A webinar at Chorus America 2020, with Janice Bane (Clearances Manager, Barbershop Harmony Society) and Abbie Betinis (composer) Sponsored by Barbershop Harmony Society, Justice Choir & Walton Music The Six Legal Rights bundled into every Copyright: 1) Right to Distribute 2) Right to Reproduce 3) Right to Perform in Public 4) Right to Create Derivative…
Author: Jane Potter Baumer
mom, spouse, singer, speech language pathologist, music educator, yogi, with a passion for children, dogs and guinea pigs
Blind Spot: Heighten Bias Awareness and Center DEI in your Hiring
JUNE 16, 2020, 3:00 PM With Ms. Alysia Lee and Kara Morrissey Sister Cities Girlchoir Using The Washington Chorus’s (TWC) own recent artistic director search as fodder for learning, search chair Kara Morrissey is joined by equity and bias awareness consultant Alysia Lee for a behind the scenes look at how TWC worked to center bias awareness, equity,…
Forging Ahead: A Season Plan for Flexibility and Adaptability
Chorus America Virtual Conference: June 17, 2020, 3-4pm Speakers: Tori Cook, Director of Sales & Marketing at Chorus Connection, expands on the key takeaways from her recent and viral ebook: “What Does Season Planning Look Like Amidst COVID-19?” bit.ly/seasonplanningebook bit.ly/flexibleseasonplan Tori is joined by Executive Director of Cantata Singers, Nick Adams, who will present on…
“What’s Next? Contemplating Recovery,” Brett Egan, DeVos Institute of Arts Management
Chorus America Virtual Conference, Plenary Session, June 15th, 2020 Calibration: There are three ways to go as we think about moving forward right now: Dormancy (that is, we’re going to sit on our money and wait) Digitalized BAU (business as usual, but online, video and audio, etc.) Startling Innovation: examples: Boston Children’s Chorus – they…
3 Steps to Honor Your Donors
with Lisa Clark – the Corporate Partners Program Manager for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford https://www.raisingwithlisaclark.com/ Average Donor Retention Rate in the U.S. is 45% – so 55% will NOT give a 2nd gift. Step 1: Processing The Gift Donor Tracking System (A MUST) It does the work for you. Yes, you will have to…
Thanking Your Donors: Alyssa F. Wright
Using modern technology to show gratitude! Sponsor: Network for Good …who invites everyone to join the Facebook Group: Nonprofits Unleashed, sponsored by NFG as a discussion space for Network for Good members and other interested people. Alyssa Wright is a consultant working with organizations in the NE, currently living in Maine. She was a major gift…
Highest profit yield? Crowdfund + gift
Mark Townsend Director of Funding Solutions Fund Fine Arts (FFA) June 27, 2018, 2-2:40pm (After June 27, you can view the recorded webinar at http://www.fundfinearts.com) Crowdfunding Facts The average amount raised by organizations using crowdfunding campaigns is $9,237.55 Individuals raise $568 on average using crowdfunding The average size of a donation to a crowdfunding campaign…
Crowdfund thru “Fund Fine Arts”
Hi choral music friends, FUNDRAISING. In a word…ugh. Right? Wait, there’s new info! At the Chorus America conference last week, I attended a 30-minute roundtable session about how to fundraise successfully, led by Amy Harkins Byers, VP of Business and Marketing at World Cultural Tours. One of the organizations she advocated for, Fund Fine Arts,…
Don’t Wait: Automate!
Jacob Levine (CEO, Chorus Connection) and Paul Miller (Marketing, PatronManager) Implementing tech is an investment. Keep in mind the COSTS, and BENEFITS… Digital forms: Survey Monkey, Google Forms, WUFOO, goformz, nestforms. These have online and offline/mobild options. This was suggested by someone in this session for polling during a concert and two people said it…
School Partnerships for Choirs
Requirements for a successful program – it must involve: certified arts educators non-arts educators The first question that is usually asked is “What are the kids gonna sing?” This is not a hugely important question though, because WHY you want to do this work as an organization is really the first question to be asked….
Speech and Singing 