The Machinery offers a wide range of services!

In response to the challenges the cultural milieu has to face, the Machinery sets up collaborative relationships and promotes sharing of knowledge and resources within the cultural community.

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  • TOOLBOX
  • More than 200 practical and strategic tools designed to improve management of artistic projects and cultural organizations.

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    • Free service
    • Category :
      TOOLS

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  • À LA CARTE SERVICE
  • Customized, ad hoc support services provided by the Machinery team to meet the immediate organizational needs of artists and arts companies.

    • Length: variable
    • Fee-based service
    • Category : HUMAN RESOURCES

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  • COLLABORATION UNIT
  • Mechanism for connecting an artist and a cultural worker in order to establish a collaborative working arrangement for a specific one-time project.

    • Length: variable
    • Fee-based service
    • Category : HUMAN RESOURCES

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  • SUPPORT UNIT
  • This service promotes the development of established or growing artistic companies by mobilizing a customized cell of managers to respond directly to the artist’s needs.

    • 150-550 hours per year
    • Fee-based service
    • Category : HUMAN RESOURCES

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  • WORKSHOPS
  • Through group sessions, the Workshops allow participants to identify solutions to certain issues through the sharing of experiences and exploration of the work tools.

    • 2 to 3-hour activities
    • Fee-based service
    • Category : LEARN

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  • 360 CLINICS
  • The 360 Clinics take the form of six micro-training sessions that cover a number of topics in administration, strategy and communications and allow a cohort of participants to share and develop their management skills.

    • Six 3-hour workshops
    • Free service
    • Category : LEARN

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  • CAFÉ-CAUSERIE
  • Morning professional meetings in which we will introduce you to a personality who inspires us and who has a remarkable uniqueness.

    • 1-hour activity
    • Free service
    • Category : LEARN

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  • The Essentials
  • The Essentials are 60-minute virtual lunchtime training sessions given by a knowledge leader on a specific arts management topic.

    • 1-hour activity
    • $10 (Accessible Rate), $15 (Regular Rate), $20 (Generous Rate)
    • Category : LEARN

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  • Articles
  • Articles and interviews about the management of arts and cultural projects.

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    • Free service
    • Category : LEARN

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  • ORIENTATION SESSION
  • This brief meeting with the Machinery’s team provides an opportunity to analyze the organizational requirements associated with management of an artistic project, to reflect on the organization’s stages of deployment or to clarify its programming calendar.

    • 45 to 60 min
    • Free service
    • Category : COUNSELING

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  • ORGANIZATIONAL MAPPING
  • A multi-year action plan in which the Machinery’s team provides a 360-degree analysis of a company or collective’s environment.

    • Length: 4 weeks
    • Fee-based service
    • Category : COUNSELING

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Please note that all our free and fee-based services are exclusively available to our members.