Welcome To Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Arts Managers Past Events Page

Ask an Attorney: Arts Law Consultations

	Date:	Wednesday, November 12, 3-6 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th. Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
	Presenter:	Legal Staff of American Eagle Outfitters

Are you an artist or arts administrator with a legal question about your work? Bring your questions to our Arts Law Clinic! We'll schedule you 15-30 minutes with an attorney from American Eagle Outfitters to discuss your arts-law questions-from Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Contract Law to Human Resources. Feel free to bring contracts, HR policies, works of art-anything that's raising legal questions for you! So as to maximize your time with an attorney, this clinic has no formal workshop presentation.

Social Enterprise and the Arts

	Date:	Wednesday, October 29 , 9am - Noon
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
	Presenter:	Katherine L. Harrell, Social Innovation Accelerator

Join the Social Innovation Accelerator and the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council to learn how you can transform your organization's greatest assets into unrestricted, earned income. From space rental to dynamic programmatic consulting, from studio workshops to artist residencies, from adult classes to kids camps, discover best practices and practical skills of social enterprise and how to apply it to your organization. Social Enterprise: fulfilling mission, generating revenue, making a difference.

Financial Statements Demystified

	Date:	Wednesday, October 15, 6-8 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
	Presenter:	Victor Dozzi, CPA, CrawfordEllenBogen LLC

Do financial statements make your head spin? Do you want to create financial reports for your board, but are unsure of the best way to structure them? This workshop is for you! Come spend an evening with Vic Dozzi-an arts-friendly accountant who specializes in assisting arts nonprofits of all shapes and sizes. You'll learn ways to set up, read and understand your financial statements, taking into consideration your organization's assets and liabilities. After the presentation, we'll give you a chance to ask questions specific to your situation, so bring along any materials for review.

Pricing: $20 ($15) $30 ($25)

Tech Now: A Crash Course in Technology Trends & Their Implications for the Arts

	Date:	September 18, 11am
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
	Presenter:	David Dombroski, Center for Arts Management and Technology, CMU

	This workshop will demystify the “buzz words” to provide an overview of current trends in technology. Beginning with broadstroke concepts such as CRM, Web 2.0 and Open Source, we’ll discuss how technology is changing the business paradigm for the arts as well as the expectations of our audiences. By drawing on examples from the arts community, we’ll examine the “nitty gritty” of CMS, social media, RSS, social networking, Second Life, and mobile technology. Whether you’re a technophile or technophobe, this workshop will spotlight tools to assist you in pursuing your mission and engaging your audiences.

	David Dombrosky is the Executive Director of the Center for Arts Management and Technology, an applied research center at Carnegie Mellon University investigating ways in which technology can improve and enhance the practice of arts management. Prior to joining the CAMT team in 2007, David spent eight years at the Southern Arts Federation, where he designed and managed both regional and national programs in the visual, performing, media and literary arts. Among those many programs, David supervised logistics for Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience – an historic initiative between SAF, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Since 2005, he has worked with the Americans for the Arts Emerging Leader Council to build and strengthen a national network of rising arts administrators. David also serves on the board of directors for the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture and writes for the Technology in the Arts blog. He holds a Master of Arts in Communication Studies and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Speech Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Starting an Arts 501c3 Nonprofit

	Date:	September 15, 6 pm
	Place:	Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 3rd. Floor Conference Room, 707 Penn Avenue, Downtown
	Presenter:	Susan Blackman , Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

	Not for the faint of heart, this workshop serves as a preparation for organizations seriously interested in filing for 501c3 tax status. Topics include the "realities" of starting a nonprofit, the basics of board development and the extensive planning process to be completed before consulting an attorney. This workshop is a prerequisite for incorporation through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

	Registration fee includes materials and light refreshments. Pre-registration is required for this workshop. Fees vary based on organizational budget size.

	*Registration Fees: Individuals or Organizations with an annual budget <$250,000: $20 ($15 members) Organizations with an annual budget >$250,000: $30 ($25 members)**

Financial Fundamentals

	Date:	September 9, 6-8 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
	Presenter:	Vic Dozzi, CPA, CrawfordEllenbogen LLC

	This workshop will teach you the basics of budgeting, providing best practices for getting started, maintaining your accounting records and understanding your financial statements. The workshop will cover basic budget types, tips for preparing your customized budget and definitions for commonly used terms. You'll also learn ways to set up, read and understand your financial statements, taking into consideration your organization's assets and liabilities.

