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Admission is Free! Space is Limited • RSVP Required
RSVP: By email at rsvp@harlemaa.org or by phone at 347-735-4280 x250
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Creating a High Functioning Board of Directors for Nonprofit Arts Organizations
At this seminar, we will discuss these critical issues:
· Duties and responsibilities of board of directors
· Best practices in board governance
· Dealing with conflict of interest
· Implementing policies to promote financial responsibility
This event is hosted by the Harlem Arts Alliance, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and Seedco Financial
Location: Church of Intercession, 550 W 155th Street, NYC, 10032
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
10:00 AM
Access to Capital for Art Businesses
Do you know the process to obtain funds for your profit or nonprofit art organization? Do you know
what type of financing is the best for your current needs?
At this seminar, we will discuss the following topics:
• Learn about the stages of a business and the financing needs/ options at each stage
• Understand your business needs
• Learn about assessing the financial health of your business
• Learn what lenders look for when applying for financing
• Know which documents are usually requested
• Understand how your credit history and score can impact your borrowing capacity
This event is hosted by the Harlem Arts Alliance and Seedco Financial.
Location: New York HOPE, Financial Dignity Center, 2511 Frederick Douglass Blvd, (Corner of West 134th Street), New York, NY 10030
Monday, March 12, 2012
5:00 PM
Career Seminar: Real Stories on Stage
Real Stories on Stage is a seminar for emerging playwrights interested in dramatizing factual events and personal histories. The seminar will provide an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas on how to integrate the messages of real life experiences into dramatic scripts. It will also lay out the nuts and bolts of how to build characters, and tell the story while maintaining its integrity. Seminar Presenters:
Lisa Cortés (Film/TV And Music Producer), Katti Gray (Multimedia Journalist, Writing + Editing Consultant), Katori Hall (Playwright), Alia Jones-Harvey (Producer) and Tamara Tunie (Actress, Director, Producer). Presented by the Apollo Theater Education Program and the Harlem Arts Alliance.
Location: Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street, New York, New York 10027
Monday, January 23, 2012
6:30 PM
FundRaising with Purpose
This workshop covers the nuts and bolts of successful planning and implementation of fundraising strategies. Receive key points on seeking donations from individuals, businesses and charitable foundations and the importance of relationship building.
Presenter: Shoshanah D Goldberg, MBA, Management Consultant for Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Sponsorship & Cultural Policy Analysis
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue, enter on West 123 Street
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
6:30 PM
Effective Grant Writing for the 21st Century
Explore the basics of effective grant-writing. This workshop is designed to help artists and arts administrators build the strongest case for their projects to public and private funding sources. Workshop will focus on developing clear project outlines; budget presentation and researching grant/funding sources.
Presenter: Shoshanah D Goldberg, MBA, Management Consultant for Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Sponsorship & Cultural Policy Analysis
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue, enter on West 123 Street
Thursday, December 15, 2011
6:30 PM
HARLEM Arts Alliance, Harlem Business Alliance and RAZR Marketing Present a Workshop: "Learn How to Make Your Money Go Further"
The workshop will focus on the importance of creating and maintain personal budgets, beginning and maintaining a saving plan and using credit wisely. Presenter: RAZR Marketing
Location: Harlem Business Alliance, 275 Lenox Avenue, 2nd Floor (between W 124/123 Sts)
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
6:00 PM
TWO-PART INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS & SMALL BUSINESSES
Brought to you by The Harlem Arts Alliance, The Bronx Council on the Arts, The Community Development Project of the Legal Aid Society and Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto.
Part 2
The Website Audit: Best Legal Practices on the Internet for Artists, Arts-Related Nonprofits and Small Businesses
This workshop is for any individual artist, cultural organization or small creative/cultural business that has a website or is thinking about starting one.
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue, enter on West 123 Street
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
6:00 PM
TWO-PART INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS & SMALL BUSINESSES
Brought to you by The Harlem Arts Alliance, The Bronx Council on the Arts, The Community Development Project of the Legal Aid Society and Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto.
Part 1
You Made It Now Protect It: Trademarks and Copyright for Artists, Arts-Related Nonprofits and Small Businesses
For artists and cultural organizations, creating or commissioning a work of fine or practical art is just the beginning. To protect the ownership of the finished work, it is essential to learn about trademarks, copyrights, and work-for-hire agreements. An expert panel of intellectual property attorneys will explain these concepts using examples that will be familiar to artists and arts organizations.
