EMCARTS INC
PO BOX 20011, WINSTONSALEM, NC 27120 www.emcarts.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO OBSERVE, ANALYZE AND SUGGEST IMPROVEMENTS TO THE METHODS BY WHICH CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS RELATE TO, AND INTERACT WITH, ALL OF THEIR STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR DIRECTORS, THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN WHICH THEY OPERATE AND TO STRENGTHEN THE PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AND PRACTICE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO CHARITABLE OR CREATIVE ENDEAVORS.

EMCARTS DELIVERED SERVICES VIA THREE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IN 2019: ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP AND FACILITATION PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUALS (ARTIST WORKSHOPS, LOCAL ADAPTIVE FACILITATOR TRAINING INITIATIVES, AND ADAPTIVE LEADERS AS CULTURAL INNOVATORS), FOR ORGANIZATIONS (SINGLE ORGANIZATION SERVICES, NEW PATHWAYS FOR THE ARTS, STAGING CHANGE, AND BUILDING THE CAPACITY TO INNOVATE AND ADAPT) AND FOR COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THEIR SELECTED COMPLEX-ADAPTIVE CHALLENGES WITHIN THEIR CITY (COMMUNITY INNOVATION WORKSHOPS). THE ARTIST WORKSHOP PROGRAMS SERVED 20 PARTICIPANTS IN 2019 IN BOTH PITTSBURGH AND LOUISVILLE, EMPOWERING ARTISTS TO TAKE THEIR LEARNINGS FROM THE WORKSHOPS TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND. AS PART OF TORONTO'S STAGING CHANGE PROGRAM, 8 LOCAL FACILITATORS ENGAGED WITH EMCARTS CONTENT AND WERE TRAINED IN FACILITATION PRACTICES IN ORDER TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY AND FOSTER CONNECTIONS WITH THE CITY'S PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY. OF THESE LOCAL FACILITATORS, 3 WENT ON TO LEAD ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH AN INTENSIVE INCUBATING INNOVATION PHASE. IN HOUSTON'S NEW PATHWAYS FOR THE ARTS, 7 LOCAL ADAPTIVE FACILITATORS HAVE BEEN TRAINED UNDER A SIMILAR MODEL. FINALLY, INDIVIDUAL LEADERS WERE RECRUITED IN 3 REGIONS TO TAKE PART IN OUR ADAPTIVE LEADERS AS CULTURAL INNOVATORS PROGRAM. 14 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS PARTICIPATED IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, WITH 8 LEADERS JOINING THE GREATER NEW YORK CITY COHORT. 9 HOUSTON-AREA LEADERS WERE ALSO RECRUITED FOR A SEMINAR SERIES TO BEGIN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020.THE ORGANIZATION'S SINGLE ORGANIZATION SERVICES PROGRAMS SERVED 4 ARTS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, CONDUCTING ADAPTIVE PLANNING PROCESSES WITH WORKING GROUPS FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.IN CHARLOTTE, 9 ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED WITH OUR NEW PATHWAYS INCUBATING INNOVATION PROCESS. IN OUR FIRST ROUND OF NEW PATHWAYS | HOUSTON, 3 ORGANIZATIONS COMPLETED THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, SCALING UP THEIR PROTOTYPES INTO LARGE-SCALE INNOVATIONS. A SECOND ROUND OF NEW PATHWAYS | HOUSTON BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2019, WITH 7 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM'S FIRST PHASE - ORGANIZATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND INNOVATION FORUMS. TORONTO'S STAGING CHANGE PROGRAM SAW PARTICIPATION FROM 8 PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ONSITE ORGANIZATIONAL COACHING PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, WITH 4 ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUING ON TO THE DEEP-DIVE INCUBATING INNOVATION PHASE.IN BOTH DETROIT AND PHILADELPHIA, EMCARTS HELD STANDALONE WORKSHOP SERIES FOR COHORTS OF LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. STAGING CHANGE | DETROIT BROUGHT TOGETHER ORGANIZATIONAL TEAMS FROM 10 DETROIT THEATRES, WHILE BUILDING THE CAPACITY TO INNOVATE AND ADAPT | PHILADELPHIA SAW PARTICIPATION FROM 16 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY'S ARTS SECTOR.EMCARTS' COMMUNITY WORK SAW US COMPLETE OUR COMMUNITY INNOVATION WORKSHOP SERIES WITH WORKSHOPS IN MOUNT CLEMENS, MICHIGAN AND WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS. IN BOTH COMMUNITIES, WORKING GROUPS OF BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS WORKED TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO THEIR MOST PRESSING COMMUNITY CHALLENGES.

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