Summer Sessions
Join Benvenuti Arts for our working sessions, helping small arts orgs and independent artists actually create needed org docs this summer.
Location
Online
Refund Policy
Agenda
Ops Meeting One
Ops First One-on-One
Ops Meeting Two
Ops Second One-on-One
Ops Meeting Three
About this event
- 2 hours 30 minutes
Can't find the time in your busy schedue to create the plans and documents to help run your organization or projects? Can't afford to pay a consultant for an expensive planning document?
Benvenuti Arts Summer Sessions were created with you in mind!
We've adapted our own planning and writing processes (typically $3,500 - $5,000 each) and created three, multi-part sessions in which we will teach you how to create the documents listed, give you the time to work on them in the meetings, provide peer and consultant feedback, then advise you on how to use the documents moving forward.
Each Summer Session includes:
- Three Consultant-led working meetings of 2 to 2.5 hours focused on the creation of documents, based on Benvenuti Arts’ own processes for creating them;
- Two 30-minute one-on-ones with a Benvenuti Arts Consultant to go over your work, independent from the group, providing insight and edits;
- Templates and tools for all documents;
- Training for how to use the documents in a practical way throughout your year; and
- Peer feedback from others in the Session (each Session has space for up to 10 groups).
There will be three types of Sessions (please click Register to see full dates for each Session):
- Operations Planning: You will create a simple three-year operating plan with annual goals, quarterly metrics for year one, and a three–year budget based on the plan. Note: This is not a full strategic planning process, which is typically longer with stakeholder interviews and Board support. Instead we will help you determine what their ambitious and achievable goals are in this process.
- Fundraising Planning: You will create a one-year fundraising plan that includes a robust grants calendar with solid prospects, the outline for an individual campaign, and a calendar that includes these items, as well as cultivation, events, and more, as is appropriate for each group.
- Boilerplate Writing: You will be walked through the creation of a robust boilerplate of language that can then be used in grant writing, along with Consultant and peer feedback to help you clarify your language.
Each multi-part Summer Session is $500 per organization, and each organization can bring two people. To see the date of each session, first click "June 10" above and then click the orange Register button. There, you will find dates. Please note, both ORG Sessions have the same content, and both Fundraising Sessions have the same content!
Summer Sessions are targeted to arts organizations with budgets of under $750K and independent artists who don’t have the time to create plans on their own or the resources to pay an outside consultant for these services. Benvenuti Arts values the creation of these items at $3,500-$5,000 when created by our team. You will get the expertise, process, guidance, and one-on-one time to create them yourself at a highly discounted rate!
Come make the most of the summer, and join us in the Summer Sessions!