“A Seattle-based ballet company garnered new interest in traditional and contemporary ballet among teens and adults under the age of 25.” – Author(s): Bob Harlow and Tricia Heywood
“Learn how an opera company found new audience members among women ages 35 to 60.” – Author(s): Bob Harlow and Cindy Cox Roman
This report identifies and examines nine practices of arts organizations that successfully expanded their audiences.
This year, close to 1,000 orchestra professionals, volunteers and business partners gathered in Seattle for the League’s 2014 National Conference. Here are some of the highlights.
Roundtables: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Guild, Stella Boyle Smith Young Artists Competition (PDF) Eugene Symphony Guild, Spring Serenade “Once Upon a Time…”, A Vintage Fashion Show and Afternoon Tea (PDF) Friends of the Minnesota Orchestra, Rebranding (PDF) Houston Symphony League, Bordeaux on the Bayou (PDF) Illinois Symphony Orchestra Guild of Bloomington-Normal, Concert Chats (PDF) Illinois Symphony Orchestra Guild of Bloomington-Normal, Donate to …
Board Members Materials: Capitalization and Community (PDF) Presentation by Susan Meier (PDF) Development, Groups 1-2 Materials: Belief and Confidence (PDF) Success: What Works Now (PDF) Presentation by Ron Schiller, Aspen Leadership Group (PDF) Major Campaigns: Then and Now at the Seattle Symphony (PDF), Swedish Medical Center and the University of Washington A study of comprehensive …
You have the vision. You have the plan. Can you afford it? The answer is right there on your balance sheet – and SMART (Strategy and Money Alignment Readiness Tool) will help you see it clearly.
Board participation in fundraising is a perennial challenge for many, if not most, nonprofit organizations. This webinar approaches the issue by asking – what is keeping the staff from being more successful in engaging the board in fundraising?
apital campaigns are an important part of the fundraising cycle for any orchestra, large or small. While many of the tried and true principles of effective campaign fundraising remain the same, changing demographics and global and industry trends have required that orchestras innovate and strategies evolve.
In 1970, the League of American Orchestras began to track member orchestras’ programming through its Orchestra Repertoire Report (ORR), in order to answer queries from grantmakers, journalists, musicologists, historians, and member orchestras.