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Director of Sales & Marketing at Chorus Connection tori@chorusconnection.com
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Forging Ahead: A Season Plan for Flexibility and Adaptability 2 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Forging Ahead: A Season Plan for Flexibility and Adaptability 2 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Forging Ahead: A Season Plan for Flexibility and Adaptability 2 Director of Sales & Marketing at Chorus Connection tori@chorusconnection.com 3 Executive Director at Cantata Singers nadams@cantatasingers.org Introduction & eBook
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Executive Director at Cantata Singers nadams@cantatasingers.org
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Introduction & eBook Key Takeaways
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DOWNLOAD THE EBOOK
bit.ly/seasonplanningebook
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All of life is the management of risk, not the elimination. —Walter Wriston
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What’s your purpose?
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5 Ways to Set Yourself Up for Success
1. Learn to adapt, quickly. 2. Aim for flexibility. 3. Be willing to experiment. 4. Ask for help. 5. Don't give up.
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Adaptability & Flexibility in Practice
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the
- ne that is most adaptable to change.
—Charles Darwin
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Arbitrary Rules We’ve Made Up
▪ “We must formally announce our full season this summer.” ▪ “We need to plan x number of concerts.” ▪ “We need x amount of time/rehearsals for a concert.” ▪ “We need x amount of singers at each concert.” ▪ “All singers must perform at every concert.” ▪ “We’re on our own.”
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- Blow. It. Up.
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Flexibility in Practice
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General Rules of Flexibility
▪ Ignore pre-existing expectations. ▪ Get comfortable with change. ▪ Allow for experimentation, risk-taking, and failure. ▪ Let yourself lose control. ▪ Streamline now. ▪ Get over our own issues.
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How Boards Can Be More Flexible
▪ Get out of the weeds. ▪ Set the overall budget, step away. ▪ Set up a better decision-making structure. ▫ Assign goals, not roles. ▫ Abandon committee decisions. ▫ Give authority to decision makers. ▫ Establish feedback points. ▫ Gather data but go with your gut.
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Rules of Flexibility for Artistic Staff
▪ Program something that can be put together quickly. ▪ Don’t put yourself in a box. ▪ Be okay with informal and imperfection.
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Season Planning Models
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5 Season Planning Options
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CANTATA SINGERS SAMPLE MODEL
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Summer sings:
- utdoor, social
distancing, capture everything! Digital event: YouTube Live hosted event with special projects Virtual chorus / digital event tailored to year-end ask Lecture recital: depending on the venue, experiment with small audience? In-person Concert: small audience, live-streamed, and recorded for future marketing Virtual gala: mission moments, educational programs, auction
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Sample Model #1
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Postpone January 2021 (musical lectures, workshops, etc) In-Person Concert May 2021 Virtual Concert March 2021
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Sample Model #2
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Virtual Concert October Online Sing-Along December In-Person Concert May Livestream Concert March
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Sample Model #3
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Virtual Choir Video October Virtual Choir Video November Virtual Holiday Sing-Along December Livestream concert March 2021 In-person Concert June 2021 Virtual Sing-Along May 2021
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Who the H*CK Knows?!?!?!
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Resources
These Slides: bit.ly/flexibleseasonplan Season Planning eBook: bit.ly/seasonplanningebook Overcoming Resistance to Change Blog: bit.ly/resistance2change Chorus Connection Blog: blog.chorusconnection.com
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Any questions? You can find Tori at tori@chorusconnection.com You can find Nick at nadams@cantatasingers.org
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