Putting Out the Welcome Mat
Thursday, April 30, 2015, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m
Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Hosted by Leah Cooper
Is your organization authentically engaging audiences? How do you measure that engagement? Do you ever look at your organization’s audience and wonder, “who isn’t here"? What is your organization’s diversity of welcome vs. its depth of welcome? How does this affect who shows up and who returns? Do the organization’s decision makers reflect the audiences? This workshop will mix panel expertise, peer-to-peer brainstorming, and interactive problem-solving to explore how we Put Out the Welcome Mat to engage the audiences we intend to serve.
Leah Cooper is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Theater Alliance, Co-Artistic Director of Wonderlust Productions, a freelance stage director, an arts administration consultant, and a co-founder and partner at MinnesotaPlaylist.com. She was also the Executive Director of the Minnesota Fringe Festival and served on the Minneapolis Arts Commission.
The session is free but we ask that you register in advance. Please contact Shannon Forney if you need special accomodations to attend.