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The State Fiscal Landscape in Transition
Strong revenue performance and stable spending plans have created one of the strongest fiscal positions for states and municipalities in the past decade. However, new data shows that robust revenue growth may be moderating. Does this mean that the window of opportunity for new and restored funding for state programs may be closing? Director of Fiscal Affairs at the National Conference of State Legislatures Mandy Rafool will report the latest information on the state fiscal landscape. Find out from Massachusetts State Senate President Pro Tempore Stan Rosenburg how to plan, organize, and implement a successful local bond initiative campaign.
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Americans for the Arts PSA Campaign Update for Existing and Interested Partners
Hear the latest about creative execution, strategy, and distribution of the second phase of the Art. Ask For More. public service campaign for new print, television, radio, and web ads. We are very excited to invite campaign partners and anyone who is interested to join us for an update on the campaign and a look at how you can prepare for and utilize the campaign in your community. Only at this session will you receive an Ad Council media outreach guide, Leveraging the Power of the Media at the Community Level, which is a key resource for promoting not only the message of the campaign but your organization’s message as well.
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Healthcare for Artists: A Legislative Priority
This panel will take a look at the social and community support systems for artists, many of whom are small-business people working without benefits like healthcare, pension plans, disability insurance, contributed 401k or 403b that are available to more traditional workers. Find out about the successful effort by a coalition of more than 20 entertainment industry unions and performing arts organizations to get the state of New York to pay half the cost of COBRA health insurance for up to one year for income-eligible members. Learn from this case study about defining the issue, funding the effort, grassroots advocacy, lobbying legislators, and the use of the economic argument—art as an engine of the local economy—to urge government to make the health and welfare of artists a priority. The panel will also examine current strategies emerging from the arts community that aim to collaboratively address these challenges on a national level.
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Advocacy in Action: How to Work Effectively with Your Local Government to Receive Increased Funding Support
While conventional wisdom suggests that significant increases in government support for the arts has been tapped out, the County of Los Angeles was able to double the Los Angeles County Arts Commission’s budget for organizational grants in June 2006. Find out more about this highly tailored strategy that involved internal and external stakeholders. Across the country, in the smaller Pennsylvania county of Lackawanna, local county commissioners worked to establish the first dedicated funding source for the arts. Learn how this Arts & Culture dedicated fee was created to support the county’s major cultural venues and innovative programming partnerships.
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Treasure Hunt: Finding New Sources of Federal Funding for the Arts
The traditional sources of federal funding for the arts—the National Endowment for the Arts and the Office of Museum Services—are not the only sources of federal funding. In this panel, Americans for the Arts Government Affairs staff will take you on a treasure hunt for innovative funding opportunities among various federal programs. Valuable Resource Guides will be distributed at this session. The discussion will also include an update on federal earmarks.
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Public Advocacy Innovator
Mathew Gross "rewrote the rules of presidential politics" and "put blogging at the center of the democrats' nominating campaign" when he launched the first presidential campaign weblog for Howard Dean in March 2003. As Director of Internet Communications for the Dean campaign, Gross helped to raise more than $25 million online and built Blog for America into one of the top weblogs in the world, attracting more than 100,000 readers per day at the height of the primary season. During the 2006 election cycle, he served as Strategic Internet Advisor for Jon Tester's successful U.S. Senate campaign in Montana. In this session, Gross will discuss trends in technology use and its impact on connecting people and influencing new habits. He will explain the dynamics of using the Internet for fundraising and the practical steps nonprofit organizations can take to effectively engage in online communications and campaigns for advocacy, community, and civic engagement.
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Strategies for Growing a Vibrant Downtown Artist Community
For arts and culture to thrive in an area, there must be a nurturing environment for attracting and keeping artists. Discover how the City of Phoenix worked to create Downtown Artist Issues Task Force, a multidepartment initiative to increase flexibility in city regulations regarding topics like small business and home occupations, temporary cultural events, outdoor dining, artist studios and art displays, and setbacks and landscaping requirements tied to the adaptive reuse of existing downtown buildings. Also learn how the Mayor of Providence has worked extensively to not only increase arts funding in the city, but support local organizations that are refurbishing historic abandoned buildings that will now serve as vast artist community housing.
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