Conference 2014: Highlights
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.
Conference 2014: Volunteer Meetings
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 …
Conference 2014: Constituency Meetings
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 …
SMART: Strategy and Money Alignment Readiness Tool
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.
Engaging Your Board in Fundraising – A Staff’s Guide
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?
Hitting the Right Notes: Capital Campaign Trends and Fundamentals for Success
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.
Orchestra Repertoire Report (ORR) 2012-2013
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.
Assessing Your Financial Health
In the continuing effort to provide help to League member orchestras, we would like to offer you this free Financial Health self-assessment tool developed by the Nonprofit Finance Fund. It is a simple worksheet that addresses core areas of nonprofit finance and helps to identify areas of financial strength and weakness.
Moves Management® and Developing your Major Donor Pipeline!
Moves Management® isn’t just about portfolios, coding and moves. It is a comprehensive approach for your development operation that will bring major gift prospects closer to your orchestra through a series of strategic steps. Adopting a Moves Management® system that incorporates creative cultivation opportunities and strategies to generate a high-level of activity is the key to establishing a healthy major donor pipeline.
Silk Road Grant Seeking RFPs for South Central Asia
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has just announced a new Request for Proposals (RFP) with a very quickly-approaching deadline of August 16th. Proposals should highlight the relationship between any combination of two or more of the following nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.