> Be One of the 28 Nationwide Arts Organizations Selected to Receive a
Cash Grant & Advanced Marketing Training This Summer!
>
> March 4, 2005: The Arts & Business Council of the Americans for the
Arts proudly announces the National Arts Marketing Project> '> s (NAMP)
Advanced Training and Granting Program
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> * Are you looking for new ways to earn income?
> * Is there a new target audience you need to reach?
> * Are your subscriptions or memberships dwindling?
> * Have the demographics of your community changed?
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> If you answered yes to any of these questions, your organization
could be a candidate for the National Arts Marketing Project> '> s Advanced
Training & Granting Program!
>
> Learn how to capture today> '> s arts customer...
>
> American Express, through the Arts & Business Council of Americans
for the Arts, sponsors this unique, two-part program. It is designed
exclusively to help arts organizations capture the minds, hearts and
wallets of today> '> s arts customer through marketing and earned income
strategies. Created for arts organizations at critical junctures in their
growth, this advanced training program provides the potential to receive
seed-money for new projects. By critical juncture we mean those arts
groups who are healthy and stable, and whose growth can be stimulated by
an infusion of audience development marketing skills, research
information and implementation funding.
>
> Up to 28 mid-sized nonprofits from NAMP Affiliate cities will be
selected to participate. Two arts organizations from the Bay Area will be
chosen.
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> For more information, and to find Advanced Training & Granting
Program Guidelines and Applications, click here
<www.artsmarketing.org/marketi...view.cfm
Training Program>.
>
> Applications Due: Friday, March 25, 2005
>
> 1st Training Session: July 6-10, 2005
> 2nd Training Session: August 10-14, 2005
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> Here's what past program graduates have said:
>
> "It is without doubt the best training I have experienced in 20 years
of arts administration." ~Dallas/Ft. Worth Graduate
>
> "The experience was like having a Master> '> s program in marketing
in eight days, plus the camaraderie was inspiring and stimulating, and
the networking will help us for years to come!" ~Phoenix Graduate
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