Business & Operations

Business & Operational Planning

You have such an amazing team. Every time something comes up – immersive experiences, inclusive theaters – there’s a specialist we can draw from in your arsenal. It’s pretty awesome.”

Rachel Campos

Alameda, CA

Getting From Here to There

Business planning in the arts is a reflection of mission, purpose, and intentional outcomes. Less wide-ranging than a strategic planning process – business planning probes important operational questions. In this area of work, we partner with clients to document financial and activity drivers, assess internal and external conditions, and define success for the future at an operational and practical level.
This service can support many kinds of outcomes. Our business planning practice is the foundation for executive search and succession planning, both of which are strategic interventions likely to impact the entire organization. It can also support facility initiatives, where clients want the partnership of experienced consultants who can bring detailed operating data and other case-making research to support a public-private collaboration, fundraising campaign, pre-opening operations, or to counsel owners, operators, and partners throughout the development process.

When an organization faces big changes in leadership, participation, funding, market conditions, programs, facilities or other aspects that affect their core business, they often look for help to plan and forecast the impacts these changes will have on the organization and the community at-large. AMS’s approach to helping organizations plan new ventures is grounded in targeted research and deep knowledge of industry best practices, emerging trends, and new innovations. If you are wondering how to get from ‘here to there’, AMS has the team and resources to help you map-out the way.

AMS Business & Operations Planning Services Include:

Pre-opening/opening operations, programming, and business planning
Governance and staffing assessment and alignment
Partnership review, assessment, and alignment
Operational deficit assessment and strategy
Capital debt structuring/restructuring and planning support
Market, audience, and participant research and analysis
Pricing, programming, and packaging strategy development
Succession and leadership transition planning
Executive and staff search and recruitment advisement
Owners Counsel services during facility design and construction
Executive support and coaching

AMS Business & Operations Planning Services Include:

Pre-opening/opening operations, programming, and business planning
Governance and staffing assessment and alignment
Partnership review, assessment, and alignment
Operational deficit assessment and strategy
Capital debt structuring/restructuring and planning support
Market, audience, and participant research and analysis
Pricing, programming, and packaging strategy development
Succession and leadership transition planning
Executive and staff search and recruitment advisement
Owners Counsel services during facility design and construction
Executive support and coaching

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Ensure your vision creates a lasting impact by partnering with AMS to design organizations and facilities that are effective, resilient, and vital. Utilize our approach that embraces problem-solving, recognizes innovation, and employs evidence-based strategies to positively shape the infrastructure of your community — today and into the future.