Workshops

Arts & Culture Workshops (3)

Marketing Arts & Culture

Date: March 1, 2008
Time: 9:30 am to 11:30
Venue: Morden Friendship Centre
This workshop will be an in-depth training session for representatives from many of Morden's arts and culture groups. Topics may include creating a marketing plan; building membership; assessing customer interest; creating marketing materials; word-of-mouth marketing; managing marketing databases; measuring the impact of marketing. This workshop will help arts and cultural groups in Morden to become more robust and self-sufficient.

Attracting & Keeping Volunteers

Date: March 8, 2008.
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon
Venue: Morden Friendship Centre.
This workshop will focus on the recruitment and retention of volunteers for arts and culture organizations. Many arts and culture organizations have too few volunteers and worry about overloading or burning out these committed individuals. The workshop will highlight the strategies and practices of successful volunteer programs.

A.B.C. - Best Practices For Arts & Culture Groups

Date: April 19th, 2008
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon
Venue: Morden Friendship Centre

This workshop "About the Business of Culture" will highlight practices that insure the survival and success of arts and cultural groups. It will describe how to overcome common organization problems. (E.g. volunteer’s lack of time; leadership burnout; difficult people and destructive behaviours;). It also will deal with strategic planning, financial accountability, and effective management.

For more information on these workshops contact Yvonne Peters at 822-3406 or Email.