the pint f sufficient clarity and wnership within the rganizatin 3. Getting fully shaped and supprted strategies actually implemented The Innvatin Lab fr Museums fcuses n accelerating prgress frm stage 2 t stage 3. Therefre successful applicants must demnstrate an rganizatinal culture supprtive f innvatin and a track recrd f attempts at innvating (failed r successful). The Lab is nt intended t help museums generate new ideas, nr as a strategic planning initiative t advance prjects that are fully cnceived. Participants are expected t begin their wrk having already identified a majr adaptive challenge r pprtunity, and with pssible innvative strategic respnses (i.e. half-baked ideas ) under cnsideratin. These half-baked ideas are better suited fr the services that the Lab prvides than thse that are fully cked but need funding fr implementatin and they are likely t fare better in selectin. Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 3

4 What des the Lab prvide? The Innvatin Lab fr Museums is a 12 mnth prgram in which EmcArts facilitatrs wrk with Innvatin Teams cmprised f senir managers, bard representatives, museum staff, artists and scientists, educatinalists and/r external vices frm inside and utside the cultural sectr (such as cmmunity partners and end-users). The Lab prvides individual caching, grup facilitatin, an Intensive Retreat and a variety f extended supprt systems tailred t the needs f each rganizatin. Specifically, the Lab prvides each rganizatin with: Phase 1: A fur-mnth perid f cunseling between an EmcArts facilitatr and rganizatinal leaders t explre and clarify the new strategy, strengthen the rganizatin s Innvatin Team and build mmentum fr the Intensive Retreat and subsequent prttyping f the strategy. Phase 2: A five-day residential Intensive Retreat fr up t 10 participants frm each f the three participating museums t catalyze implementatin f the museums strategies. Financial supprt fr the intensive cnsists f: Accmmdatins, meals and up t $400 per persn fr travel. Up t $3,000 per rganizatin fr fees, travel and accmmdatin, t supprt the participatin f experts in rganizatinal learning and teamwrk at the Intensive, including ne cntent specialist chsen in cllabratin with each f the three Innvatin Teams. Stipends f up t $1,200 per rganizatin fr members f the Team wh are nt emplyed by the museum, such as artists, scientists, r histrians, wh wuld therwise have t frg a week f paid wrk t attend the Intensive. Phase 3: Six mnths f implementatin caching and facilitatin by EmcArts t supprt innvatin prttyping and tryut f activities in lw-stakes envirnments. This includes: Supprt Grants f $40,000 tward prject prttyping. In additin, an nline resurce center n innvatin serves as a hub fr interactin amng participants thrughut the life f the Lab ( What are my rganizatin s respnsibilities? Participatin in the Innvatin Lab fr Museums represents a serius cmmitment ver 12 mnths by each rganizatin. If selected, yur museum s Innvatin Team agrees t engage in all three Phases f the prgram, including the full five-day Intensive. Activities and respnsibilities fr participating museums cnsist f: June 5, 2013: Prpsal deadline July-Aug 2013: Ntificatin f participants September 2013-January 2014: Phase 1 Each Innvatin Team wrks with EmcArts t finalize the Team members, explre strategic ptins, cmpile relevant data, cnstruct a detailed Lab wrkplan that matches yur needs, and Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 4

