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Programs

Business Volunteers for the Arts®
Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) is a core element of the Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts' national affiliate network. The BVA program is operated in 14 locations around the United States with a mission of helping nonprofit arts organizations improve business practices; provide opportunities for business professionals to contribute to their community and become directly involved with the arts; and increase business leadership on behalf of the arts. The BVA program takes place in the following cities nationwide: Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa Bay, and Washington, DC. Nationally, since the program’s inception in 1975, it has generated over $100 million in donated services, cash, and other in-kind resources. Staff from BVA affiliates meet once a year to share best practices, as well as trends and programmatic issues relevant to the communities that the BVA program serves.

Arts-based Corporate Training
Arts Based Corporate Training can be defined as employee or staff development training, delivered through various arts disciplines to develop trust, find shared values, shift perceptions, combine right-brain imagination with left-brain logic and analysis to increase the capacity for breakthrough ideas and insights, teach employees leadership and communication skills and high-performance teamwork. At a time when imagination, innovation, and adaptability are prized attributes in business, it's not surprising that corporations all over the world are striving to tap into the hidden creativity of their employees. Arts Based Corporate Training helps corporations to surface creativity through high-quality learning programs, custom-designed and delivered by the world's leading experts. Companies like McGraw-Hill understand that creativity is essential because it is at the heart of innovation, and innovation is a growth driver and, therefore, a business imperative.

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MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series
The MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series brings together nonprofit and private sector professionals to examine pressing issues facing arts organizations around the country.

National Arts Marketing Project
National Arts Marketing Project is designed to help arts organizations better understand the marketplace in which they operate and recognize the benefits of an aggressive, outward-looking audience development effort. This is done by helping to institute long-term systemic change within arts organizations by helping them acquire and implement sophisticated marketing skills. These skills enable arts organizations to increase earned income through audience development.