Expertise +
Results = Impact

Tools/Services To Assist You:

Book (best price via contact form, below)
  • Leverage the Arts Ecosystem to Influence Local Prosperity (2020)
Strategic Planning / Operations 
  • Not-for-profits / Arts sector development
  • X-sector outcomes (health, housing, arts, economic)
  • Fundraising / Business Models / Social Enterprise
  • Disability-focused arts
  • Governance
Presentations, Keynote, Panels & Workshops
  • Cross-sector partnership development
  • Holistic systems change
  • Fundraising / Governance
  • The Focus Matrix (benefits/application)
Research, Evaluation, Analysis
  • The Focus Matrix tool (partnership analysis)
  • Program evaluation design/analysis
  • Case studies and programs
Facilitation / Community Engagement
  • Partnership development
  • Coaching / mentorships (projects or individuals)
  • Innovation via collaboration with creatives

Development Interests:

Embracing Cultural and Community Development
  • Financial frameworks and multi-sector integration
  • Leading strategic, generative, and collective project outcomes 
  • Arts-based placemaking 
  • Triggering societal / communal / economic outcomes
  • New governance models
Partnerships
  • Asset-based community development (ABCD theory of webbed economies)
  • Arts sector + "X"-sector bridging
  • Innovative solutions and impact
Sustainability Values
  • Cultural vitality / community well-being
  • Social equity (justice)
  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility (IDEA)
  • Equitable, holistic prosperity

Reach Out: If you are curious about our work or want to lob an idea for discussion, please reach out to Cate at cate@proctorshiftconsulting.com.

Project Facilitation & Presentation

Client projects and requested presentations are customized to maximize impact for clients and their audiences. Project development criteria align with specific needs and objectives while research gathers, extracts and analyzes information to meet client objectives. Evidence-based, academic (rigourously tested) findings anchor Proctor Shift Consulting's outcomes. Peer-reviewed articles and case studies, local context, and professional expertise in arts sector administration combine to support both analysis and project presentation activities.

Project Management / Fundraising / Partnerships / Social Enterprise - Developing an affordable housing + work/presentation space for senior artists and arts workers in association with PAL Ottawa

Explaining The Focus Matrix (online) - An analysis tools that supports critial thinking, planning, development and implementation of cross-sector initiatives, centred on working with artists and arts organizations. (Hint: A link to the presentation is available under the News & Resources section of this website.)

Arts Sector Research – Understanding the Arts Ecosystem presentation at University of Ottawa

Utilizing Creative Human Capital to Stimulate Local Economic Development While Broadening Support for the Creators (Artists) presentation, Building Community Resilience Conference, Institute for Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island

Strategic Planning (sampling) -- Orpheus Musical Theatre, 100 Mile Arts Network, Artisans on Main, City of Charlottetown, Music PEI.

Charting the Course – A Findings Report of research and community input to inform development of a Cultural Roadmap for Ottawa, Ottawa Cultural Alliance

A Strategic Business Plan
1) Governance Structure: Framework, Policy, Committee Terms of Reference, Bylaws
2) Operations and Strategic Growth Initiatives: Revenue Streams, Marketing, Networks and Shared Resources
3) Development Planning: Feasibility Study, Labour Market Report, Marketing Guide

Community Engagement
— Facilitate community stakeholders in developing a Musical Pathway Alliance
— Facilitate meetings and conference sessions: National Arts Service Organizations
--- Facilitate online focus groups, including people/artists with disabilities, members of underserved communities, and the general public.

Clientele

  • 100 Mile Arts Network
  • Artisans on Main
  • Arts Consultants Canada (ACCA)
  • Canada Council for the Arts
  • Canadian Association for the Performing Arts (CAPACOA)
  • Canadian Dance Assembly
  • Canadian Public Arts Funders (CPAF - Canada Council Secretariat)
  • City of Charlottetown
  • Creative PEI (Prince Edward Island)
  • Culture Outaouais
  • Gigspace/Alcorn Music
  • Harbourfront Theatre
  • Hispanic Arts Society
  • Kingston Theatre Alliance
  • Mass Culture
  • Music PEI (Prince Edward Island)
  • National Arts Centre
  • Orpheus Musical Theatre
  • Ottawa International Jazz Festival
  • Ottawa Cultural Alliance
  • PAL Ottawa
  • PEI Business Women's Assoc.
  • Propeller Dance
  • SPARC (Supporting Performing Arts in Rural Communities)
  • Theatre Wakefield
  • This Town is Small Inc.
  • University of Ottawa
  • University of Prince Edward Island
Arturo Segura, Director, University of Ottawa — Ontario, Canada “With her diverse experience in the Arts & Culture Sector, along with her business executive training, Cate Proctor is able to bridge the arts with other sectors through innovative partnerships. Cate developed TEDx style presentations to engage our undergraduate students focusing on research in the arts, which elevated their understanding of applying their expertise to important socio-economic contexts.”
Genevieve Cimon, Director of Music Education, National Arts Centre — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada “Cate Proctor wrote an excellent report for a music alliance group in Ottawa. She was a pleasure to work with and provided helpful materials the group could work with.”
Ron Atkinson, Economic Development Officer, City of Charlottetown — Prince Edward Island, Canada “Cate developed a strategic plan on arts and culture for the City of Charlottetown which encompassed support for artists, development of a shared vision, integration of the cultural community and business community, and creation of distinctiveness. The project was presented to the City and was well received. Cate has valuable experience in both the business community, and the cultural community and has worked with players in both areas.”
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