5 c-design the cntent and style f the Intensive. February 2014: Phase 2 The Innvatin Team takes part in a five-day Intensive Retreat which serves as an acceleratr t fully develp the intended innvatin and ready it fr prttyping. All Team members are expected t be in residence fr the full duratin f the Intensive, which is scheduled fr Sunday, February 2 Friday, February 7, 2014 at the Airlie Center in Warrentn, Va. March September 2014: Phase 3 The Innvatin Team wrks t prttype the develped strategy and t integrate it with the rganizatin as a whle, supprted by Pst-Intensive Supprt Grants f $40,000 and fllw-up caching and n-site facilitatin by EmcArts. Prttyping cnsists f ne r mre limited trials f the strategy fllwed by evaluatin and revisin. Onging: Thrughut the prgram, the Innvatin Team wrks with EmcArts and the Alliance t dcument the develpment and implementatin f the innvatin prject in rder t share it with the field, and t craft an evaluatin framewrk. Up t three rganizatins will be selected fr the third Rund f the Innvatin Lab fr Museums. Wh is invited t apply? The Innvatin Lab fr Museums is pen t all U.S. nnprfit museums meeting the eligibility requirements listed in this RFP. Applicatins t explre partnerships, jint ventures and mergers are als encuraged. Ptential partners can include rganizatins perating in r utside f the museum field and may als include internatinal rganizatins, but a U.S.- based nnprfit museum must be the lead applicant and participant. Partners may participate fully in the Lab s activities; hwever, the museum acting as lead is respnsible fr submissin f all necessary materials. What are the selectin criteria? The Lab s selectin criteria draw n established research regarding qualities that cntribute t effective rganizatinal change and innvatin. Applicants are nt expected t exhibit all characteristics, but successful prpsals will prvide clear evidence f many f the fllwing: Adaptive leadership that is able t engage the vices f multiple stakehlders in cmplex change prcesses, and rganizatinal readiness fr adaptive change An rganizatinal culture that shws a high level f critical self-awareness and is supprtive f innvatin (e.g., evidence that independent thinking, idea generatin, and challenging business-as-usual are valued by the rganizatin and facilitated by its structures and systems) A track recrd f implementing innvative prjects (whether r nt they were successful) and the ability t articulate what the institutin learned frm these prjects Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 5

6 A high level f cmmunity engagement Successful identificatin f a majr adaptive challenge, t which existing rganizatinal strategies are recgnized as an inadequate respnse A half-baked idea regarding strategic respnses t the identified adaptive challenge, that enjys rganizatinal supprt but is nt yet fully wrked ut The rganizatin s strategic thinking abut the challenge is likely t cntribute sustainable value t the rganizatin, its cmmunity and the field The applicant s capacity (as an rganizatin and n the part f individual staff) t share what is learned thrugh the Lab with their clleagues in the field The selectin panel will als take int accunt museum type (discipline), size (perating expenses) and gegraphic distributin in rder t build a diverse grup f participants in the Lab ver time. Eligibility requirements: The applicant must be an incrprated nnprfit rganizatin with n fewer than the equivalent f 10 full-time staff members (generally equating t a minimum perating budget f arund $1,000,000) The applicant must demnstrate stable prgrammatic and executive leadership fr the last 12 mnths and cntinuity in bard leadership (subject t term limits) There must be n cmpeting majr institutinal initiatives (e.g., a building mve, a capital campaign) Hw are participants selected? Alliance staff cmpiles and reviews all the applicatins, and may ask applicants t submit revisins, updates r additinal infrmatin. A selectin panel f five experts in innvatin, rganizatinal change and museums reviews applicatin materials and additinal infrmatin. The panel recmmends rganizatins fr participatin in the Lab and the final selectin is made by the prgram partners. What is the deadline fr applying? The Alliance must receive all applicatins electrnically by 5 pm ET n June 5, 2013 (see cntact infrmatin belw). All applicatins are acknwledged by upn receipt. Decisins will be annunced apprximately fur weeks after the selectin panel meets. (See detailed timeline n pages 4 and 5.) Is it pssible t get feedback n draft applicatins? We strngly encurage all applicants t seek feedback n their ideas and draft applicatins. Members f the EmcArts Lab team will prvide telephne cunseling n initial prpsal ideas r general questins abut the Lab. Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 6

