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Professional skills development

Leaders in business, arts, and government take part in a facilitated discussion as part of Arts & Business Northern Ireland’s Business Breakfast Briefing in association with Business to Arts. Photo: Aaron McCracken

Leaders in business, arts, and government take part in a facilitated discussion as part of Arts & Business Northern Ireland’s Business Breakfast Briefing in association with Business to Arts. Photo: Aaron McCracken

We offer scheduled applied workshops, training programmes, and seminars connected to fundraising, sponsorship-seeking, and understanding ESG.

New training coming soon!

These sessions respond to the latest developments in private sector investment in the arts eco-system in Ireland and abroad, and often feature external subject matter experts. Each session is interactive, reserved for small groups (8 attendees max) and is typically delivered online over two hours.

Bespoke Training

If you are looking to expand the skillset of your team we can offer bespoke professional skills development sessions with a range of subject matter experts in areas such as:

  • Preparing your organisation for strategic planning
  • Workshop Facilitation
  • Design Thinking
  • Aligning your brand and fundraising strategy
  • Board succession planning

All our arts members can attend the scheduled sessions free of charge. If you wish to book a more bespoke session to meet the needs of your organisation, contact us to learn more.

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Training

We offer arts innovation and income generation programmes to support the longer-term sustainability of the arts sector in Ireland.

John Rainey, sculptor and Brendan Joyce, Irish Green Marble pictured as they install the new sculptural portraits of Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth O’Farrell at RCSI, this commission was enabled by Business to Arts.

Developing your board

We know that an engaged and encouraging board is critical to the success of any arts organisation, particularly when it comes to areas such as strategic fundraising and financial sustainability.

Business to Arts members take part in a facilitated strategy discussion as part of ‘Designing the Future’ a Business to Arts event in collaboration with Irish Architecture Foundation. Photo: Allen Kiely

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Sing Ireland Irish Youth Training Choir performing at the 2022 Business to Arts Awards at the National Concert Hall. Sing Ireland are taking part in Round 3 of Business to Arts' Fundraising Fellowship, Ireland programme. Photo: Conor McCabe

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