This week’s massive enews is about being contextually fine and why ‘ally’ is (still) a verb 12 months after the Voice referendum and the start of the latest Pal estinian gen ocide, as well as some governance mentions, thoughts on taking the lead and another thing about board solidarity and confidentiality (and more).

Read at link in bio (or https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/contextually-fine-ally-is-still-a).

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"As artists, cultural workers and arts organisations, ours is the business of statement-making"

My latest is up on the Overland website today: https://overland.org.au/2024/08/the-statements-we-make/.

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Failure is the status quo at the moment when it comes to Australian arts, cultural and non-profit organisations' response (or lack of response) to Palestine as a governance, risk and crisis management, duty of care and financial issue.

My conversation with Helga Svendsen for the Take on Board podcast is online today with more https://helgasvendsen.com.au/take-on-board-podcast/episode-254-kate-larsen/.

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Arts boards and organisations, stop using cultural safety as an excuse to make your programs, spaces and business practices less culturally safe. https://larsenkeys.com.au/2024/05/06/and-another-thing-on-cultural-safety/

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Just finished reading How to Chair a Meeting by MI Puregger, an endearing Australian governance artefact from the 1950s with a lot to teach us about how much still needs to change. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5mo3RdBcH5/?igsh=MXM5dXpzb3ZmNjE5dg==

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My latest enews includes rants about menstruation and menopause as governance issues and the power, politics and possibilities of digital poetry, as well as some upcoming #TheRelationshipIsTheProject events and indie news recommendations. https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/board-members-we-need-to-talk-about-306

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My latest #AndAnotherThing vlog is an extract of my longer letter to boards, leaders and organisations about risk and reputation management, crisis communications and duty of care from the pointy intersection of arts and human rights advocacy. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2qMyxahC8R/?igsh=MTJoc2NmOHFoZ3R4ZA==

Read the full article at link in bio or http://tinyurl.com/44p9fb9h

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My latest enews includes my call for Boards to talk about P-lestine, a rant on the politics of publishing, a new essay on poems, place and digital space in Westerly, plus exciting Perth Fest news and hopes for a kinder new year. https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/board-members-we-need-to-talk-about

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Board members, we need to talk (more) about P-lestine... this is Part 3 of my series on how what’s happening in the world right now is playing out for arts and cultural organisations in Australia and beyond. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0hrqQ1hhs3/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Check out Part 1 at https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0So088h-Mk/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

And Part 2 at https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0XlwrzB3ch/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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Board members, we (still) need to talk about P-lestine... this is Part 2 of my ‘and another thing’ vlog series about how what’s happening in the world is playing out for arts and cultural organisations right now (including Sydney Theatre Company and Mushroom Records, with learnings from Ruth De Souza and The Relationship is the Project). https://www.tiktok.com/@katelarsenkeys/video/7307806707659459842

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