Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations Board Development Seminar
Michael M. Kaiser, Seminar LeaderPresident, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
October 4-6, 2009
2700 F Street NW Washington, DC
Schedule and Program
Sunday, October 4, 2009
3:00 P.M. Registration Begins
4:00 P.M. Session
Understanding Financial Statements
How can your organization strike the right balance among programs, facilities, and financial structure?
Learn what matters most when reviewing your organization's financial statements and discover the opportunities and
challenges inherent to program growth, endowments, earned-income ventures, and property ownership.
6:00 P.M. Dinner
Challenges Facing Arts Organizations Today
Keynote by Michael M. Kaiser,
President of the Kennedy Center
This introduction outlines some of the issues facing not-for-profit arts organizations and the root causes of those challenges.
Monday, October 5, 2009
9:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
10:00 A.M. Session
Board Management
Building and maintaining a productive board will help build your organization's individual donor base—one of the best ways to increase revenue. Hear practical solutions to recruitment, training, and retention of board members in order to facilitate board productivity.
11:00 A.M. Session
Building Institutional Identity: How Visibility Supports Mission
Build institutional identity and get people excited about being involved with your organization while improving programmatic marketing, fundraising, and board development.
12:00 P.M. Session
Strategic Planning
Create a strategic plan that is clear, concise, and thoughtful through mission statements, external analysis, internal analysis, implementation planning, and financial planning.
1:00 P.M. Lunch (provided)
2:00 P.M. Session
Developing and Supporting Effective Marketing Campaigns
Programmatic Marketing helps build and maintain audiences. Discover the core marketing concepts that provide strategies for audience development and engagement.
4:00 P.M. Optional Session:
Kennedy Center Backstage Tour
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
8:30 A.M. Continental Breakfast
9:30 A.M. Session
Effective Fundraising: How to Support the Arts
Fundraising is a key area where board members should provide oversight and support. Improve your advice on starting and maintaining individual and institutional development campaigns.
11:30-12:00 P.M. Summary
Hiring an Executive Director
Understanding the relationship the board has with its Executive Director reveals the best way to search for and hire a qualified candidate.
*Schedule subject to change
For information, contact:
Jennifer Bowman, Coordinator, Capacity Building Programs, at jmbowman@kennedy-center.org or (202) 416-8861
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