7 In additin, fr Rund 3, we are pleased t be able t ffer in-persn, nsite cunseling at the Alliance s 2013 Annual Meeting in Baltimre, Maryland. Applicants wishing in-persn cnsultatin shuld cntact Liz Dreyer at EmcArts (cntact infrmatin belw) t schedule an appintment n May 20 th r 21 st. Upn request, EmcArts staff can als review draft applicatins and prvide up t 30 minutes f feedback via telephne. Please nte the fllwing deadlines: Telephne cunseling regarding initial prpsal cncept Submit draft applicatin fr review by EmcArts cach Onsite cunseling: Alliance Annual Meeting, Baltimre MD Telephne feedback (up t 30 minutes) n draft applicatins Start Date Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Mnday, May 6, 2013 Mnday, May 20 Tuesday, May 14, 2013 End Date Friday, May 10, 2013 Tuesday, May 20, 2013 Tuesday, May 21, 2012 Friday, May 31, 2013 Please Liz Dreyer at EmcArts with requests fr initial cunseling and/r draft applicatin review (cntact infrmatin belw), attaching a draft applicatin attached, if apprpriate. Only ne cunseling sessin/review will be prvided per applicant. EmcArts des nt guarantee that a review will make an applicatin cmpetitive, and EmcArts des nt intercede with the selectin panel n behalf f any applicant. What shuld the applicatin include? The Innvatin Lab fr Museums is nt lking fr traditinal grant prpsals. Sme ambiguity and a degree f messiness typically characterize the wrk-inprgress f successful applicants. These qualities are ften indicative f new ways f thinking and acting. Detailed, neatly packaged plans fr implementatin are nt required, nr encuraged. Applicatins shuld therefre be pen abut expressing the cnflicting ideas, creative tensins and hard chices that innvatin entails. The materials submitted shuld be develped with the input f leaders f all relevant cnstituencies inside and utside the museum. We encurage yu t include direct qutes frm these leaders, prviding insights, narrative and analysis. Please submit all materials (except Audits and marketing materials) as ne dcument in PDF frmat. Please nte that the applicatin requires a 250-wrd summary. By submitting the applicatin, yu grant EmcArts and the Alliance permissin t publish this summary in blgs, print publicatins, etc. While we recgnize that unfunded prjects might nt mve ahead, we want t share infrmatin abut what museums are explring. Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 7

8 Wh shuld prepare and sign the applicatin? All rganizatinal leaders wh are likely t be respnsible fr develping and implementing the innvatin prject shuld be invlved in cmpiling the applicatin. While a given prject may invlve ne type f rganizatinal cnstituent in particular (curatrs, educatrs, executive staff, bard), the engagement f leaders acrss all cnstituencies, including the directr, is seen as evidence that the institutin supprts the prpsed prject, which is therefre mre likely t be successfully implemented. It is als imprtant yu btain the explicit cmmitment f any relevant partners in the cmmunity. The applicatin must be signed by the museum s directr/ceo and the head f its legal gverning authrity. Hw are applicatins submitted? Send applicatins as attachments, preferably in PDF frmat, t Vanessa Jnes, CFM prject crdinatr. Fr yur PDF, create ne dcument that includes the cver sheet, narrative, and all rganizatinal infrmatin (with the exceptin f audits/financial statements and marketing materials) d nt send multiple PDFs. Number the pages f the applicatin. Printed audits/ financial statements and marketing materials may be sent separately thrugh standard mail. Vanessa Jnes CFM Prject Crdinatr American Alliance f Museums 1575 Eye St NW, Suite 400 Washingtn, DC vjnes@aam-us.rg Wh can prvide further guidance regarding cntent? We encurage applicants t discuss their innvatin plans with EmcArts. Fr clarificatin abut the Lab prgram as a whle, please cntact Liz Dreyer, preferably via . If yu want t discuss a specific prject r explre in mre detail whether an applicatin wuld be apprpriate and timely, Liz can schedule a time fr yu t talk with EmcArts leadership. Liz Dreyer Tel: (212) , ext. 27 Natinal Prgrams Manager LDreyer@EmcArts.rg EmcArts Inc. 127 West 122 nd Street New Yrk, NY Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 8

