ASSEMBLY 2008 PROCEEDINGS

September 11-13, 2008
Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Preconference Sessions

• National Standard Training:
  • NEA Reporting Requirements
  • National Standard Reference Center
  • Quick & Easy Guide 2008 Supplement
  • Quick & Easy Guide (2002)
  • SAA Memo
• What Do the Numbers Tell You? Learning to Look at Financial Statements:
  • Course Outline
  • Handout 1 – What Account Goes Where
  • Handout 2 – Audit Scavenger Hunt
  • Handout 3 – The Missing Link
  • Handout 4 – Multi-Year Grant Example
  • Handout 5 – Ratio Worksheet
  • Reading 1 – What Financial Statements Are Nonprofits Required to Issue?
  • Reading 2 – What Is Cash Flow and How Should We Manage It?
  • Reading 3 – The Problem with Nonprofit Accounting Rules
  • Reading 4 – How Do We Interpret Our Financial Statements?
  • Reading 5 – Understanding Financial Statements
  • Reading 6 – Spinning the Numbers – Understanding and Using NPO Financials
  • Reading 7 – Nonprofit Performance Measurement – Use & Misuse of Ratio Analysis
  • Sample Audit – Playtime Art Center Audit Report

Peer Sessions

• Accessibility Coordinators
• Arts Education Managers Professional Development Institute
• Capital/Facilities
• Chairs and Council Members
  • Chairs and Council Members Roster
  • Elections 2008: Presidential Elections and Congressional Changes
• Community Development
• Deputy and Assistant Directors
• Executive Directors
  • Policy Update: Elections 2008
  • Policy Update: Copyright Policy and The “Orphan Works” Act
  • Advancing America’s Creativity
  • Breakout Discussion: Panel Review Processes
  • Breakout Discussion: Supplemental Funding Strategies
  • Breakout Discussion: Film Incentives and Promotion
• Folk/Traditional Arts
• Grants and Fiscal Services
  • Ohio Arts Council Presentation
  • Kentucky Arts Council Presentation
• Individual Artists
• Presenting/Touring

Briefing Sessions
Sponsored by The Wallace Foundation

• Art and Religion
  • Facing Arts Controversy: Arts Issues and Crisis Communications
• Artist Space Development
  • Memo from LINC Executive Director Judilee Reed
• Arts Learning: A Critical Factor in Arts Participation
  • Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy
• Assessing Grantees’ Fiscal Health
• Collaborative Economic Revitalization: The Chattanooga Story (large .pdf file)
• Creative Communities: Creating a Supportive Climate for Artists, Part II
  • Memo from LINC Executive Director Judilee Reed
  • ArtistLink: Promoting Affordable Live Work Spaces in Massachusetts
• Engaging Grantees in Arts Advocacy:
  • Advocacy for Public Support of the Arts: A Civic Responsibility
  • Speaking Up for the Arts
• In Case of Emergency. . .
  • NEA Coalition for Artists’ Preparedness and Emergency Response
  • Top Ten Tips for State Arts Agencies
• Information with Impact
  • Communicating Value: Re-Framing Arts and Culture Data
• Legislative Committees for the Arts
  • Arts Advocates in the Legislature: A Legislative Caucus on the Arts
• Older Adults Matter to State Arts Agencies
  • Policy and Research
  • Roles and Resources
  • Additional Resources
• Regional Arts Organizations
• Strengthening Rural Arts Participation
• Value Plus Schools

Workshops

• Achieving a Quantum Leap: Positioning Your Agency for Resource Growth
• E-Advocacy:
  • E-Advocacy: On-Line Strategies for Arts Advocacy
• Engaging Art: What’s the Public Sector Role?
  • Conclusion to Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America’s Cultural Life
• Helping Artists Find and Keep Health Care
  • Memo from LINC Executive Director Judilee Reed
  • Artist Health Care Information Resources
• Intrinsic Benefits: Understanding and Assessing Transformative Arts Experiences
  • Value Framework
  • Value & Impact Study Resource Guide
• Introduction to Public Value
• Make the Most of Focus Groups

Speaker and Presenter Bios