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SUMMARY:Coping with COVID-19: Financial Strategies for Creatives
DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 has created multiple sources of stress. Artists and creatives have been particularly hit hard\, and face unique challenges as the economy continues to be affected by the pandemic. As federal and state governments create programs to help people and businesses\, it can be a challenge to make sense of\, and take action on\, the often overwhelming amount of information related to your finances. This free webinar provides plain language\, easy-to-use information to equip you with tools to manage some of the financial impacts of COVID-19.\nThis webinar is broken into three main areas with the first covering resources and steps to use in the near future\, as well as an explanation of new or enhanced social services. The second portion includes information about the stimulus check and its rules\, as well as current COVID-19 related scams and how to protect yourself. The final portion covers the unique steps that artists can engage in to soften the impact of the recession\, including budgeting tools. \nSpecific topics covered:\n●      Student loan options during COVID-19\n●      Mortgage and rent payment changes\n●      Health insurance\n●      COVID-19 scams\n●      Actions to take if you didn’t get a stimulus payment\n●      Strategies to conserve cash and minimize expenses\n●      Managing debt in the short term\n●      Unemployment for independent contractors\n●      Keeping an eye to the future: emergency fund and retirement\nInstructors: Andrew Zumwalt\, CFP®; Graham McCaulley\, PhD; and Marco Pantoja\, AFC® comprise the Extension outreach arm of the University of Missouri Department of Personal Financial Planning. With over 30 years of combined experience in financial education\, they each bring a unique perspective and diverse set of skills to the education platform. \n\nPlease register in advance. We’ll send you the Zoom link by email.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/coping-with-covid-19-financial-strategies-for-creatives/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education
ORGANIZER;CN="VLAA":MAILTO:vlaa@vlaa.org
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SUMMARY:ALMA Workshop: Creative Approaches to Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:About the Workshop:\nCreative Approaches to Evaluation \n\n\nGoing beyond anecdotal evidence and outcome-based evaluations oftentimes presents itself as a challenging obstacle to those working in the arts. After all\, how can you quantify the impacts associated with creativity\, the artistic experience\, and personal transformation? \nThis interactive workshop will explore approaches to evaluation that make sense for arts organizations by balancing the quantitative with the qualitative and utilizing flexible\, customized tools to document change. \n\n\nAbout the Presenter: \nLeslie Scheuler\, PhD \nLeslie has more than 20 years’ experience in organizational consulting with specialties in assessment\, strategic planning\, program design\, data-based decision making\, and collective impact. She is a top-tier professional\, working with clients such as the US Department of State\, the Missouri Foundation for Health\, Monsanto\, and the Cardinals Care Foundation. She has a PhD in Social Science Research and a Masters in Social Work from Washington University and is the author of more than 120 published reports and articles.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/alma-workshop-creative-approaches-to-evaluation/
LOCATION:Centene Center for Arts and Education\, 3547 Olive Street\, St. Louis \, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education,Evaluation and Outcomes
ORGANIZER;CN="Cassidy Flynn":MAILTO:cassidy@nscnow.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160504T090000
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SUMMARY:ALMA Workshop - Strengthening Board Management & Engagement
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URL:https://nscnow.org/event/alma-workshop-strengthening-board-management-engagement/
LOCATION:Network for Strong Communities\, 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education
ORGANIZER;CN="Cassidy Flynn":MAILTO:cassidy@nscnow.org
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SUMMARY:ALMA Workshop - Strategic Planning: Strengthening your Position as a Community Asset
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URL:https://nscnow.org/event/alma-workshop-strategic-planning-strengthening-your-position-as-a-community-asset/
LOCATION:Network for Strong Communities\, 8050 Watson Rd. Ste 240\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education
ORGANIZER;CN="Cassidy Flynn":MAILTO:cassidy@nscnow.org
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SUMMARY:ALMA Workshop:  Sustainability for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\n\n\n\n       \nAbout the Workshop:\nSustainability for the Arts\nMany parts of an arts organization must contribute to sustainability practices in order to create the fiscal stability needed to accomplish the organizations mission.\nThis workshop will:\n·         Present a variety of best practices and assessment tools\n·         Help you identify strategic decisions that can be undertaken by management and the board to strengthen your organization’s sustainability\nAbout the Presenter: \nAmy Altholz\nAmy Altholz leads Rubin Brown’s arts and cultural organization segment within the not-for-profit department. As a partner with more than 10 years of audit and consulting experience\, Amy works closely with a number of not-for-profit organizations within the arts community.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/alma-workshop-sustainability-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:Centene Center for Arts and Education\, 3547 Olive Street\, St. Louis \, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education,Finance,Fundraising
ORGANIZER;CN="Network for Strong Communities":MAILTO:amy@nonprofitservices.org
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SUMMARY:ALMA Workshop - Strengthening your Position as a Community Asset (Newly Rescheduled Date!)
