Workshops
AOE Spring 2012 Workshops
- Incorporation for Not-for-Profit Organizations: The Pros & Cons - Apr 11
Register by: Apr 4
- The Online Artist: 2-day workshop - Apr 14 and 21
Register by: Apr 4
- One on One Tech Support - Apr 14, 21, 25
Register by: Apr 4
- Succession Planning for Organisations with boards and paid staff - Apr 16
Register by: Apr 12
- Introduction to Succession Planning for Community group - Apr 18
Register by: Apr 12
- Online Sales - Apr 25
Register by: Apr 18
How to register: Jocelyne Garbutt 613-580-2767 or jocelyne@artsoe.ca
Payment taken upon registration. Visa, MC accepted.
For more information: Louise Michaud louise@artsoe.ca or 613-580-2767
Incorporation for Not-for-Profit Organizations: The Pros & Cons
Has your organization been considering incorporation? Come and learn more about the pros and cons of incorporation, legal implications and fees. Lawyer, Josée Virgo, will go over the basics of incorporations after which there will be a Q & A period to address your specific questions.
When: Wednesday April 11, 2012, 7-9 pm
Where: Lise Roy Meeting Room, Shenkman Arts Centre
Cost: $25 for AOE members and $35 for non-members
Language: Offered in English and followed by a bilingual Q & A period
Instructor: Josée Virgo, Dust Evans Grandmaitre Ottawa Law Firm and Legal Services
Deadline for registration: Wednesday April 4, 2012
The Online Artist: 2-day workshop
Introduction to Online Marketing- Making Flickr Work for You- In depth Tools and Options for Online Marketing. The purpose of this workshop is to give all participants an introduction of the various platforms for launching an online presence. This will include an overview of blogs, Facebook, Flickr and personal websites. We will be going over how best to market yourself online and how to spread the word about your online presence. I’ll be going over the dos and don’ts of internet marketing as well as giving people a clearer idea of what information they want to present online. I’ll give participants concrete examples of how
to market themselves from the perspective of an artist. Participants are encouraged to show the group their own website if they already have one, and as a group we’ll go over the things they’ve done well and what can be improved.
We will go over how to make Flickr, an online image sharing website, work for you as an artist. Flickr allows you to share images online, network with other artists and have your work discovered by others all over the globe. We will be starting with creating new Flickr accounts for participants if they don’t already have one, and going through the basics of managing your images online. We will deal with how to organize your images, how to showcase them to others via a website or blog, and how to use Flickr as a powerful marketing tool. Members are encouraged to create a Flickr account ahead of time at www.flickr.com, but if they are unable to, please at least sign up for a Yahoo ID at www.yahoo.ca which you will need to sign up for a Flickr account. Participants are also asked to bring a small selection of images on a CD or USB key which we will use to practice uploading images to Flickr.
Finally, we will go in depth into the tools and options you have for successfully marketing your online presence. We will go over creating pages and updates for your personal website, traffic tracking tools to monitor your success and best practices to make sure your online presence can easily be found by others. We’ll discuss search engines and how to make them work for you and more advanced ways to use Flickr to add images to your website, blog or Facebook page.
Pre-requisites:
- basic knowledge of internet browsing
- an email address
- working knowledge of Windows
- A CD or USB key with a small selection of your images
- A Flickr account or a Yahoo ID (both are free to set up)
When: Saturday April 14 and Saturday April 21, 10 am to noon and 1-3 pm
Where: AOE offices, Lise Roy Meeting room, Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd, Ottawa
Cost: $100 for AOE members, $140 for non-members
Language: English
Equipment: Laptops optional
Instructor: Jesse Hildebrand, Photographer/Web Developer
Deadline for registration: Wednesday April 4th, 2012
One on One Tech Support
This is follow-up session with Jesse Hildebrand for those having taken Online Marketing or Online Sales workshops with Jesse. Bring your laptop, ask your questions!
When:
Saturday April 14 9 to 9:30am and 3 to 4:30 pm
Saturday April 21, 9 to 9:30am and 3 to 4:30 pm
Wednesday April 25, 6 to 6:45 pm
Where: Lise Roy Meeting Room, Shenkman Arts Centre
Cost: $15/ 15 minutes for AOE members and $25/15 minutes for non-members
Language: English
Instructor: Jesse Hildebrand, Photographer/Web Developer
Deadline for registration: Wednesday April 4, 2012
Succession Planning for Organisations with board of directors and paid staff
Is your organization anticipating major human resource challenges and change over the next few years? Are you unsure how you will achieve a successful transition in key positions and management roles? Succession planning/management is a process for ensuring that skilled employees and board members are available to meet the strategic and operational objectives of the organization on an ongoing basis. It involves identifying and mitigating risks if key people leave, and building on the strengths and potential of staff and members of boards of directors who can be developed for key roles.
