Hi Jon,
First off, thanks so much for your response. Hmm, very good questions. Hopefully, I don’t really need to propose a change over to non-profit. But, I will definitely need to clarify that the museum I work for is a non-profit, as were the craft schools I worked for before being hired full time by the museum. Be it instructing a student in the techniques of a certain craft, or educating them on the history or properties of a material, the focus of all these non-profits is education in some form or another.
While it has a tendency to sound cheesy: education and a constant thirst for learning is something I have always found extremely important. Post mba I would like to further inspire other to continue learning. If the best way to do this is to lead an institution, be it a museum, school, or foundation, then I need the tools and knowledge to know how. Or maybe it is beginning a program to better educate artists regarding business. I’ve known a lot of starving artists and most wouldn’t be as skinny if they had ever taking even one marketing course. I’m still narrowing down my focus as to how exactly I want to foster learning, but that’s what business school is for, right? I do know that big picture is education.
How important do you think it is to have a hard and fast goal? Do I need to have a concrete plan of being the director of a museum or start a program to teach starving artists marketing (or accounting for that matter?)
Thanks so much for all your help. And, let me know of any programs you think might be a good fit. Thanks again!
Cheers!
Annette
First off, thanks so much for your response. Hmm, very good questions. Hopefully, I don’t really need to propose a change over to non-profit. But, I will definitely need to clarify that the museum I work for is a non-profit, as were the craft schools I worked for before being hired full time by the museum. Be it instructing a student in the techniques of a certain craft, or educating them on the history or properties of a material, the focus of all these non-profits is education in some form or another.
While it has a tendency to sound cheesy: education and a constant thirst for learning is something I have always found extremely important. Post mba I would like to further inspire other to continue learning. If the best way to do this is to lead an institution, be it a museum, school, or foundation, then I need the tools and knowledge to know how. Or maybe it is beginning a program to better educate artists regarding business. I’ve known a lot of starving artists and most wouldn’t be as skinny if they had ever taking even one marketing course. I’m still narrowing down my focus as to how exactly I want to foster learning, but that’s what business school is for, right? I do know that big picture is education.
How important do you think it is to have a hard and fast goal? Do I need to have a concrete plan of being the director of a museum or start a program to teach starving artists marketing (or accounting for that matter?)
Thanks so much for all your help. And, let me know of any programs you think might be a good fit. Thanks again!
Cheers!
Annette