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Americans for the Arts 2005 Annual Convention
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The Best of the Best of United Arts Funds Practices
The United Arts Funds Preconference
June 9-10, 2005
Austin, Texas
UAF Preconference

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Schedule subject to change
Last updated: April 26, 2005

Thursday, June 9
8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Registration, Bookstore, Technology Center, and Table-Top Exhibits Open
9:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

UAF 101: Establishing an Effective United Arts Fund (OPTIONAL)
Presenters: Everett G. Powers, President, The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC; and Alecia Townsend, Deputy Director, Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, CT

12:00 p.m.–12:10 p.m.

Official Welcome
Presenter: Allan Cowen, President and CEO, Fund for the Arts, Louisville, KY, and 2005 United Arts Funds Preconference Chair

12:10 p.m.–12:45 p.m.

State of the United Arts Funds Field Report
Presenter: Randy I. Cohen, Vice President, Research and Information, Americans for the Arts, Washington, DC

12:45 p.m.–1:45 p.m.

Networking Lunch

2:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m. United Arts Funds Proven Practices: Allocation Systems and Using Technology
What has your colleagues excited? Learn from united arts fund leaders at the Cultural Alliance of York County in Pennsylvania, Lexington Arts & Cultural Council, United Arts of Central Florida, and United Performing Arts Fund in Milwaukee about the innovative strategies they have implemented.
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. From the Minds of Corporate Leaders I
Hear from Walter Elcock, President, Bank of America Texas, and Consumer Executive for Texas and New Mexico, Dallas, TX on how Bank of America tracks and responds to trends in consumer spending.
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

Joint Preconference Opening Reception: An Evening at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

Friday, June 10
8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Registration, Bookstore, Technology Center, and Table-Top Exhibits Open
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.–9:45 a.m.

United Arts Funds Proven Practices: Working with Volunteers and Artists
Learn from united arts fund leaders at the Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund and Arts Council Silicon Valley about the innovative strategies they have put in place.

9:50 a.m.–10:50 a.m. United Arts Funds Proven Practices: Accessing Money from the Local Government
Learn from united arts fund leaders at the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc. and the Fund for the Arts in Louisville about the innovative strategies they have put in place.
10:55 a.m. –11:15 a.m.

United Arts Funds Proven Practices: Starting a United Arts Fund
Presenter: Nelson W. Wolff, Bexar County Judge, Bexar County Courthouse, San Antonio, TX

11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. From the Minds of Corporate Leaders II
Presenters: Bernard Boudreaux, Senior Manager, Community Relations, Target Corporation, Newark, CA; and Dean Kephart, Senior Manager of Community Relations Marketing, Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Keynote Luncheon: Increasing Giving in Communities of Color
Featuring Felinda Mottino, Co-Director, Donor Research Project, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY.

2:15 p.m.–3:15 p.m.

United Arts Funds Proven Practices: Marketing Strategies and Increasing Individual Giving Outside of the Workplace
Learn from united arts fund leaders at COMPAS in Minneapolis/St. Paul, the Greater Memphis Arts Council, and the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta as they share their innovative strategies.

3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

From the Minds of Corporate Leaders III
Presenter: Eric Webber, Vice President and Marketing Director, GSD&M, Austin, TX

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

Wrap Up

5:30 p.m.

Adjournment

For more information about this program or any Americans for the Arts programs and services, please contact us by e-mail or call us at 202.371.2830