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Clobber the Competition With Creativity
December 5, 2006 4-6 PM Hotel Providence, 311 Westminster Street
Learn how business is turning to the arts to create an environment that fosters and nurtures the creative skills needed to set them apart from the competition.
Moderated by: Roger Mandle, President Rhode Island School of Design
Panelists Include: CRAIG WRIGHT, Director of Human Resources at Textron Fluid and Power
MIKI OHLSEN, Artistic Director Island Moving Company
DR. ROBERT J. THOMAS, Executive Director of Accenture's Institute for High Performance Business.
More on our panelists:
Craig Wrightdiscusses the business value of creativity and the challenges companies face in finding creativity training options for employees. Craig Wright is currently the Director of Human Resources at Textron Fluid & Power, and has held similar positions with PepsiCo., CVS/Pharmacy, ExxonMobile and Allied Signal.
Miki Ohlsen examines the available options in creativity training;and will discuss how arts organizations can create programs of their own. Miki Ohlsen is the Artistic Director Island Moving Company, a classically trained contemporary ballet company, founded on the belief that collaboration and a supportive environment enhances the creative process.
Dr. Robert J Thomas shares his experience in working with arts organizations to develop creativity training programs and the benefits of encouraging the artist within. Robert J. Thomas is executive director of Accenture’s Institute for High Performance Business and a senior executive based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He specializes in leadership, organization design and transformational change.
The New Art of Giving and the Arts:
Wealth Transfer and the Emerging Generation of Funders and Fundraisers
October 25, 2005, 8:30am -2:00pm Fidelity Investments - 500 Salem St, Smithfield, RI
In this interactive forum Dr. Paul Schervish, one of the preeminent researchers on donor behavior and trends in philanthropy, reviews the new directions in the money, meaning, motivations of charitable giving and the new methods of charitable fundraising that are shaping the context of philanthropy in the early 21st century. Schervish will begin with a historical overview, speaking on the new moral biography of wealth, the new physics of philanthropy, and the new entrepreneurial generation of donors. He will summarize the current patterns of charitable giving and discuss how the forthcoming transfer of wealth has the potential to open a floodgate of philanthropy over the next several decades. As a part of this discussion Schervish will review current trends in arts funding and engage the audience in a dialogue on the implications for the future of arts funding and the arts. Drawing on extensive research and experience, Schervish will share his philosophy of charitable giving. He will help participants understand the motivations of wealth holders and help them learn how to guide wealth holders through the giving process. Following the presentation, Schervish will engage a panel of local fundraising professionals and the audience in a discussion of the implications for fundraising in our state. Through this forum participants will learn how to make philanthropy more spiritually fulfilling for wealth holders, more lucrative for charities, and more professionally rewarding for themselves. Participants are invited to join us for a networking lunch following the presentation. RSVP required. Please mark your registration form if you plan to stay for lunch.
Presenter
Dr. Paul G. Schervishis Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College, and National Research Fellow at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. He is senior advisor to the John Templeton Foundation and to the Wealth & Giving Forum, an international round-table for wealth holders to reflect on and discuss their charitable giving in a peer environment. He has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philanthropy at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and as Fulbright Professor of Philanthropy at University College, Cork, Ireland. He has been selected five times to the NonProfit Times “Power and Influence Top 50.” Schervish is the author of Gospels of Wealth: How the Rich Portray Their Lives. Along with John J. Havens, Associate Director of the Center, he authored the report, Millionaires and the Millennium: New Estimates of the Forthcoming Wealth Transfer and the Prospects for a Golden Age of Philanthropy . Schervish serves as a consultant to financial and development professionals and to wealth holders on the patterns and motivations of charitable giving, on the moral biography of financial life, and discernment as a spiritual process of conscientious decision-making around wealth and philanthropy.
Response Panel Lorne Adrain, Chairman & Co-Founder, Social Venture Partners of RI Carol Golden, Senior VP for Philanthropic Services, RI Foundation Kathy Jellison, Principal, Partners Consortium, LLC Steve Sorin, Director of Development and Institutional Advancement, Trinity Repertory Company
The Cultural Consumer: How the performance they see Saturday night affects your bottom line Monday morning May 9th, 12:00 - 1:45pm Biltmore Hotel - Grand Ballroom presenter: Patricia Martin, President & Founder, LitLamp Communications Group
Are you looking for Marketing Alliances That Can Turbo-Charge Your Company’s Growth?
Media-numb and cynical, customers are tuning out and turning off. Yet, audiences still respond to innovative sponsorship. Whether it's Yoplait's record-setting "Save Lids to Save Lives", American Express's breakthrough Charge Against Hunger, or Fairy Tale Brownie Company's sponsoring new playgrounds, marketing alliances move brands directly into people's lives.
What's the net result of creative marketing alliances? Extraordinary business outcomes -- more sales, deeper loyalty, and genuine excitement, but pulling it off means harnessing the power to think BIG, and building alliances that will:
• Turn your brand into a cultural phenomenon • Attract priceless media coverage • Crack new sales channels you can dominate • Elevate your leadership status
The Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island (A&BC/RI) would like to invite you to a unique luncheon forum to learn first hand how you and members of your marketing and sales team can create rewarding, innovative marketing partnerships.
Please join us for "The Cultural Consumer: How the performance they see Saturday night affects your bottom line Monday morning" as part of our MetLife Foundation National Arts Forums Series on Monday, May 9th from 12:00-1:45 in the Grand Ballroom of the Providence Biltmore.
