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June 3, 2020
Conference 2020: Post-COVID-19 Planning From the Marketing Perspective
In this session, we will begin the road back to performances in a post-COVID-19 world. In breakout groups, we will consider scenarios for the easing of stay-at-home restrictions, consumer hesitation, and the economic downturn, and model responses to these challenges. Bring your best, most creative thoughts!
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May 18, 2020
Conference 2020: Idea Exchange Regarding Volunteer Support of Our Board, Musicians, Volunteers, and the Community
This session is facilitated by Tresa Radermacher of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Tiffany Ammerman of the Marshall Symphony, Bruce Colquhoun of the Spokane Symphony, and Julie Meredith of the Utah Symphony.
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October 21, 2020
Women are Now Driving Philanthropy. Are Orchestras Engaging Them?
How can you tap into the generosity of women to navigate through this prolonged time of crisis? The COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and social unrest have left arts nonprofits reeling; many are struggling to continue operating while serving members and audiences with reimagined programming. One group of donors may offer a lifeline: women.
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May 27, 2022
Reshaping the Patron Experience: The Shift from Printed to Digital Program Books
A 60-minute sponsored webinar with InstantEncore’s David Dombrosky taking a closer look at the trend of digital program books with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Omaha Symphony.
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October 19, 2020
Paycheck Protection Program Update: Flexibility, Forgiveness, and Forms (June 29, 2020)
The League of American Orchestras is presenting a webinar providing the very latest information on the loan forgiveness process for the Paycheck Protection Program, which has been a key form of relief for orchestras and musicians amidst the COVID-19 crisis.
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August 5, 2021
Conference 2021: Meaningful Metrics
Identifying and capturing meaningful data for Education and Community Engagement (EdCE) programming has never been easy. The shift to digital over the last year opened up both challenges and possibilities. Rather than default to reporting the number of views and clicks on a website, orchestra staff have sought to find new and more compelling ways to convey the impact and quality of their programs. In this interactive session, evaluation experts from the highly-regarded consultancy WolfBrown challenge participants to rethink reporting based on their work with cultural organizations across the U.S. Community and education staff from three orchestras will answer this challenge by sharing new or evolving approaches to internal and external reporting.
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January 17, 2018
Roads to Recovery
This fall, orchestras in several states were hit hard by natural disasters. Yet even as they suffered the same blows as their neighbors, orchestras and musicians stepped forward to encourage and help rebuild their communities. Beyond offering the solace only music can, orchestras need to have their own contingency plans in place to cope when disaster strikes.
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February 9, 2021
WolfBrown COVID-19 Audience Outlook Monitor: Dashboard Access
As a League Member, we are able to provide access to the public dashboard with aggregated data being collected for WolfBrown's COVID-19 Audience Outlook Monitor study.
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July 30, 2021
Audience Attitudes about Returning to Live Concerts – A Summary of Results from the Audience Outlook Monitor Study
During the past year, a cohort of American orchestras has been collaborating to study audience attitudes about returning to live concerts.
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November 24, 2020
Discount from Nonprofit HR
League member orchestra organizations of any size now have affordable access to the expertise needed to develop and maintain best practices in the skills necessary for high performance and high staff retention rates including, among others: Recruitment, Onboarding, Professional Development, and Performance Management.