Emergency response and preparedness for performing arts organizations can be a difficult task for individual organizations. This free 2 hour webinar will demonstrate how working with multiple organizations in a network for disaster management can be accomplished. The history of networking for improved emergency preparedness in the cultural heritage, arts, and government sectors will be examined, with an exploration of existing networks. Case studies of the Pennsylvania Cultural Resilience Network and CultureAID in New York City will be presented to help guide you on how to start your own, or join an existing, cooperative disaster network.

Stuck at home but still need to record a song? Is podcasting is your new pandemic hobby? Recording from home doesn't need to be frustrating, and you can even build a great home set-up without breaking the bank. Join musicians Mark Kelso and Matt Zaddy for this webinar, and hear their tales of success, lessons learned, mistakes to avoid, and more at this webinar. Got questions about the best USB Microphone or the best software? Yep, they can help with that too!

Localized emergencies, regional disasters, and catastrophic events can have a devastating impact on performing arts organizations where even a brief loss of business can threaten sustainability. This free 90 minute webinar will provide an introduction to why emergency preparedness is critical to protect your organization from external risks and internal vulnerabilities. These include human caused and natural crises. You will learn the typical process and contents of a plan, and receive information about resources to help with planning.

Fire Safety is an essential element in the day to day preparedness of any organization, especially in the unique environment of the performing arts. In addition to sound emergency management principles, the application of National Fire Protection Association Standards (NFPA) will ensure that a comprehensive protection plan is developed in cooperation with appropriate emergency response partners. This free webinar will provide fire safety considerations and introduce best practices from the fire protection industry, which offers a road map to achieve fire safety benchmarks

Chris Enns is a certified financial planner (CFP) and opera singer. He has spent the last 10 years as a performing artist and learned the hard way that ignoring money doesn’t really work. He is the founder of Rags to Reasonable - an advice only financial planning & money coaching firm that specializes in working with creatives and people with other non-traditional financial situations.

With the ever-changing nature of events, are you prepared for the unexpected? With audiences and Local Government agencies expecting more from you as an organizer, do you have plans in place to not only try and prevent, but also respond should any incident happen? Safety and Security are more important now than ever and more questions will be asked of you and what plans you have in place. This class will help event organizers and venues establish the key elements for prevention and responding to incidents of any shape or size.

Is your organization’s history in a basement, under water pipes, or next to the furnace and unorganized? Performing Arts Organizations often keep a variety of legacy materials, including business records, programs from performances, posters, props, and other artifacts. Using a series of case studies, this class will examine how to collect and organize both physical and digital arts-related materials so you can access these materials for future use. The class will give practical guidance that can be applied in any setting.

According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS), there are over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations registered in the United States, and with so many nonprofits, it can be challenging to gain visibility, build your community and increase your donor base if your audience doesn't even know you exist. Using the nonprofit, All In Together as a case study, Annie Scranton, Pace PR Founder, will explain why every nonprofit should build a thought leadership program for their organization, how they can achieve it, and how this strategy put All In Together and it's founder on the map and lead to media placements.

From the inception of the American recording industry, artists, and particularly African-American artists, have been disenfranchised from both compensation and control of their artistic creations. Copyright law allows the free transferability of creative works by transfer or assignment, but contract law does not regulate or limit the terms of such agreements. As a result, inequitable and overreaching contract provisions are a pervasive feature of the music industry.

This informative webinar will cover how you can grow your audience through consistent and authentic content, defining your personal brand, and how to set yourself up for success online in today’s chaotic pandemic world. Join us and learn the basics on how to make things happen for business and artistic brand.

As professionals rise through the ranks, they will face issues that thrust them into the spotlight and threaten organizational reputation. A recent study found that 9 in 10 business leaders (94%) admit that the executives in their organizations need more training in core communication disciplines, such as reputation management and strategic communication. Are you prepared? This class reviews elements of strategic communication that are essential before, during and after crisis events. It examines how your organization can best prepare to respond to crisis and restore organizational reputation.

How long do volunteers usually stay with your program? Do you struggle with keeping them interested, involved and engaged? This webinar will help you think about new strategies and help you evolve your program to include new roles and responsibilities for volunteers, pathways for more involvement and leadership positions in your program, how recognition plays a role in retention, and the importance of including continuing education and professional development to keep your volunteers engaged.

This presentation offers an overview of a wide range of issues related to protecting your intellectual property, with a focus on how to avoid disputes and how to resolve them when they arise.

Navigating the Music World can be complicated, especially if you want to make it big. Join Michael Amaral of Crustymedia, and 2019 MARTY award winner Arlene as they discuss the keys to success in music and beyond.

Lisa Gertsch will review everything small orgs need to keep on top of their financial situation and stay in compliance: accounting software; grant tracking;, employees versus contractors; state and federal filings; how to forecast your cash balance and much more.

There is more power and leverage in one email subscriber than 100 Facebook likes or 50 Twitter followers if email marketing is done right. Problem is, 9 out of 10 nonprofits don’t do it right.

You work hard and wear a lot of hats (with no time to buy the matching shoes). Changing the world can be time-consuming and stressful! Let us lighten your workload and ease your mind with this webinar that’ll help you put your nonprofit website to work for you and make it multitask as well as you do.

This workshop will introduce principles and concerns regarding risk assessment for nonprofit organizations. Understanding that nonprofit organizations are stewarded by both boards of directors and staff members, the target audience for this workshop is both board members themselves and the staff members (executive directors, artistic directors, operations managers, program managers, etc.) who work closely to and advise those boards.

Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop focused on utilizing social media to boost nonprofit fundraising. Chad will provide tips to center your messaging with a focus on telling the right stories, in the right format, on the right channel.

Guide the conversation in this interactive Q&A session to learn how storytelling can be a driver of engagement toward your organization. Join Firespring’s director of strategic marketing, Alec McChesney, as he casts light on your story, shares how it can work for you, and answers questions about how to use storytelling in your marketing.

A multi-creative panel on developing pathways for creators with an album/single, song catalog, or ready to go to merchandise products. Working off a template of tools, panelists will create a marketing and promotion plan, including current and future legal discussions and agreements necessary for deals to happen.

This webinar will explore how artists can use existing grants to generate funds for their work and effective strategies for artists to stand out among assessors when applying for grants. This workshop is tailored towards visual artists, musicians, and video producers.