	CrawfordEllenbogen LLC, advises foundations, other non-profit organizations, and businesses on a full range of accounting, operational and planning matters. In his ten years with the firm Vic Dozzi has assisted clients with a variety of mergers, acquisitions and organizational transitions-advising on regulatory compliance, accounting procedures and systems, financial controls, analysis and assessment, documentation and other matters.

	*Registration Fees: Individuals or Organizations with an annual budget <$250,000: $20 ($15 members) Organizations with an annual budget >$250,000: $30 ($25 members)**

New Grant Info: BNY Mellon Audience Development Fund

	Date:	September 5, 2-4 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center Gallery, Main Entrance, 7th Street and Penn Avenue, Downtown
	Presenter:	Susan Blackman

Come learn about this new funding opportunity—and get some grantwriting tips along the way! The BNY Audience Development Fund awards grants up to $5,000 to nonprofit arts organizations in support of audience development efforts. The first postmark deadline is October 13, 2008. Details about the grant, including guidelines and application form, are available now. This info session is free and open to the public.

Arts Law Clinic

	Date:	Wednesday, July 30, 3:00 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
		Lianne Sheplar, Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
	Presenter:	Neil Bulman, Vice President & General Counsel; Rebecca Bibbs, Chief Counsel; Luke Paglia, Associate General Counsel; Kimberly Strohm, Assistant General Counsel; American Eagle Outfitters

	Are you an artist or arts administrator with a legal question about your work? Bring your questions to our Arts Law Clinic! Attorneys from American Eagle Outfitters will be on hand to answer your arts-related legal questions in the areas of Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Contract Law and Human Resources. This clinic, the first in a series to be provided by AE staff, is designed for arts community members who have specific questions but do not require ongoing assistance from an attorney.

	*Registration Fee:** $20 ($15 members)

Gifts that Keep Giving: Creating an Endowment for Your Nonprofit

	Date:	Tuesday, July 15, 9 am-Noon
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
		Lianne Sheplar, Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch

	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!

	*Registration Fees: Individuals or Organizations with an annual budget <$250,000: $20 ($15 members) Organizations with an annual budget >$250,000: $30 ($25 members)**

Review of the 2008 Americans for the Arts Convention in Philadelphia

	Date:	Friday, June 27, Noon-1:30 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
	Presenters:	Susan Blackman, Lea Donatelli, Devon Dupay, Renee Piechocki, Mitch Swain, Tiffany Wilhelm, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
	Guest Presenters:	Dana Casto, Arts Education Collaborative; David Dombrosky, Center for Arts Management & Technology; Marge Myers, Studio for Creative Inquiry; Brian Carney, Kuntu Repertory Theatre; Laura Zamarripa, August Wilson Center for African American Culture

	Did you miss the AFTA Convention Last Week? No problem—we'll share some of the content! Bring your lunch and join us for lunch as members of the Arts Council staff and the Pittsburgh arts community share insights gathered from the 4-day national convention, entitled American Evolution: Arts in the New Civic Life. View the full list of session topics.

	*Registration Fees: $10 ($5 members)**

Starting an Arts 501c3 Nonprofit

	Date:	Monday, June 16, 6-8 pm
	Place:	Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 707 Penn Avenue, 2nd Floor, Downtown
		Susan Blackman, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

	Not for the faint of heart, this workshop serves as preparation for organizations seriously interested in filing for 501c3 tax status. Topics include the “realities” of starting a nonprofit, the basics of board development and the extensive planning process to be completed before consulting an attorney. This workshop is a prerequisite for incorporation through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

	Registration Fees* $20 ($15 members)

Info Session & Grantwriting 101: 2008 PA Partners Project Grants

Session A	Date:	Tuesday, June 10, 3-5 pm
Session A	Place:	East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Room 234, 116 S. Higland Avenue, East Liberty
Session B	Date:	Saturday, June 14, 10 am-Noon
Session B	Place:	Brew House, 2100 Mary Street, South Side
		Susan Blackman, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

	Come learn the basics of successful grantwriting and get information about the 2008 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts project grant application! Whether you are an individual artist, a small arts organization or someone with an idea for a community arts project in Allegheny County, this session is for you. For more details about this grant visit www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/papartners.htm.