Sponsorship marketing expert and keynote speaker Patricia Martin will share insights from new research on consumer attitudes and behaviors related to their desire for cultural experiences, as well as models from companies that are capitalizing on these trends to extend their brands, infuse their sales environments and excite their customers.
Attendees of the luncheon forum will learn how to:
• Tap into street-tested, innovated ideas for developing entertainment & cultural partnerships • Get insights into emerging trends and alternatives that are gaining share-of-wallet from youth, women, and elite customer markets • Leverage entertainment and cultural ties to generate media coverage, word-of-mouth, employee loyalty and new sales channels • Build business from their arts and entertainment alliances Who should attend?
Business owners, brand managers, marketing directors, sales directors, community relations professionals, arts and entertainment marketers, trend-trackers, directors of professional associations for the advertising, hospitality, manufacturing, retail and tourism industries.
We hope you can join us for this unique opportunity.
Building Effective Board Leadership in the Arts June 21, 2004 -- 4:00 - 6:00 pm Providence Performing Arts Center
An enlightened board of directors is a key to growing and sustaining a healthy organization. But what are the leadership roles and responsibilities of a board, and how can we cultivate effective leadership?
Many organizations suffer from ineffective or inefficient boards of directors whose behavior can jeopardize performance and even survival. But when directors fulfill their roles as leaders, the board can become an asset rather than a liability. Arts organizations everywhere are searching for additional resources: the board represents a latent resource that directors and administrators can mobilize to fill the gap.
The forum began with a discussion of Servant Leadership as a model for creating a board culture of trust, respect, learning, and ethical behavior. It explored four steps to effective board leadership:
1 - Designing the right board structure 2 - Selecting the right directors 3 - Assigning directors the right roles 4 - Asking the right questions
Presenters:
ROBERT ALLIO Allio Associates LLC PAMELA HEFFERNAN Performance Management Associates
Connecting the Dots: Where do arts and culture impact, influence and intersect with other sectors? January 12, 2004 -- 4:00-5:30pm Providence Public Library, Central Branch
Come hear some of Rhode Island’s prominent leaders in government, business, philanthropy, tourism and education discuss their perspectives on the arts and cultural community. Panelists will share their views on how arts and culture fit within their strategic visions and goals; their barriers to working with the arts community; how they see arts and culture playing a role in future community and economic development in Rhode Island; and more....
Panelists include*: Lisa G. Churchville - President & General Manager, WJAR NBC10 George Donnelly - Executive Director, Providence Tourism Council Ronald V. Gallo - President, The Rhode Island Foundation Roger Mandle - President, Rhode Island School of Design Peter McWalters* - Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Education Representative William J. Murphy* - Speaker of the House, RI House of Representatives Richard Reed - Director of Administration, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation John Hazen White Jr.* - President, Taco, Inc. Laurie White* - Executive Counselor to the Governor for Policy and Communications Cliff Wood - Director, Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism, City of Providence
Panel moderated by Karin Reed of NBC10. *pending confirmation
The Arts: essential building blocks for healthy communities
A panel discussion exploring examples of how the arts have been a major catalyst for community and economic development around the country.
September 30, 2003 -- 3:30 - 5:30 PM Trinity Repertory CompanyDowling Theatre presented in cooperation with the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Six program directors from the National Endowment for the Arts shared their unique perspectives on the role the arts play throughout the country in building partnerships with business and civic leaders to address the public good.
The panel offered examples from their program/content areas that have helped cities and states meet educational, economic and social challenges while helping to build vital communities with a high quality of life.
The forum provided local arts, business and civic leaders an opportunity to assess the feasibility of developing a comprehensive cultural plan for Rhode Island as a way to strategically integrate the assets in our community with the State's economic, education and other policy goals.
Panelists: Cliff Becker, Director of Literature Gigi Bolt, Director of Musical Theatre and Theatre Robert Frankel, Director of Museums and Visual Arts Doug Herbert, Director of Arts Learning Douglas Sonntag, Director of Dance Vanessa Whang, Director of Multidisciplinary & Presenting Arts
What Builds Cultural Capital: Profiles of Support for Arts & Culture in Rhode Island
May 21, 2002 -- 12:30 – 2:00 pm Rhode Island Convention Center
Description: The Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island brought together renowned researchers to present a sneak-preview to the official fall release of the findings from the National and Local Profiles of Cultural Support project. This was a nation-wide study profiling support for arts and culture in ten American cities including Providence sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Americans for the Arts. The panelists used the findings to frame a discussion of the trends for financial support for art and culture in Rhode Island, highlighting our strengths and weaknesses. They also outlined the implications of the findings on state and local government, business, and community leaders and called for focus on developing comprehensive and coordinated cultural policies and programs for the city and state. The panel drew from other recent efforts to show why a healthy and diverse cross-section of support is vital to building a vibrant community that is attractive to business investment, tourists, and new residents.
Because of the community-wide implications of this study, the attendees reflected a number of different sectors outside the arts and cultural community including local and state government officials, business leaders, representatives from the funding community, and scholars.
Panelists:
Dr. Margaret Wyszomirski, Professor of Public Policy and Art Education and Director, Arts Policy and Administration Program, Ohio State University; Research Committee Chair, Center for Arts and Culture, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ann Galligan, Co-Director, Cultural and Arts Policy Research Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
Randall Rosenbaum, Executive Director, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
These Forums are made possible through the generous support of the MetLife Foundation and is part of Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts' MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series.