This one day workshop has been developed to assist arts and culture organizations with their succession planning/management process.Topics will address issues relating to the smooth transition of both paid staff and the organization's Board of Directors. AOE, along with consultants Debi Zaret and Sylvie Plante have put together these workshops thanks to a grant from the Trillium Foundation. Participants will receive a succession planning toolkit. Among the topics to be covered and questions we will answer:
1. Succession Planning as a key part of effective Management of Human Resources: What is it and why do it?
2. Key Steps in Succession Planning: How to get started and maintain momentum?
3. Who needs to be involved: How to solicit buy-in and ensure participation?
4. Measuring the impact: How to demonstrate relevance and results for you and your organization?
When: Monday, April 16, 2012 from 9:30 am to 4 pm
Where: Lise Roy Meeting Room, Shenkman Arts Centre
Cost: $75 for AOE members and $100 for non-members; lunch is included
Language: English
Instructors: Sylvie Plante, Consultant and Christine Tremblay, Executive Director AOE Arts Council
Sylvie Plante is a bilingual facilitator and consultant experienced in human resources management.
She works with not-for-profit agencies and has developed practical tools for succession planning adapted to small organizations.
Deadline for registration: Thursday April 12, 2012
Introduction to Succession Planning for Community Groups
Is your organization anticipating major HR challenges and change over the next few years? Do you want to ensure a strong leadership for your group after your current directors decide move on to other projects? This evening workshop has been developed to assist arts and cultural organizations with their succession planning. Topics will address issues relating to a smooth transition. AOE, along with consultants Debi Zaret and Sylvie Plante have put together this workshop thanks to a grant from the Trillium Foundation. Participants will receive a user friendly succession plan toolkit.
Among the topics to be covered and questions we will answer are:
1. What is Succession Planning and why do it?
2. How to get started and maintain momentum?
3. Who needs to be involved
4. How to demonstrate relevance and results for you and your organization?
When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 7-9 pm
Where: Lise Roy Meeting Room, Shenkman Arts Centre
Cost: $25 for AOE members and $35 for non-members
Language: English
Instructors: Sylvie Plante, Consultant and Debi Zaret,Consultant
Deadline for registration: Thursday April 12
Online Sales
This workshop will cover the basics of buying and selling online for artists. We will start with discussing ‘’Paypal’’, the world’s most popular form of online payment; the various services they offer, what to watch out for as a buyer and as a seller and the benefits of adding ‘’Paypal’’ to your arsenal of tools. We will also cover selling your product on ‘’Etsy’’ and other online portals such as ‘’eBay’’. Lastly we will cover adding sales to your existing website. The goal of this workshop will be to give the participants a solid foundation in web commerce.
When: Wednesday April 25, 2012 7-9 pm
Where: Lise Roy Meeting Room, suite 260, Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd., Ottawa
Cost: $25 AOE members/ $35 for non-members
Language: English
Instructor: Jesse Hildebrand, Photographer/Web Developer
Deadline for registration: Wednesday April 1
How to Register:
Jocelyne Garbutt
613-580-2767
jocelyne@artsoe.ca
Payment taken upon registration.
Visa, MC accepted.
For more information:
Louise Michaud
louise@artsoe.ca
613-580-2767
If there's a workshop you want to see happen, send us your suggestions!
Some of our past workshops include:
Audience Development
Integrated Audience Development
Funding
Funding 101
Grant writing for Visual Artists
Granting Agencies Information Sessions
Governance
Fundamentals of Board Governance
Board Member Liability
Recruiting and Developing Effective Board Members
Literary Arts
Writing children's fiction
Developing Memorable Characters in Children’s Fiction
Marketing and Promotion
Making PowerPoint Work For You
Introduction to Online Marketing
Making Flickr Work for You
Blogging and The Artist Online
Online Marketing and Sales
In-Depth Tools and Options for Online Marketing
Visual Arts
Being an Artist and Staying Sane
Submission and Jury Processes
How to Approach a Gallery
How to Prepare for an Art Exhibit
How to Photograph your 2D art
How to Photograph your 3D art