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April
2008 Events
| Last
Days Cafe: Resources for Artistic Touring |
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Date: |
Wednesday,
April 30, 2008 5-8 pm |
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New
Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, North Side |
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Representatives
from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) |
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Last
Days Cafe is a casual "salon" held on the last
day of each month that features time for networking, refreshments
and a brief program at 6:15 pm. This month features information
about Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT),
which increases opportunities for professional, Pennsylvania-based
performing artists to obtain successful touring engagements.
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This
event is FREE. No registration is required. |
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| Branching
Out: Emerging Strategies to Reach New Arts Patrons |
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Date: |
Tuesday,
April 29, 2008 5-8 pm |
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Place: |
Union
Project, 801 N. Negley Avenue, East Liberty |
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Jeremy
Kraus, City Theater
Hilary Brown, Union Project
Suzanne Pace, Social Innovation Accelerator
Larkin Werner, Wall-to-Wall Studios |
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The
newly-formed Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders Network
invites you to its first, quarterly networking event.
If you are an emerging arts manager in the visual or performing
arts, this is a great chance to hear some success stories
from your peers who have found creative ways to reach
new audiences across age, gender and racial lines. |
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The
discussion will explore Audience Diversification through
creative marketing and targeted programming. Jeremy Kraus
and Larkin Warner will provide case studies-from the lo-fi
to the high tech-of inventive marketing efforts that have
effectively crossed traditional barriers. Suzanne Pace
and Hilary Brown will offer examples of how strategic
programming choices can connect organizations to patrons
who might be hard to reach. Providing an arena for open
and honest discussion, professional growth and problem
solving, this evening will provide Arts Managers the opportunity
to expand and deepen their peer network in the Pittsburgh
area. |
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Registration
Fee: $5 |
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| Gifts
that Keep Giving: Creating Sustainability within Your
Nonprofit |
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Date: |
Tuesday,
April 22, 2008 9-11 am |
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Place: |
Benedum
Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue,
Downtown |
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Lianne
Sheplar, Merrill Lynch |
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Moving
beyond the day to day challenges of running a nonprofit
can be difficult. But when do you decide to start planning
for the long-term legacy of your organization? Learn the
benefits of beginning and managing an endowment to attract
more donors to your organization. Whether you are thinking
about establishing an endowment or have run into difficulties
in managing your existing endowment, come learn the benefits
of endowment strategies to drive your organization to
long term success! |
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Registration
Fees*
Individuals
or Organizations with <$250,000 annual budget:
$20 ($15 members)
Organizations
with >$250,001 annual budget:
$30 ($25 members) |
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| Art,
Activism & Equity Symposium |
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Date: |
Friday
& Saturday, April 18-19, 2008 |
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Place: |
New
Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, North Side |
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Heather
Arnet, Women and Girl’s Foundation
Vanessa German, Slam Poet and Visual Artist
Faythe Levine, Author of Handmade Nation (2008)
Elizabeth Perry, Technology Integration Specialist, Ellis
School; New Media Artist
Others to be Announced |
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Performances
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Soma
Mestizo
The Guerrilla Girls
Nicole Reynolds |
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The
New Hazlett Theater, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and
the Women and Girls Foundation present a dynamic symposium,
Art,
Activism & Equity, as part of the “Women in the
Arts” Festival. The symposium will explore solutions
regarding Southwest Pennsylvania’s embarrassing record
of women’s compensation rates, build networks among
Pittsburgh’s emerging and established arts leaders
while celebrating our region’s unique strengths as
a center for individual accomplishment. The program will
also explore politics and feminism and will encourage
local action, connection to resources and coalition building. |
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Registration
For
a full schedule or to register visit www.newhazletttheater.org. |
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| Best
Practices in Securing Corporate Sponsorship |
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Date: |
Monday,
April 14, 2008 9am-Noon |
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Place: |
Benedum
Center, Studio B, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown |
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John
Federico, City Theatre
Jennifer Johnsen-Nazareth, State Farm Insurance
Chris Taylor, Three Rivers Arts Festival |
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Bringing
together a model case study, a corporate funder, and the
latest information from the authoritative conference on
sponsorship, this workshop will provide you with strategies
for soliciting corporate sponsors for your arts events.
John Federico will reveal the workings behind City Theatre's
successful marketing campaign for Honus and Me, a partnership
that involved Dick's Sporting Goods, the Pittsburgh Pirates
and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and which resulted in
more than half of all tickets bought by first-time buyers. |
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Drawing
on 7 years experience managing corporate grantmaking,
Jennifer Johnsen-Nazareth will present the five criteria
that State Farm looks for in funding requests, including
tips for how to approach a corporation and examples of
successfully funded projects. Chris Taylor will present
fresh ideas about how to enrich corporate partnerships
using emotional connections; he has just returned from
the annual conference of IEG, the worldwide authority
on sponsorship strategy, valuation, research and training. |
Increasing
Your Web 2.0 Marketing Success |
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Date: |
Friday,
April 4, 2008 9:30-11:30 am |
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Place: |
Benedum
Center, 719 Liberty Avenue, Studio B, Downtown |
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You'll
be treated to a session showing how to run your own email marketing
campaigns better, faster and cheaper. Also, learn how you can
easily execute and incorporate various new Web 2.0 media such
as blogs, wikis and more into your marketing! |
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