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Professional Development The Alliance for Arts and Culture offers professional development workshops to help cultural workers and arts professionals gain the knowledge they need to succeed in their careers. Fall 2007 Workshops Marketing and branding - October 11
Taken for granted: An introductory workshop on grant writing
A workshop for artists and non-profit arts organizations seeking a generalized overview on effective grant writing for the cultural sector. The workshop will provide an introduction to the world of cultural grants from a general perspective. It will focus on grant writing skills, including the preparation of budgets - not the process of finding grants for individual disciplines. The workshop will assist you in communicating your vision and ideas through a grant application. It will cover the key components of an effective grant application, provide information on the review process, help you write for your reader while developing exciting and effective project descriptions, demonstrate tools to measure success and outline techniques for helping you tell your story.
Facilitator: Heather Redfern is the Executive Director of the Vancouver East Cultural Centre and has extensive experience in arts administration, theatre and festival production, as well as a passion for the cultural sector. She has spent most of the last three decades working in, and for, the arts. Prior to joining the Cultch, Ms. Redfern served as Executive Director of the Alliance for Arts and Culture, artistic producer for Catalyst Theatre in Edmonton, and as board chair of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, of which she was a founding member. She has also served on a variety of volunteer boards and arts service organizations, including the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and the Edmonton Arts Council. She has lectured on advocacy at Grant MacEwan College and in 2000, Ms. Redfern won the City of Edmonton, Business and the Arts Award for Excellence in Arts Management. Ms. Redfern is a native of Vancouver, and has mentored several Vancouver theatre groups through the Canada Council’s Flying Squad program. Workshop cost: $50 (+GST) for Alliance members and $75 (+GST) for non-members Pre-registration and payment is required. 24 hours cancellation notice required to obtain full refund. The Alliance reserves the right to cancel workshops if registration is too low. Please phone 604-681-3535 or email info@allianceforarts.com to register. Understanding the BC Society Act: An arts-focussed workshop for learning and complying with BC's not-for-profit legislation
A workshop for existing not-for-profit organizations who are governed by the BC Society Act. The BC Society Act governs not-for-profit societies incorporated in British Columbia and sets the boundaries for governance, financial affairs, amalgamation and dissolution. This workshop will help artists and existing non-for-profits unravel the Act and determine how to operate within its framework. The workshop will specifically address how to comply with the Act, constitutions and bylaws within the Act and the issues of amalgamation, voting and membership. A brief overview of the BC Society Reform Project will also be provided. Participants will leave the workshop with an understanding of the BC Society Act and how its legal framework effects not-for-profit arts organizations. Facilitators: Margaret Mason is a partner with Bull Housser Tupper LLP. She practices in the area of trust law with an emphasis on charities and not-for-profit organizations. She was a member of the Charities Advisory Committee of the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency until the committee was terminated and is currently the chair of the BC Law Institute’s Society Act Reform Project. Martha Rans is a lawyer and the coordinator of the Alliance for Arts and Culture’s Artists’ Legal Outreach Program. She works extensively with arts organizations and other not-for-profits. Workshop cost: $50 (+GST) for Alliance members and $75 (+GST) for non-members Pre-registration and payment is required. 24 hours cancellation notice required to obtain full refund. The Alliance reserves the right to cancel workshops if registration is too low. Please phone 604-681-3535 or email info@allianceforarts.com to register. Fundraising fundamentals: Going beyond government grants Topics to be covered include: Fundraising 101; principles for success; pros and cons of common fundraising methods; identifying prospective donors and making your case. Facilitator: Andrea Seale is a Certified Fundraising Executive and Principal of Blueprint Fundraising and Communications (www.blueprintfundraising.com). She has worked in fundraising and communications since 1994. She has helped clients raise millions, build smarter fundraising programs and create lasting relationships with donors. She blogs about fundraising at www.thefundit.com. Her past arts and culture clients include: Ballet BC, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Chor Leoni Men’s Choir, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Out on Screen, Public Dreams Society, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver International Writers Festival. Workshop cost: $75 (+GST) for Alliance members and $100 (+GST) for non-members Pre-registration and payment is required. 24 hours cancellation notice required to obtain full refund. The Alliance reserves the right to cancel workshops if registration is too low. Please phone 604-681-3535 or email info@allianceforarts.com to register. Human Resources 101 A workshop for arts organizations seeking basic HR tools and resources as well as the knowledge of how to apply them back in the workplace. The workshop will cover the basic components of human resource planning for arts organizations including recruitment and selection, hiring, training, coaching and performance management. Other topics include: • Writing Job Descriptions Facilitator: Ian Forsyth graduating from UBC with a BFA in Theatre and then worked as a freelance actor, director and writer for several years. After running the Vancouver TheatreSports League for four years, Ian opened and ran the North Peace Cultural Centre in Fort St. John for six years. He was Kelowna’s first Cultural Services Manager and returned to Vancouver to be the Arts Services Manager for the City of Burnaby in 2001. In September 2007 Ian joined the District of North Vancouver as the Director of Cultural Affairs. He continues to teach theatre and sits on the board of the BC Touring Council, Magnetic North Theatre Festival, and the Alliance for Arts and Culture. Workshop cost: $50 (+GST) for Alliance members and $75 (+GST) for non-members Pre-registration and payment is required. 24 hours cancellation notice required to obtain full refund. The Alliance reserves the right to cancel workshops if registration is too low. Please phone 604-681-3535 or email info@allianceforarts.com to register. Leading and marketing an organization in an era of volatility is an artistic, creative act. It requires leaving familiar and well-worn paths and making a leap into an unknown future. This session is not for everyone. It’s specifically designed for innovative arts leaders who want to think (and act) out of the box to increase participation, earned income and contributions. You’ll experience/come away with understandings and new methods to: • Increase arts participation (In an intensive one-hour review - optional for those who’ve previously taken Jerry’s workshops.) Facilitator: Gerald D. (Jerry) Yoshitomi is an independent cultural facilitator, engaged by foundations, public arts agencies, arts organizations and individual artists to read, research, and provoke innovative new practices, with just in time knowledge to increase: participation in the arts; personal benefits and public value of the arts, artists and arts organizations; adaptability, creativity and leadership in changing environments; earned and contributed income. Methods from his writings/workshops have been successfully implemented by several thousand arts workers and arts organizations in the United States, Canada and most recently Australia and New Zealand to increase attendance and earned/contributed income. Jerry served as Facilitator for the START (State Arts Agency) Initiative of the Wallace Foundation, managed by Arts Midwest and Lead Consultant on Information and Network Strategies for LINC - Leveraging Investments in Creativity, a national initiative to improve the lives/conditions of artists. He is also currently the facilitator for a collaborative of Performing Arts Presenters at major research universities (Major University Presenters – MUPs). He chaired the National Task Force on Presenting and Touring the Performing Arts, resulting in the 1989 seminal report, An American Dialogue. Jerry chaired three panels at the National Endowment for the Arts, served four years on the California Arts Council, was Treasurer of the Music Center of Los Angeles County and was the Executive Director of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. He’s a graduate of Stanford University with a Masters in Public Administration from Arizona State University. Workshop cost: $200 (+GST) for Alliance members and $250 (+GST) for non-members (includes lunch). Pre-registration and payment is required by Thursday, October 4th. 72 hour cancellation notice required to obtain full refund. The Alliance reserves the right to cancel workshops if registration is too low. Please phone 604-681-3535 or email info@allianceforarts.com to register. Last Updated: Copyright © Alliance for Arts and Culture, 2006 |
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