| Date: |
Friday, October 17th, 2008 |
| Location: |
Holiday Inn, Downtown Fresno |
| Time: |
7:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| 7:00 am - 8:00 am |
Registration
- Conference Registration
- Continental Breakfast
- Cultural Arts Tradeshow
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| 8:00 am - 10:00 am |
Morning Keynote: Valley Visionaries - Charting the Course - Mapping Our Cultural Leadership
 - John McGuirk Program Manager, The James Irvine Foundation
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| 10:15 am - 11:30 am |
Morning Concurrent Sessions
- Advocacy Leadership Workshop with the California Arts Advocates, Assemblyman Mike Villines
- Audience Development Technologies – Tools and Resources for Growing New Audiences
- Economic Development and the Cultural Impact – How Fresno County Cultural Arts Help Grow a Thriving Community
- Arts Education – What is it, Why is it Important?
- Growing a Festival – How Garlic Made Gilroy a Destination
- Arts Service Organizations – Valley Arts Leadership
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| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Cultural Leadership Luncheon Tribal Leadership: Growing an Extraordinary Community
 - Luncheon Keynote: John King Co-Author, Tribal Leadership
- The Release of the Findings from the 2008 Fresno County Cultural Arts Economic Impact Study
- The Cultural Leadership Award
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| 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm |
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
- Leading the Organizational Network to Stability and Effectiveness - John King, Co-Author, Tribal Leadership
- Audience Development Technologies – Tools and Resources for Growing New Audiences
- Marketing Tools for Artists – Getting the Word Out
- Mural Visions and Strategies - How Murals Change Neighborhoods and Grow an Economy
- Economic Development and the Cultural Impact – How Fresno County Cultural Arts Help Grow a Thriving Community
- Arts Education Leadership –Growing the Valley’s Future Creative Workers
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| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
After Words Reception
- Cultural Arts Showcase celebrating our valley's creativity
- Door Prizes
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