9 Rund 1 Grantees: Prject Descriptins Levine Museum f the New Suth, Charltte, N.C. The Latin New Suth Prject will begin t cnstruct a learning netwrk that brings tgether histry museums in the sutheastern U.S. Lng knwn fr its white and black racial landscape, Charltte, NC, is nw multiethnic and multicultural. Since 1990, the city s Latin ppulatin has increased frm barely 1% f ttal ppulatin t ver 11% in Immigrant integratin full and meaningful inclusin in cmmunity life is a majr natinwide challenge that is especially keen in the Suth. The Levine Museum will use its skilled staff, experienced bard and active cmmunity partners t begin frging links with museums in Atlanta and Birmingham. The aim is fr Latin cmmunities t becme full partners with museums in the wrk f cmmunity-building. Yerba Buena Center fr the Arts, San Francisc, Calif. Yuth Arts: Present/Future will establish a new apprach and pathway fr yuth educatin, ne which ges beynd merely making art t enable yung peple t becme creative thinkers and scial changemakers. It will explre unique yuth talents, r superpwers, which allw artists t think creatively; a prfessinal artist residency mdel fr yuth; a restructuring f the cmmunity service cmpnent in yuth prgrams; integratin f new technlgies, gaming, and ther inspiratins frm fields utside f the arts; fitting successful elements f adult engagement int yuth prgrams; and kinesthetic exercises t enhance cncentratin. By dramatically rethinking its yuth curriculum, YBCA seeks t establish itself as ne f the mst adventurus and experimental museum yuth arts prgrams in the cuntry, ne which culd be replicated, in whle r in part, by ther institutins. Nelsn-Atkins Museum f Art, Kansas City, M. Beynd Museum Quality Shifts in ppular culture challenge museums tday t mve frm a psitin f museum as expert t ne f museum as learning partner. Art museums, in particular, are struggling with mving beynd bursts f participatry acts, t an institutinal gal f engagement that values visitr participatin as an essential part f the museum experience. The challenge is t create an verall experience that cmbines nline and n-site engagement that clses the lp when visitrs cmmunicate, and extends the cnversatin. The vice f the museum has traditinally been a singular ne that f the expert curatr. Fr visitrs t feel deeply cnnected t the institutin, the Nelsn-Atkins believes they need t see themselves here: in the vices f the nn-expert enthusiast. The Museum's ambitin is that its learning in this area will translate bradly t a field struggling with these issues. Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 9

10 Rund 2 Grantees: Prject Descriptins Madisn Children s Museum, Madisn, WI Madisn Children s Museum has always been a museum built by, fr, and abut children. Unlike mst children s museums, at MCM children are rutinely and actively invlved in all aspects f exhibit develpment: as researchers, designers, cntent experts, prttype testers, makers, and ccasinally builders. This cmmitment t featuring children as the authrs f the museum s cntent has prduced deeply immersive learning pprtunities and award-winning exhibits and prgrams that resnate mre pwerfully with the museum s yung audience. After all, wh better t create exhibits that really wrk fr children than children themselves? KidShare: Cllecting, Presenting, and Preserving Children s Culture and Creativity will cnduct lcal research by children and cllecting their stries f culture in ral, written, and graphic frmats; present children s creative research and expressins t the general public; and preserve these primary surce materials fr future generatins. Mississippi Museum f Art, Jacksn, MS The traditinal mdel fr translating individual museum participatin t financial benefit is the membership prgram. With incentives like free admissin yearrund, discunts in museum stres, and ther perks, museums cnvince individual patrns that membership is a smart investment, in additin t prviding members with the emtinal added value f supprting a wrthy institutin. Arund this cncept f membership, the museum field has built sftware systems and staff rganizatinal charts. This deeply ingrained system wrks well fr traditinal members, peple wh are 50+ years ld and are seasned museum-gers. This mdel, hwever, des nt sync with changing behavirs by museum participants, wh are yunger, mre mbile and new t museums. Unpacking Museum Membership: A new mdel fr participatin will wrk with clleagues frm ther museums, the perfrming arts, and the cmmunity arts fields t test business mdels that will lead t a new mdel fr financial participatin in museums. The Museum will research existing mdels, frm retail t n-line and scial media t ther nn-prfit wrk, mdels that culd have applicatins fr cultural nn-prfits. The implicatins f such wrk culd be sectr-wide, and have widespread applicatins in technlgy, market research, rganizatinal structure, and public prgramming mdels. Natinal Trust fr Histric Preservatin, Washingtn, DC Histric huse museums cnstitute ne f the largest segments f museums in the United States. Over the last decade, the Natinal Trust fr Histric Preservatin cnvened tw cnferences n the stewardship and sustainability f these institutins. The recmmendatins frm bth cnferences urged the Natinal Trust Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 10