	This event is free.

Fine-Tune Your Finances: Making QuickBooks Work for You

	Date:	Wednesday, June 4, 9 - 11am
	Place:	Benedum Center - 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222
		Kathleen Mahoney , Consultant Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Kathleen Mahoney has been working with non-profit organizations for the past 8 years as a financial consultant. She has worked as an auditor in public accounting and at a regional hospital, as a bank controller, and the financial reporting manager for a multi-billion dollar bank holding company.

Whether you are a new or establsihed organization, learn how to tailor QuickBooks to meet your financial tracking needs. You will learn how to set up a chart of accounts; use class tracking for programs, administration and fundraising activities; track restricted funds, accounts payable and accounts receivable; and enter budgets and produce meaningful reports for your board of directors. Q&A will follow for questions specific to your organization.

Registration fee includes materials and light refreshments. Registration at the door is accepted with credit card, check or exact cash amount, subject to availability. Fees vary based on organizational budget size.

New (and Dynamic!) Trends in Nonprofit Governance

	Date:	Monday, May 19, 5:30 - 8 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
		Michael Kumer, Nonprofit Leadership Institute

	According to the Harvard Business Review, effective governance of nonprofit organizations is "a rare and unnatural act." This highly participatory workshop will focus on several rapidly emerging trends in nonprofit governance, with emphasis on the attributes of peak-performing boards. Topics include: board self-assessment, committee structure, recruiting (and retaining) great new board members, and board meetings that truly make a difference. Leave your preconceived notions at the door and dare to enter this challenging, thought provoking, high energy conversation.

	Registration Fees* Individuals or Organizations with <$250,000 annual budget: $20 ($15 members) Organizations with >$250,001 annual budget: $30 ($25 members)

Financial Fundamentals

	Date:	Monday, May 5, 2008 6-8 pm - This workshop has been post-poned and will be rescheduled. For information contact David Seals at 412.391.2060 x227.
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
		Vic Dozzi, CPA, CrawfordEllenbogen LLC

	This workshop will teach you the basics of budgeting, providing best practices for getting started, maintaining your accounting records and understanding your financial statements. The workshop will cover basic budget types, tips for preparing your customized budget and definitions for commonly used terms. You’ll also learn ways to set up, read and understand your financial statements, taking into consideration your organization’s assets and liabilities.

	CrawfordEllenbogen LLC, advises foundations, other non-profit organizations, and businesses on a full range of accounting, operational and planning matters. In his ten years with the firm Vic Dozzi has assisted clients with a variety of mergers, acquisitions and organizational transitions—advising on regulatory compliance, accounting procedures and systems, financial controls, analysis and assessment, documentation and other matters.

	Registration Fees* Individuals or Organizations with <$250,000 annual budget: $20 ($15 members) Organizations with >$250,001 annual budget: $30 ($25 members)

Gifts that Keep Giving: Creating Sustainability within Your Nonprofit

	Date:	Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9-11 am
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
		Lianne Sheplar, Merrill Lynch

	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!

	Registration Fees* Individuals or Organizations with <$250,000 annual budget: $20 ($15 members) Organizations with >$250,001 annual budget: $30 ($25 members)

Best Practices in Securing Corporate Sponsorship

	Date:	Monday, April 14, 2008 9am-Noon
	Place:	Benedum Center, Studio B, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
		John Federico, City Theatre Jennifer Johnsen-Nazareth, State Farm Insurance Chris Taylor, Three Rivers Arts Festival

	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.

	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

	Date:	Friday, April 4, 2008 9:30-11:30 am
	Place:	Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Avenue, Studio B, Downtown

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!

Unlocking the New Powers of PR

	Date:	Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:30-11:30 am
	Place:	Future Tenant Gallery, 819 Penn Avenue, Downtown

The art and science of Public Relations craft has never before achieved the kind of respect that it is enjoying today. Find out how you can make the new rules of PR build your brand and your organization. The Web has changed the rules and most old-line PR professionals just don't know it yet. Learn how to craft search engine friendly press releases, online press kits and much more!

