May We Suggest...Executive Directors 

Pre-Conference
National Arts Strategies Seminars:

• Opening the Right Doors: A Strategic Approach to Selecting Effective Partners
• The Art (and Science) of Negotiation
• Cause Marketing: New Strategies for Corporate Partnerships

Pre-Conference
Orchestra Leadership Academy Seminars:

• The Essential Music Director-Executive Director Relationship
• Putting Your Best Message Forward
• Branding: Beyond the Hype
• Destination Annual Fund – A journey to significant income generation growth

Conference Sessions

In-Depth Sessions
Click here to learn about almost a dozen 3-hour comprehensive sessions on a range of topics.  

• Higher Education and the Real World of Practice: Creating a New Alignment
• The Not-So Distant Horizon: The Near Future and the Performing Arts
• Our Political Power: National, State and Local Advocacy Strategies
• Indispensable: What Does it Mean to be Civically Engaged?
• New Frills or Deep Change?  Innovation and the Performing Arts Organization

Breakouts
Breakouts are 75-minute discussions on over 40 topics.  Click here for a full description of these Breakout sessions and more.

• Negotiating Between Innovation and Sustainability
• Critical Issues for the Non-profit Community
• New Models for Incubation and Fiscal Sponsorship
• New Technologies/New Opportunities
• Evaluation, Beyond Box Office Success
• A Wake-Up Call
• How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights
• Treasure Hunting: Finding Non-Traditional Sources of Government Support
• Engaging Art: Research, Practice and Innovation
• Developing a Research Agenda for the Sector
• The Future of Private Giving to the Arts
• Perspectives on Leadership Training
• The Changing Volunteer Environment
• Governance for the Arts Sector
• It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green!
• The Denver Model: Building Local Support for the Arts

Art-Making Sessions
3-hour intensive, hands-on programs covering several disciplines.
If you feel like making art instead of talking about it, these sessions are for you. Stretch your creative wings and take a master class opera, hip-hop, conducting, playwriting, composing, and more! Click here for a full description of the art-making sessions.