Last week, ASI hosted a transformative webinar as part of our “From the Ground Up” series. Sean Crawford, MBA, a seasoned nonprofit fundraiser, strategist, and freelance musician, delivered a presentation titled “Board Building 101.” His insights provided actionable strategies for creating a diverse and effective board. Here are the top five takeaways from his [...]
In-Person - Buffalo & Erie County Central Library Collections Gallery Conference Room | Thursday April 11, 2024 | 9 am - 1 pm Whether you're a one-person shop or multi-million dollar operation, you're only as good as your board. Non-profit boards set strategy, open doors and help you do your best work. At least, that's [...]
In-Person - TR Site | Wednesday March 13, 2024 | 10 am - 2 pm Discover the pathway to growing your arts organization with this Strategic Planning Workshop. In this immersive experience, Nikki Ronan of City of Light Creative & Consulting will empower your team with tailored strategies and proven methodologies to navigate nonprofits' unique [...]
On Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting a virtual presentation by Nikki Ronan and Brian Ronan of City of Light Creative & Consulting, a firm that specializes in helping nonprofits with donor relationship management. They shared their valuable insights and best practices on how to retain and cultivate our existing [...]
Virtual presentation | Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | 12 pm (noon) Great boards build great nonprofits, and great nonprofits can build great boards. Explore the building blocks of board recruitment, onboarding and retention. Designed for board members and staff alike, let's tackle the first steps in nurturing an engaged board: getting the right people on [...]
Virtual presentation | Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 12 pm (noon) A return to marketing basics and bests. Whether your official title or role says “marketing” or not, we believe you are an arts marketer! All elements of an organization can, and should, be created through a marketing lens, but what does that mean? Let’s [...]
Our friends Lynette Shy and Megan Wurtz of Confluence Arts Solutions (CAS) joined ASI in presenting a hands-on marketing workshop designed to support small, under-resourced, or over-burdened arts and culture marketers with a navigable plan for developing efficient systems for effective marketing. Throughout their presentation, the CAS team shared valuable insights on the following [...]
Virtual presentation | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | 12 pm (noon) Donor relationship management is an art and a science. Dive in with this month's training. We'll help you navigate the nuances of personalized engagement, strategic stewardship, and impactful communication to foster connections that work in a culture of distraction. This workshop is free to [...]
Arts Services Inc. in partnership with Get Fokus'd Productions presents an exclusive workshop series designed to empower artists like you in navigating the grant process with confidence. Sessions are led by multi-award winning entrepreneur and artist, Aitina Fareed-Cooke who, within the last 5 years, has secured over $300k in a variety of funding opportunities [...]
In Person - Tifft Nature Preserve | Thursday, November 30 | 10 am - 2 pm ASI is excited to introduce a hands-on marketing workshop designed to support small, under-resourced, or over-burdened arts and culture marketers by showing participants how to develop efficient systems for effective marketing. From Reactive to Proactive Marketing: Efficient Arts Marketing [...]
