SPEAKING
Arts as a Catalyst to Change Community
Join me as I dive into the world of community arts and how an idea and dream turned into a community changer. Hear how the arts are a powerful outlet to express, build community and give back in a great way!
Build Your Dream Team
How do you recruit the right staff members, board members, and volunteers? What are the key things in looking for and building your dream team? Learn how to identify your staffing needs and build a structure that works for your company.
Creativity in the Workplace
Creativity and arts are essential in the workplace. Creativity is the use of imagination in a way that is unique to the individual. If you value creativity, you celebrate new ideas, challenge imaginations, and take responsible risks to broaden your impact and test the limits of your business endeavors. If you value creativity people will become more important than programs, processes which ultimately leads to greater retention, engagement and recruitment. Let’s look at the question together of how creativity, arts, and culture intersect with your workplace and lead to greater success-together.
Development 101
How do you build support for your mission? Planning and goals, annual events, and corporate sponsorship packages are just some of the topics to cover in this talk. Let’s discover how you and your company can garner the community support you need to match your budget through creative fundraising!
Innovate or Perish
The word “innovate” means to make changes in something establish, especially by introducing new methods, ideas or products. This word and the action behind it is nothing new to our culture or society. However, in every sector of business it has taken on a new meaning in the last few months. Creating opportunities in the middle of a pandemic seems perilous no matter what you do but you can overcome it. This conversation highlights and illuminates the approach taken in bringing back a very large arts organization to pivot, reimagine, and adapt the entire way we did business to continue to bring to our region our mission, our products and our place.
Intersection of Arts & Health
Arts are imperative to our well-being, physically and mentally and lead us to be a greater whole human with increased empathy, social connection, mental health and so much more. Research shows that a person exposed to arts and culture will have a greater sense of purpose, confidence and resilience. It fights isolation, loneliness, depression and anxiety and encourages us to engage in community. This idea of arts and health co-mingling is one that is rapidly being proven and this talk will explore the research, the stories and the examples of this intersection.
Leadership Principles
Join me in a candid talk about leadership principles – the dos and don’ts of leading a company and team. I have learned a few things about how to lead people with respect and integrity in my journey as Founder and CEO of CFCArts and now CEO of Encore Creativity.
Nonprofit 101
Hear from an experienced leader who took an idea and changed into a nonprofit business model. Learn practical tools for becoming a nonprofit, from mission statements, to core values, to casting a vision, learn how to make sure your organization aligns with your calling. By-laws, boards of directors and policies and procedures are not scary, they are core to your success!
Share Your Vision
Take a grassroots approach to sharing a vision and building your inner circle of influence as you cast your dream to the community. Learn how to garner support from individuals, corporations, government, and grantors through key partnerships and relationships. Let’s explore how to build a platform of support by your enthusiasm and passion!