The Greater North Arts Gathering
Ideas, solutions and learning for the current climate
For arts fundraisers, marketing and campaign directors and board members
Wednesday 2 November, 10am-4.30pm
Howard Assembly Room, Opera North, 46 New Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6NU
Cost: £50, to book email kathryn@communityfoundation.org.uk
10.00am – Arrival – Coffee, tea and networking
10.30am – Welcome
Jim Tough, Regional Director of Arts Council England
Adam Lopardo, Director of Sponsors Club, Richard Brown, Director of Yorkshire & Humberside Business in the Arts, and Viv Tyler, Manager of Business in the Arts:North West.
10.45am – What’s the motivation? – Finding, informing and retaining donors
How can you find high net worth individuals? How and why did donors start to give? Inspiring the next generation to give. Why choose the arts? Are philanthropy and tax breaks closely tied?
The panel will include:
Sally Anne Greenfield – Chief Executive Leeds Community Foundation
Keith Madeley – Chair of the Yorkshire Society, Community Partnership Solutions Ltd and Prince’s Trust (Yorkshire & Humber)
Sue Wilson -
11.45pm – Crowdfunding
Adam Lopardo will give a picture of the state of crowdfunding including amounts raised, average donation and hints and tips from a range of crowdfunding sites.
12.00pm – New business models – Is there anything left to sell?
Where to focus your limited resources, new investment ideas, collaborative working, what to do if you have no venue or don’t sell tickets, turning other staff into fundraisers.
The panel will include:
Paul Smith – Executive Director Liverpool Biennial and LARC – Liverpool Arts Regeneration Committee
Keith Evans – Managing Director Cida The Creativity and Innovation Company
1.00pm – Lunch
2.00pm – What is ‘Sponsorship’ today – Corporate giving in 2011/12 and beyond
The session will begin with the results of a brief survey of North businesses. This will be followed by a discussion with the decision makers at businesses sharing how their companies approach involvement with the arts today.
The panel will include:
Caroline Darnbrook – Head of Customer Insight & Brand National Australia Group
Andrew Harvey – Business Development & Communications Director Dickinson Dees
Gerald Jennings – Portfolio Director, Land Securities
3.00pm – Governance – the good, the bad and the absent
Responding to the best and worst that the arts experience with their Boards; does the changing environment mean there are changes needed in governance too? Presented by Viv Tyler
3.45pm – Round up of the day and the chance to network
4.15pm – Close
