A 6-Week Coaching Cohort For Arts And Culture Leaders
Impact
Accelerator Cohort.
A 6-Week Coaching Cohort For Arts And Culture Leaders
Impact Accelerator
Cohort.
The Impact Accelerator is a guided coaching experience
designed to help leaders build the clarity, confidence, and tools needed to tell their story, strengthen decision-making, and demonstrate their value to funders, boards, and communities. Through weekly cohort sessions, practical exercises, and individualized coaching, participants develop a customized Impact Roadmap that reflects their organization's values, priorities, and aspirations..
Cohort Program Dates
Welcome Session
Tuesday, Oct 27
2 - 4pm ET
Session 1
Thursday, Oct 29
2 - 4pm ET
Implementation Lab 1
Nov 2 - 5
Session 2
Thursday, Nov 12
2 - 4pm ET
Session 3
Thursday, Nov 19
2 - 4pm ET
Implementation Lab 2
Nov 30 - Dec 3
Session 4
Tuesday, Dec 8
2 - 4pm ET
Cohort Completion Celebration
Thursday, Dec 10
2 - 4pm ET
The 6-Week Journey
Session One:
Reframe Your Story
Move beyond funder language and reconnect with the impact you were created to make.
Participants examine how they've defined success, identify the gap between lived impact and reported impact, and begin reframing their organization's story through a more authentic lens.
Session Two:
Understand Your Impact Ecosystem
Identify who you serve—and what meaningful impact looks like to each stakeholder.
Leaders map their stakeholder landscape and explore how to communicate impact in ways that resonate with funders, boards, artists, partners, and communities.
Session Three:
Build Your Impact Roadmap
Transform vision into a practical framework for action.
Using the Impact Roadmap Toolkit, participants create a customized roadmap that connects mission, strategy, evidence, and impact into one cohesive approach.
Session Four:
Measure What Matters
Design evaluation that reflects your values—not just your outputs.
Participants develop meaningful, culturally responsive indicators that capture outcomes, learning, and transformation while strengthening their organization's approach to evaluation.
Session Five:
Tell Your
Impact Story
Turn data into compelling narratives that inspire action.
Participants learn how to communicate their impact with confidence across grant proposals, reports, presentations, and community engagement while developing a signature impact statement.
Session Six:
Lead with Clarity
Leave with a plan—and the confidence to put it into practice.
Participants present their completed Impact Roadmap, receive peer feedback, celebrate their progress, and identify next steps for continued growth and organizational impact.
What You'll Leave With
By the end of the program, participants will have:
- A customized Impact Roadmap for your organization
- A set of culturally responsive evaluation indicators
- A compelling impact narrative and signature impact statement
- Greater confidence in communicating organizational impact
- Implementation labs
- Peer learning from fellow arts and culture leaders
- Access to The Creator's Well community
Investment
The Impact Accelerator uses a two-tier pricing structure based on organizational budget:
Organizations with annual budgets
under $500,000
$2,500 per organization
Organizations with annual budgets
of $500,000 or more
$3,500 per organization
Be Part of the Inaugural Cohort
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