LOCATION

REGISTRATION

Or, you can contact us regarding your interest:
Patricia McCarthy, Dancers' Group, dg@dancersgroup.org or 415/920-9181

Because of security at the San Francisco Foundation, pre-registration is required.
At these prices, you can’t afford not to come!

• As a member of Dance/USA:
  Half-day sessions are $12 each; the full-day session is $24.
  It's only $30 for a half and a full-day session!
• General fees are:
  Half-day sessions are $15 each; the full-day session is $30.
  It's only $40 for a half and a full-day session!

SCHEDULE

• "The Realities of Touring"
  with Craig Peterson of DTW and local panelists including Loris Bradley (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) and Hilary Roberts (Jubilee American Dance Theatre)

  So, you want to go on tour? A leading national presenter, offering an overview of what touring possibilities are really like at the current time, will conduct this seminar. A group of local panelists will also share their stories (successes and disasters) for all to learn from. The session will close with a facilitated discussion between the panelists and seminar participants, exploring the needs and concerns of getting work on the road - near home, and regionally.
  This seminar is designed for individuals and emerging/mid-level organizations.

  Craig Peterson is co-artistic director/senior producer and director of community programs at New York's Dance Theatre Workshop working closely with the executive director to select artists and design DTW's performance season, negotiate artist contracts, fees, commissions and schedules.

• "Surviving Hard Times - Financial Management at Work"
  with Paul A. "Gus" Stuhlreyer, III

  How do we promote stability and growth in these rough times, when we are already so overburdened? This seminar looks at how to balance the income and expenses with measurable results, and on strategically setting realistic financial goals. Although resources are scarce, developing methods to share the load will be examined.
  This seminar is specifically designed for established organizations.

  Over the past fifteen years Paul A. "Gus" Stuhlreyer, III, has established a reputation for rescuing performing arts organizations that find themselves in financial trouble. But his rescue plan is not predicated solely on cutting expenses. Instead, he focuses on earned income, board development and individual contributed income as the foundation of any rescue plan.

MONDAY, MARCH 24

• "Your 'Whole Arts' Organization - Strategizing Beyond One Season"
  with Mary Ann de Barbieri
  • 9am-4pm
  This intensive, full-day seminar explores how planning must become a part of our ongoing work in building healthy and sustainable organizations. Some of the topics covered include the importance of building relationships in your community, Board development, marketing and fundraising.
  This seminar is specifically geared toward mid-level organizations.

  Mary Ann de Barbieri uses her 25-year nonprofit management and fundraising experience to help nonprofit organizations achieve their organizational goals.

• "Town Hall Reception and Meeting"
  with Plenary Speaker Ken Foster and Dance/USA staff members Andrea Snyder and John Munger.
  • 6pm
  Dance/USA will convene the Bay Area dance community in a town meeting designed to discuss the needs and obstacles facing the dance community that were outlined in a needs assessment conducted by Dance/USA. Now that Dance/USA's report has been widely disseminated around the Bay Area, an active conversation and response to the study from the dance community will help define the course of action for Bay Area dance leadership.
  These events are free, but an RSVP is required.

  Ken Foster has served as executive director of UApresents at the University of Arizona since 1994. Mr. Foster has participated in the Leadership Institute for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and was also selected to be a Fellow in the British American Advanced Arts Administrator Training Institute. He has served as a grant panelist at the state and regional levels and as a panelist for the Rockefeller Foundation, the Irvine Foundation, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Arts Partners Program and the National Endowment for the Arts.