This week, we learned about MBA students who get a leg up on leadership skills by engaging with the arts, took a tour through a virtual music festival with strong community and business support, explored new ways to plan for an uncertain future, deepened our interest in promoting the importance of voting, and proudly shared a new set of guiding principles that would bring together design and public health professionals for equitable and positive health outcomes. If you missed anything, now's your chance to catch up!

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Why the Arts are Valuable in Business School Curriculum by Alexandria Kotoch
When you think of MBA coursework, you think of core classes in marketing, finance, economics, operations, decision sciences, strategy, and so on. You don’t think of color theory, collaborative drawing, or watercolors. But at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, we do. Interactions with art develop observation, collaboration, communication, narrative building, and critical thinking skills, all of which help leaders manage effectively.

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Orlando REP’s ‘Vote?’ is a timely play created specifically for online streaming
While COVID-19 has shut down many theatres across the country, the arts continue to thrive in new and innovative ways. Orlando Repertory Theatre teamed up with a production company to professionally film and produce a fully-staged production of Eric Coble’s play Vote? for online streaming, with the purpose of providing an exciting and engaging theatrical experience that explores the importance of voting through pivotal historical events.

Americans for the Arts Supports the Launch of New Equitable Guiding Principles for the Design and Public Health Fields
As part of a national cohort, last month Americans for the Arts helped launch PHEAL—Planning for Health Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership Guiding Principles. Developed by individuals seeking to create a policy platform, the PHEAL Guiding Principles reaffirm the imperative need for public health and design professionals to work together toward empowering and elevating the voices of historically overburdened communities with health inequities in the time of COVID-19.

P&G Continues to Make Music with Cincinnati Music Festival and ArtsWave
From July 23-25, Cincinnati Music Festival held a Virtual Weekend to bring people together through music. With the support of presenting sponsor P&G, this iconic Cincinnati event engaged audiences both online and in person to highlight the community across the nation and build brand affinity and goodwill for its sponsors along the way. An accompanying outdoor public art exhibition featured 15 Black artists who created beautiful canvases around the theme of community, unity, music, and celebration.

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Navigating Uncertain Futures with Scenario Planning
Scenario planning is a proven methodology for analyzing and preparing for uncertain futures that has been used by companies, cities, and organizations. Presented by Robert Goodspeed, assistant professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, this webinar features an overview of scenario planning concepts and tools, including a framework for implementing scenario planning for nonprofit organizations and examples of how urban planners use scenarios.

Photo of Kellogg students participating in a color theory workshop provided by Alexandria Kotoch.