11 t fully embrace its rle as a leader in develping new mdels fr huse museums within its wn cllectin f 29 histric sites. In late 2011, the Natinal Trust adpted a new strategic plan and ne f its primary gals is "Reimagining Histric Sites" that is t be implemented by "mving the prtfli f Trust-wned sites t higher levels f prgrammatic quality, structural integrity, and financial sustainability." Within this brader emphasis n histric sites, the "Re-imagining Histric Huse Museums" prject seeks t innvate the huse museum mdel at Natinal Trust Histric Sites by develping experiences that are still abut what is cre in a museum--memry--but that engage the public in dynamic new ways, ensuring bth the intellectual and financial sustainability f the entire site. "Re-imagining Histric Huse Museums" embdies a fundamental institutinal shift fr the Natinal Trust. By abandning traditinal huse museum precepts (static bjects, cntrived perid rms, guided turs), ur bjective is t create huse museums that infrm, illuminate, and inspire. The re-imagined huse museum will utilize architecture, cllectins, and landscape t tell a brader range f stries that reflect the diversity f American histry. It will anchr and guide new develpment and uses thrughut the site. Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 11

12 The Innvatin Lab fr Museums Supprted by Applicatin Received by Deadline: Wednesday, June 5, t: Please submit ne PDF file including the Cver Sheet, Prpsal Narrative and all Organizatinal Infrmatin except audits/financial statements and marketing materials. Please number the pages f yur applicatin. Additinal audit/financial statements and marketing materials may be sent as additinal PDFs r in hard cpy. The applicatin must include: 1. A cmpleted Applicatin Cver Sheet (see Applicatin Frmat attached t this RFP) 2. A Prpsal Narrative f n mre than 4 pages (minimum 11-pint type) 3. Applicant Organizatinal Infrmatin 1. Cver Sheet Please send as yur first page a Cver Sheet in the fllwing frmat: Official name f yur museum (as it appears n yur tax-exempt letter frm the IRS) t which a grant wuld be paid Cmmn name f yur museum (if different) Date yur museum was funded Ttal perating incme and expenses fr yur current fiscal year Address f yur museum, telephne and fax numbers, web address Cntact persn fr the Lab (name and jb title, cntact infrmatin) Name f yur President r Executive Directr (if different frm cntact persn) Name f yur innvatin prject Summary f yur innvatin prject, in n mre than 250 wrds Include the purpse f the innvatin, the scpe f prject activities, and the hw the prject will help yur rganizatin. Als indicate hw the prject relates t the definitin f innvatin given n page 2 f this RFP (shift in underlying assumptins distinct break frm past practices new pathway t public value). Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 1 Applicatin Instructins

