WE'RE OFF!🎄 This year, have your donation DOUBLED in #ChristmasChallenge22. From #GivingTuesday to midday, Tuesday 6th December, choose from hundreds of charities to give to, and your donation will be doubled. One Donation, TWICE The Impact! Get involved: bit.ly/twitterCC22

The Big Give week of match-funding charity donations ends midday Tue 6 Dec. We chose Clean Break theatre company for our donation this year, to support their Members' futures. Anyone else interested & able to support this groundbreaking theatre company⬇️ donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a0569…

💡Little Bulb - South West Performer Call Out💡 Hello everyone, we're on the look out for new South West based performers to join our team! littlebulbtheatre.com/artistcallout We'd be very grateful if you could retweet this message to help us get the word out. Many thanks, Little Bulb xx

😉content like this is why I'm not ready to leave twitter just yet... (context for non-arts followers, The Stage (UK) newspaper has announced its top 100 most influential people in theatre - Dorries is no.1, because reasons thestage.co.uk/features/the-s… )

Considering taking on a Chair position at a really interesting arts organisation? The lovely board of trustees at Peer has just launched their search for their next Chair...

will definitely be dropping into this virtual gallery in our coffee breaks today - what a treat

Looking forward to attending the Clore Leadership Governance Now conference next week, particularly breakouts on Global Majority & Cultural Boards, and Learning from Young People at Board Level (and a chance to hang out Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) for the day) eventbrite.co.uk/e/governance-n…

Great practical examples and suggestions from this session at Clore Leadership #GovNow session - noting that this is just the start of the conversation around diversifying boards...

At the #GovNow Clore Leadership Cultural Governance Alliance arts & cultural governance conference today with my Year One Consulting hat (necklace) on. Soooo many good case studies of diversifying boards...

Friends and Partners' news: Join Invisible Dust at 5pm on 15/02 Rambert - Dryden Goodwin's 'Breathe' will be projected onto the building to mark 10 years since the passing of 9-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. #BreatheForElla . buff.ly/3HWxPy6

And now the closing keynote from Sukhy Johal and @HilaryCarty - how to really embed your arts org in your community (not necessarily in the geographical sense), Sukhy Johal advising going in with humility and for the long term, not just this funding bid. #GovNow

Off the back of yesterday's #GovNow conference, thought I'd share this live arts trustee vacancy (full disclosure: we're not involved in recruiting this post, but have supported this organisation, and admire their approach to governance)

A great thing about getting involved with our work is witnessing how participants rebuild their confidence. As our Chair Linden Ife says, being a Trustee of Streetwise lets you see and hear how opera changes lives. Want to join our Board? Find out more at streetwiseopera.org/vacancy/truste…

Each day this month I’m posing one question — to ponder yourself, discuss with your team, or answer below. Today's question:

Appreciated this CIPD podcast today, on pay transparency - starting with different meanings of the phrase. Doesn't capture the entire debate (nor does it claim to) but worth a listen if you're interested in managing or understanding organisational pay structures and decisions

Yes, the Coronation music was wonderful. Conservatives have cut arts funding by a third in the last decade. Government cuts to the BBC mean they’re losing 20% of orchestra places. Music teaching in state schools is in freefall. Who’s going to play at the next one?

We’re pausing activity on this platform for now. As much as we’ve loved our twitter community over the years, the other stuff is getting too loud. We'll be using LinkedIn more instead: linkedin.com/company/year-o…