Audio
Audio from all of our panels and workshops. Visit our Video page to see footage from the opening plenaries and town hall.
A Healthy Digital Ecology: Creating a Community Vision for Federal Internet Funding
The federal government is spending billions on media education and Internet expansion as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. In this workshop, we'll share our experiences and hopes for the Internet, case-study multiple strategies for Recovery Act funding in both rural and urban settings, and incubate new strategies for media and arts leaders.
84:20 minutes (8 MB)
All Weather Fundraising: How Good Causes Raise Money in Bad Times
The economic meltdown of the last few months needs to be understood as the ‘new normal’. Fundraising programs must be flexible and able to take advantage of rapid and unexpected changes. In this salon, you will learn how the basic of creating a disciplined and systematic fundraising program, and how to make times like these work to you advantage.
Based on Kim Klein’s forthcoming book, Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times, this session is
93:27 minutes (8 MB)
Breaking Through The Myths and Assumptions About Boards with Morrie Warshawski
57:30 minutes (8 MB)
Circling the Wagons: Recession Busting Through Collaboration
It is in times of economic hardship that we remember the value of partnerships and collaboration for sharing resources, achieving our program goals, and advocating for common needs. This panel presents case studies of strategic collaborations that make the whole of the partnership greater than the sum of its parts, and encourages a frank group conversation about the joys - and horrors - of partnership.
Presenters:
Kevin Cunningham, 3Legged Dog
Ingrid Hu Dahl, Youth Media Reporter
Erin Polgreen, Media Consortium
Jesikah Maria Ross, Art of Regional Change
83:55 minutes (8 MB)
Cultivating Audiences and Generating Revenue in the Digital Age
What are the best practices for attracting large audiences for film, video, visual arts, music, and other arts online? What are the models for earning a financial return? What characterizes the new business models for art and media? In this interactive workshop, we'll look at some of the strategies and case studies from the presenter's new book - and also swap tactics and ideas among the session's participants.
Presenter: Scott Kirsner, author
79:04 minutes (8 MB)
Daring To Lead with Tim Wolfred
Guest presenter Tim Wolfred of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and co-author of the recent report Daring to Lead 2006 (download a PDF of the report) discusses current national trends in nonprofit executive turnover, compensation, career planning, and retirement. He also explores leading causes of executive burnout—in particular, widespread frustration with boards and funders, and what you and your peers can do to create more resilience in your organization.
57:07 minutes (8 MB)
Economic, Cultural, and Community Recovery: Arts are the Engine
The frame of arts as economic engine has great utility for communicating about our field's worth to policymakers, funders, community partners, and constituents. Join a lively discussion of key points in the conversation about the role of arts in economic, cultural and community development.
Presenters:
Tom Borrup, author and consultant
Meri Jenkins, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Susan Rodgerson, Artists for Humanity
Moderated by: Jack Walsh, NAMAC
83:27 minutes (8 MB)
Empowering Online Communities: Web 2.0 and What It All Means
RSS feeds, social networking, wiki editing, blogging, vlogging, podcasting... what does it all mean? In this telesalon, Deanna covers some plain-English fundamentals of how recent developments in Web technologies are affecting our everyday experiences, and radically changing the way we create, distribute and interact with media. She describes and shows some tools that are both easy to use and which help develop and empower the communities we work in.
61:29 minutes (8 MB)
Exhibition and Distribution in Technological Public Spaces
Online galleries, social media platforms, virtual worlds, video games, podcasts, webcasts...public viewings for art and media are no longer necessarily an in-person proposition. Can these online exhibition and screening spaces replicate the community aspect of real-world spaces? Hear about some interesting models and lend your voice to the discussion.
Presenters:
Melissa Carrillo, Smithsonian Latino Center
Ed Halter, Rhizome
Suzanne Seggerman, Games for Change
Nonso Christian Ugbode, National Black Programming Consortium
67:18 minutes (8 MB)
Fundraising with Pride and Power: Putting Away the Tin Cup
Based on decades of experience, Kay Sprinkel Grace is increasingly convinced that the secret to successful fundraising is putting away the tin cup. This workshop will provide participants with the tools for sending messages, making asks and conducting cultivation and stewardship based on the premise that people give to you because you meet needs, not because you have needs. Kay will challenge your thinking and practices, and give you inspiration and stories that will ensure that your future fundraising is done from a position of pride and power. In today's volatile economy, this shift
74:47 minutes (8 MB)