Improving the Art of Marketing the Arts

	Sessions:	"Building a Brand that Buzzes" (Friday, March 7) "Unlocking the New Powers of PR" (Wednesday, March 19) "Increasing Your Web 2.0 Marketing Success" (Friday, April 4)
	Performances by:	Stephan Wayhart, Principal of Brandmill, Inc. and President of the American Marketing Association - Pittsburgh Chapter

This 3-part series designed to help you develop cost-effective techniques to promote your arts organization. The workshops are presented through a new partnership between the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the American Marketing Association - Pittsburgh Chapter.

For more than 20 years, Stephen Wayhart has built a solid reputation as a strategic marketing campaign maker from his Ad Agency days with General Motors' Cadillac and Oldsmobile Dealer Marketing Groups to McDonald's Corporation to helping launch Sprint PCS. As principal of BrandMill, he has consulted with MARC USA, Allegheny Energy, EDMC, Ford Motor Company, Kennywood Entertainment, Vocelli Pizza, Sprint PCS and True Value Hardware.

Building a Brand that Buzzes

	Date:	Friday, March 7, 2008 9:30-11:30 am
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown

Learn the new branding building basics of experiential marketing and storytelling. Discover the 10+ types of word-of-mouth marketing, the six tenets of customer evangelism, the eight ways to get people to spread your good word and more!

Starting an Arts 501c3 Nonprofit Organization

	Date:	February 25, 2008 6-8 pm
	Place:	Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 707 Penn Avenue, 2nd Floor, Downtown
		Susan Blackman, Director of Arts Programs

	Not for the faint of heart, this workshop serves as preparation for arts organizations seriously interested in filing for 501c3 tax status. Topics include the "realities" of starting a nonprofit, the basics of board development and the extensive planning process to be completed before consulting an attorney.

	This workshop is a prerequisite for organizations who plan to seek assistance through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts for their 501c3 filing.

Grantwriting 101 with the Multicultural Arts Initiative

	February 21, 3-5 pm:	East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, East Liberty
	February 21, 6-8 pm:	AVA Lounge, 126 S. Highland Avenue, East Liberty
	February 23, 10 am-12pm:	New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side
	Presenters:	Susan Blackman, Demeatria Gibson Boccella

MCAI will conduct free grant workshops to review the MCAI RFP Application Guidelines and discuss any program ideas. The MCAI grantmaking objective is to enhance the cultural landscape of the region by funding consistently high quality African American and African-influenced arts programming, as well as targeted, culturally specific arts programming to include Latin, Asian and Native American. To register contact dgibson@mcai-pittsburgh.org or 412.394.4275.

Best Practices: Working with a Consultant

	Date:	January 29, 2008 6-8 pm
	Place:	Benedum Center, 7th Floor Conference Room, 719 Liberty Avenue, Downtown
		Kathleen Caliendo

	A good consultant provides ideas, reality checks, skills and experience and will leave you with plans, materials, and the information to help you use them. But if you "hire" a volunteer consultant, do you have the right to ask for what you need? Absolutely! It's all about communication, planning and setting realistic expectations.

	Kathleen Caliendo, an experienced Business Volunteer for the Arts and a professional strategic change consultant, will give you the tools to navigate the process of assessing your needs (not every organization should plunge directly into strategic planning) and build a workplan together with your consultant that will lead to the outcomes you are seeking.

Best Practices: Survey Design

	Date:	January 16, 2008 9-11 am
	Place:	Carnegie Library, 612 Smithfield Street, Downtown
		Paige Beal, Assistant Professor, Point Park University School of Business

	Whether your goal is to inform your marketing efforts or to evaluate your programs, the presence of inexpensive--or free--online survey tools make it easier than ever to collect data. This workshop will help you generate results that best support your decision-making or reporting. Whether you will be able to participate in this workshop or not, please help us understand the needs of the arts community by taking a short, 5-minute survey found here!

	With more than 20 years in media marketing and management, Paige Beal brings first-hand experience in radio, TV, print and the Internet to her work. Beal earned a BA in Sociology and Psychology at Hood College and received her MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.

	In her "spare" time, she owns and operates a small farm breeding alpacas where she puts her marketing experience to task by holding Alpaca Toolbox MBA Workshops, a collaborative effort of alpaca professionals with expertise in Marketing, Business and Accounting who help alpaca owners build their investment with a foundation of critical business planning.