DESCRIPTION:NOTE:  This workshop was originally scheduled for January 20th\, 2016.  Because of weather\, it has been rescheduled to February 24th\, 2016.  \nAbout the Workshop:\nStrategic Planning:  Strengthening your Position as a Community Asset\nArts organizations are always reaching for new audiences\, new revenue streams and greater impact. Funders in and outside the arts arena are stressing the importance of the arts as a community builder as well as a cultural experience. This workshop will outline a strategy process to develop these conversations in your board and stakeholders with the goal of sustainability through continued and stronger community relevance.\nAbout the Presenter:\nDiane Drollinger\nPresident/CEO\, Nonprofit Services Center\nDiane is the President/CEO of Nonprofit Services Center (NSC)\, a statewide organization offering programs that strengthen nonprofit organizations. She has more than 30 years’ experience in the community service sector and is noted for her expertise in strategic visioning\, community collaboration\, resource development and messaging.\nDiane holds a music degree in Vocal Performance from Capital University in Columbus\, Ohio.  She has taught voice\, conducted choral ensembles\, served as musical director for community theatre\, written musical reviews and is currently a church musician. She is a former arts administrator\, beginning her career as the Public Information Officer of the Greater Columbus Arts Council.  She also managed the music\, dance and visual arts programs (including the gallery) at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/alma-workshop-strengthening-your-position-as-a-community-asset/
LOCATION:Centene Center for Arts and Education\, 3547 Olive Street\, St. Louis \, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education,Strategy
ORGANIZER;CN="Network for Strong Communities":MAILTO:amy@nonprofitservices.org
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SUMMARY:Maximizing Your Gifts:  Fundraising Strategies for Arts Organizations
DESCRIPTION:The Arts and Education Council and NSC Present:  ALMA Workshop: Maximizing Your Gifts: Funding for Arts Organizations\nJoin us as we dive into fundraising for arts organizations!\nThis workshop will focus on:\n· Making your arts project sizzle for Individuals\n· Promising realistic arts outcomes for Foundations\n· Finding your art’s project value for Corporations\nAbout the Presenter:\nWendy Dyer\nWendy has been a fundraiser and a fundraising consultant for more than 20 years. She does extensive training and coaching and strongly believes in skills-transfer to ensure that the next generation of fundraisers can enrich their organizations and the community for many years to come. Wendy is hands-on consultant and provides practical solutions for goals that are ‘doable with a stretch.’\nShe is a graduate of Saint Louis University\, where she started her fundraising career in donor research\, major gifts and corporate/foundation relations.\n \n\n 
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/maximizing-your-gifts-fundraising-strategies-for-arts-organizations/
LOCATION:Centene Center for Arts and Education\, 3547 Olive Street\, St. Louis \, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education,Fundraising
ORGANIZER;CN="Network for Strong Communities":MAILTO:amy@nonprofitservices.org
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SUMMARY:ALMA: Good Governance
DESCRIPTION:The Arts and Education Council and NSC Present: \nALMA Workshop: Good Governance \nWhat it means and is your organization practicing it?  \nIt’s a practice that every ethical nonprofit aspires to have\, but what does “good governance” really look like? \nIn this practical workshop for organizations of every size\, nonprofit executive directors\, CEOs\, Officers and individual Board members will explore the key principles of good governance\, assess their organization’s strengths and opportunities for growth\, gain new strategies for employing good governance principles in your organization’s culture and ultimately create an action plan for immediate improvements.\nTopics:\n·         Good Governance Defined\n·         The three essential roles of the Board in employing good governance\n·         Good governance in everyday scenarios\n·         Delegating governance: whose job is it anyway\n·         Improvement strategies\nAbout the Presenter:\nMARISSA Q. PAINE\, MSW is Principal and CEO of The Painefree Coaching & Consulting Group\, a leadership and organizational effectiveness company providing coaching\, training and facilitation\, strategic planning and change management services that build better leaders\, stronger teams and healthier organizations.\nA public relations executive turned social worker\, Marissa brings nearly twenty years of diverse corporate\, nonprofit and faith-based experience to her work including serving as executive director of several health and human service organizations\, managing the PR account of a Fortune 250 company and developing a federally-funded demonstration program providing grants\, training and technical assistance to more than 70 youth-serving organizations in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan region. Under her leadership\, The Haven of Grace\, a residential facility for homeless\, pregnant women received the National Association of Social Workers Missouri Chapter’s Agency of the Year Award and the Focus St. Louis What’s Right with the Region Award.\nMarissa is a passionate leader with a tireless work ethic\, a relentless dedication to quality and a heart to serve.  Marissa currently maintains a coaching roster of emerging leaders\, middle managers and CEOs from diverse sectors.  Her consulting practice includes work with organizations ranging from childcare to healthcare with budgets from zero to $20+ million.\nMarissa is a Board Source®Certified Governance Trainer\, a Six Seconds®Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and a Certified True Colors® Facilitator. Marissa holds a bachelor’s degree in management from Webster University and a master’s degree in social work from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her ICF certified coaching credential through the School of Leadership at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
URL:https://nscnow.org/event/alma-good-governance/
LOCATION:Centene Center for Arts and Education\, 3547 Olive Street\, St. Louis \, MO\, 63103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Education,Board Development
ORGANIZER;CN="Network for Strong Communities":MAILTO:amy@nonprofitservices.org
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