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Administrator/Trustee Resources
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OPERA America Webcasts cater to opera professionals, offering timely, expert discussions on the topics most pressing to the field. Webcasts can either be watched live over the Internet, or accessed in archived form on OPERA America’s Web site. You can submit questions by e-mail before or during the event. Watch for additions and updates here or contact MFeilotter@operaamerica.org for more information.
To access the 2009-2010 season of webcasts, click here.
2010-2011 Webcast Schedule
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SEPTEMBER 20, 12:00 p.m. EST
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Governance with Kay Sprinkel Grace
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Following her very successful Opera Conference 2010 seminar in Los Angeles, governance expert and author Kay Sprinkel Grace will lead this session about improving the engagement and effectiveness of opera company boards. She will offer specific strategies for creating what she calls an AAA Board — one that is animated by the commitment of trustees who serve as Ambassadors, Advocates and Askers. Opera company staff and trustees who would like to learn more about improving the performance of their boards are invited to participate.
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OCTOBER 13, 1:00 p.m. EST
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Succession Planning
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Succession planning is routine in the for-profit sector, where companies commonly groom senior staff for higher positions so that transitions are seamless and without disruption. Tim Wolfred , PsyD., senior project director at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, argues that at the most basic level, succession planning is a sound risk management practice for any organization. Ongoing attention to building the staff bench behind key leadership positions enables an organization to successfully take on unexpected challenges, including the departure of a key leader. This workshop will help chief executives and board members explore three types of succession planning: strategic leader development, emergency succession planning and departure-defined succession planning. Wolfred is author of a monograph Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits and a 2009 book, Managing Executive Transitions: A Guide for Nonprofits.
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NOVEMBER 17, 1:00 p.m. EST
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Build Leadership Support for Critical Marketing Projects
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You’re the marketing expert but, of course, you need (and prefer to have!) the support of your organization for mission-critical projects. If your leadership is part of your marketing team, you’ll be much more likely to get the support and budget you need to execute the marketing campaigns you know will make the greatest impact. Find out how from Nancy Schwartz, president of New York-based Nancy Schwartz & Co. and author of the Getting Attention blog.
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JANUARY 12, 2011, 1:00 p.m. EST
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Capitalization and Business Planning
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Undercapitalization is at the root of financial and structural challenges, and can affect the ability of an organization to achieve its mission. Learn to examine your cash flow and balance sheet positions to help you determine a healthy level of capitalization, and move away from the singular focus on the profit & loss statement. Join Susan Nelson, principal at TDC and author of the timely report Getting Beyond Breakeven, for help with creating a realistic capitalization plan to fit your strategic goals.
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FEBRUARY 16, 2011, 1:00 p.m. EST
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Assessing Program Effectiveness
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Assessing the overall impact of your educational programs can help secure government, foundation and community support. Join Claudia B. Horn, president and CEO of Performance Results, for a discussion on how to best use outcome-based evaluation tools to assess programs in systematic and concrete terms. The assessment tools will answer critical questions including: how has a program changed or improved the skills or attitudes of students/patrons and will help identify appropriate instruments to collect measurable outcome data.
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DATE TBD
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Innovative Onstage Multimedia
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Digital elements are increasingly a part of opera productions, as pressures mount to bring down costs. But how long does it take for the technical investment to pay off? Can the technology be used to complement storytelling without overshadowing it, and will digital tricks ultimately replace brick-and-mortar production elements?
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DATE TBD
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How to Take Action on Arts Education Policy
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Arts education is implemented at the local and state level — and that’s where support is now weakening. Even as arts education is considered a core subject by the federal government, public schools continue to drop these classes. Opera members need to be strong advocates at the local and state levels to keep arts education in the spotlight and ensure the arts are listed as a core subject in the curriculum. Get the resources you need to become a strong and effective advocate for arts education. (Speaker TBD.)
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Information subject to change.
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