Opera Conference 2015

With opera audiences growing older, companies must focus their attention on new generations of support. While development departments may have mastered the appeal to traditionalists and baby boomers, Gen Xers and millennials are looking for something else. Learn about what matters to next gen donors and how to engage them in your company’s civic work.

Presentation:

• Kim Parker 
• Jill Robinson

While decisions lie in the hands of management, the board defines the company’s overarching artistic policy and priorities. As companies seek to vary programming to reach new audiences, traditional policies must change. Learn how companies are navigating through the maze of personal preferences to develop new policies that reflect the rich traditions of the art form and new goals for increasing civic impact.

Crowdfunding initiatives have transformed political elections, shifting campaign strategies and our own ideas about civic engagement. RICH MINTZ, executive vice president of Blue State Digital, the digital strategy agency behind President Obama’s election campaigns, will share how these grassroots fundraising techniques translate to the arts. Whether you are producing small-scale projects or managing turnaround efforts at a major companies, learn how to inspire action among a broader base of opera lovers

Presentation:

• Rich Mintz