ASSEMBLY 2008 PROCEEDINGS
September 11-13, 2008
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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- Preconference Sessions
- Peer Sessions
- Briefing Sessions
- Workshops
- Speaker and Presenter Bios
- Slideshow
Preconference Sessions
- National Standard Training:
- 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
- Community Development
- Deputy and Assistant Directors
- Executive Directors
- Folk/Traditional Arts
- Grants and Fiscal Services
- Individual Artists
- Presenting/Touring
Briefing Sessions
Sponsored by The Wallace Foundation
- Art and Religion
- Artist Space Development
- Arts Learning: A Critical Factor in Arts Participation
- Assessing Grantees' Fiscal Health
- Collaborative Economic Revitalization: The Chattanooga Story (large .pdf file)
- Creative Communities: Creating a Supportive Climate for Artists, Part II
- Engaging Grantees in Arts Advocacy:
- In Case of Emergency. . .
- Information with Impact
- Legislative Committees for the Arts
- Older Adults Matter to State Arts Agencies
- Regional Arts Organizations
- Strengthening Rural Arts Participation
- Value Plus Schools
Workshops
- Achieving a Quantum Leap: Positioning Your Agency for Resource Growth
- E-Advocacy:
- Engaging Art: What's the Public Sector Role?
- Helping Artists Find and Keep Health Care
- Intrinsic Benefits: Understanding and Assessing Transformative Arts Experiences
- Introduction to Public Value
- Make the Most of Focus Groups
