-
May 21, 2014
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?
-
August 11, 2021
Board Room: The Engaged Board
Our inaugural Board Room column is an excerpt from Susan Howlett’s Boards on Fire! Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully, a new manual that helps board members fulfill their responsibilities.
-
January 25, 2001
Traits and Skills of a Music Director
The purpose of this paper, prepared by the League's Conducting Continuum Committee, is to clarify the roles of conductor and music director in American orchestras.
-
March 13, 2014
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.
-
August 10, 2021
Charting a Path
Board members are on the front lines as orchestras maneuver through thorny economic and cultural challenges. Two distinguished leaders discuss what it takes to be an effective board member today.
-
November 16, 2023
Benefits of League Membership for Orchestra Board Members
As a board member, the skills you bring to the boardroom can be the difference between success and failure for your orchestra. View or download this PDF for a summary of benefits and activities you will receive as a board member of a member orchestra.
-
June 3, 2016
Effective Orchestra Governance: A Guide for Boards – free to members
Effective Orchestra Governance: A Guide for Boards is a new book from the League of American Orchestras, filled with smart, succinct advice and free for members to download. (The League mailed a hard copy in June 2016 to member orchestra board chairs and executive directors.)
-
October 26, 2020
Your Orchestra, Your Community: Roadmap to Success - Videos of Civic Engagement in Action
The League Presents Civic Engagement in Action; Memphis Symphony Orchestra; The Philadelphia Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic
-
October 26, 2020
Governance Articles and Recommended Reading
-
October 13, 2020
Your Orchestra, Your Community: Roadmap to Success
Every orchestra has a community story – but not every orchestra knows just how important community is to their future. Your Orchestra, Your Community: Roadmap to Success is designed by orchestras for orchestras eager to reach out and make a difference to their community’s future as well as their own.