13 By submitting the applicatin, applicants grant EmcArts and the Alliance permissin t publish this summary in blgs, print publicatins etc. While we recgnize that unfunded prjects might nt mve ahead, we want t share infrmatin abut what museums are explring. Applicants wh are nt willing t grant permissin t share the summary must indicate this in their applicatin. 2. Prpsal Narrative, f n mre than 4 pages with minimum 11-pint type, shuld include: 1. Statement f challenge, gal and ratinale (abut 1-1½ pages) Prvide a clear, cncise statement f the majr adaptive challenge r pprtunity that yu are seeking t address and the gal that is driving yur innvative thinking. What hard questins have arisen arund yur adaptive challenge that remain unanswered fr yur rganizatin? Why is this urgent fr yur rganizatin? Why are existing rganizatinal strategies inadequate r inapprpriate? 2. Assets and barriers in supprting innvatin wrk (abut ½ a page) Describe the capacities, prcesses and structures in yur rganizatin that specifically fster innvatin (such things as the attitude f leaders, bard invlvement, rganizatinal culture, external relatins, yur capacity t implement innvative prjects, etc.). What barriers exist that inhibit innvatin in yur rganizatin? Where d yur adaptive capacities mst need further strengthening? Are there any cmpeting majr institutinal initiatives (e.g., a building mve, a capital campaign) that will cincide with the Lab? 3. Learning frm previus attempts at innvatin and wrk t date (abut ½ a page) Describe the histry f hw yur wrk n yur adaptive challenge has evlved t date. Wh has been invlved, if and hw ptential strategies have been tested, and what bstacles have been vercme? Include a descriptin f at least ne previus innvative strategy which failed at sme pint and discuss what yu learned frm that experience. 4. Innvative nature f yur prject (abut ½ a page) Hw des yur prject relate t the EmcArts definitin f innvatin? rganizatinal innvatin n. instance f rganizatinal change that: 1. results frm a shift in underlying assumptins 2. is discntinuus frm previus practice 3. prvides a new pathway t creating public value What shift in underlying assumptins is prpelling yur adaptive thinking? What pssible innvative strategic respnse(s) t yur adaptive challenge are yu cnsidering and why? Hw wuld yur ptential respnse(s) be a distinct break frm yur past practice? And prvide new pathways fr yur rganizatin t create public value? Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 2 Applicatin Instructins

14 5. Expectatins f yur participatin in the Innvatin Lab fr Museums (abut 1 page) Hw d yu think participatin in the Lab wuld be beneficial fr yur rganizatin? Wh are pssible Innvatin Team members? (Please list name, jb title, affiliatin, and a sentence n why s/he wuld be a useful team member.) 3. The Organizatinal Infrmatin must include: Eligibility statement: Cnfirmatin that yur rganizatin meets the five criteria given abve: stability f leadership, rderly management f bard cmpsitin, number f aggregate full-time equivalent staff, nnprfit status, and ability t cmmit time and resurces t the Innvatin Lab. If yu are in the midst f anther majr rganizatinal initiative, r anticipate beginning such an initiative within the next twelve mnths, please explain hw yu wuld insulate yur innvatin prject frm any ptential draining f resurces and attentin (human and financial). Brief rganizatinal backgrund and histry. Brief bigraphies fr the key individuals n the Innvatin Team yu are initially prpsing (EmcArts facilitatrs may suggest membership changes in the initial phase f the Lab). Operatinal budget fr 2013/14 and audited accunts r mst recent financial statements fr the and 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 fiscal years; yu may prvide an explanatin f unusual recent features and trends if yu wish. Current year and last year s prgrams f events and activities in all departments f yur rganizatin. Supplemental materials yu feel are relevant t yur prpsal. Please send audits/financial statements separately. Please prvide ne cpy f all financial infrmatin. Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 3 Applicatin Instructins

15 The Innvatin Lab fr Museums Supprted by Applicatin Cver Sheet Received by Deadline: Wednesday, June 5, t: Name f Prject: Museum Infrmatin: Official name f yur museum (as it appears n yur tax-exempt letter frm the IRS) t which a grant wuld be paid Cmmn name f yur museum (if different) Date Museum was Funded Ttal perating incme and expenses fr yur current fiscal year Mailing Address Street Address, City, State, Zip Telephne Fax Institutin Web Address Cntact Persn: Lead museum staff member crdinating the prject s activities and lgistics. Name Title Telephne Signatures Museum Directr/CEO Head f legal gverning authrity Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 - Cver Page

16 Name f Prject: Summary f yur innvatin prject, in n mre than 250 wrds Include the purpse f the innvatin, the scpe f prject activities, and the hw the prject will help yur rganizatin. Als indicate hw the prject relates t the definitin f innvatin given n page 2 f this RFP (shift in underlying assumptins distinct break frm past practices new pathway t public value). By submitting the applicatin, applicants grant EmcArts and the Alliance permissin t publish this summary in blgs, print publicatins etc. While we recgnize that unfunded prjects might nt mve ahead, we want t share infrmatin abut what museums are explring. Applicants wh are nt willing t grant permissin t share the summary must indicate this in their applicatin. Innvatin Lab fr Museums RFP Rund 3 - Prject Summary