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue, enter on West 123 Street
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
6:30 PM
Credit: How to Protect It and Best Practices
The workshop will focus on how to manage and use credit wisely and provide some fundamental tools for repairing your credit.
Presenters: Cabiria Hylton, Program Development Specialist, West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc.
Location: Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center, 127 W 127 Street (between Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
6:30 PM
“The Healthier, Wealthier and Wiser Me”
This workshop’s focus is developing the total “Creative You”.
Moderator: Cathy Woods Bristow, President, Bridges, LLC
Panelists:
Wiser: Melissa Moorer Noble, Life Coach and Co-Founder In-Joy Enterprises
Healthier: Icilma Fergus, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine & Director of Cardiovascular Disparities Center , Mt. Sinai Hospital
Wealthier: Gordon B. Ward, Financial Education Consultant, JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services
Location: Rio II Gallery, 583 Riverside Drive (at West 135 Street), Penthouse
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
6:30 PM
“Marketing Strategies for Today’s Artists, Entrepreneurs and Organizations”
Moderator: Sheri Collins, Stylist/Brand Strategist, Every Body Wears Shoes
Panelists: Jessica Bellamy - Social Issues Communicator, City Of New York Manhattan Community Board 10, Catherine Ventura - Social Media Consultant/Strategic Thinker, Venn Diagram and Marva Allen - Founder, Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe . Brought to you in collaboration with Hollis Group. Location: Rio II Gallery, 583 Riverside Drive (at West 135 Street), Penthouse
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
6:30 PM
First Time Homebuyers Workshop
The workshop will introduce you to the home owner process: learn about various mortgage programs, the application process, appropriate credit score to get a mortgage and much more.
Presenters: James U. Notice, Esq, Principal Attorney, Notice Law, PLLC, Kirsten Palacios, President/Agent, Kirsten Palacios Agency, LLC, Phillipe Y. Paulino, Loan Officer, Chase and Cabiria Hylton, Program Development Specialist, West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc.
Location: Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center, 127 W 127 Street (between Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
6:30 PM
HARLEM Arts Alliance, Harlem Business Alliance and RAZR Marketing Present a Workshop: "Learn How to Make Your Money Go Further
The workshop will focus on the importance of creating and maintain personal budgets, beginning and maintaining a saving plan and using credit wisely. Presenter: RAZR Marketing
Location: Harlem Business Alliance, 275 Lenox Avenue, 2nd Floor (between W 124/123 Sts)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
6:30 PM
Dramatic readings of Robert Miller's LA CRONICA: Our History as News: Mexican American history, filled with tragedy and triumph, comes alive through vivid reports of historical events as well as in the advertisements and personal notices of the times, read by Harlem actors. Directed by Jeremiah Kyle Drake.
Location: Taller Boricua, 1680 Lexington Avenue at East 106 Street
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
6:30 PM
Dramatic readings of Robert Miller's BLACK CHRONICLE: Our History as News: African American history comes alive through vivid, often thrilling, reports of historical events as well as in the advertisements and personal notices of the times, read by Harlem actors. Directed by Ward Nixon.
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building, 163 West 125 Street, Art Gallery. Photo ID required to enter the building.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
6:30 PM
Basics of Fundraising, Including Corporate Sponsorship. Attend this workshop to understand your organization's legal obligations when asking for and receiving cash and non-cash donations, including partnerships with for-profit companies.
Presenters: Judith Moldover, Senior Staff Attorney and Linda Manley, Legal Director Lawyers Alliance for New York
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue, enter on West 123 Street
Thursday, September 29, 2011
6:30 PM
Basic Legal Issues Around Managing Human Resources Including Employees, Volunteers, Interns and Independent Contractors. In this workshop you’ll learn some basic concepts to help your organization avoid legal hassles from using paid and unpaid workers
Presenters: Judith Moldover, Senior Staff Attorney, Lawyers Alliance for New York
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue, enter on West 123 Street
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
6:30 PM
“Resources for Individual Artists”
Representatives from New York Foundation for the Arts and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will discuss the resources available to individual artists and the guidelines pertaining to these opportunities. Presenters: Elena Dubas, Program Associate, NYFA Source and Kay Takeda Director, Grants & Services, LMCC
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building, 163 West 125 Street, Room 8B. Photo ID required to enter the building.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
6:30 PM
“Meet The Lenders”
Moderator: Dr. Dorothy McCray, VP, Amalgamated Bank
Panelists: Michelle Bhattacharyya, Director, NYC Business Solution, Rebecca Rodriquez, Columbia-Harlem, SBDC, Sharon Joseph, Co-owner, Harlem Lanes and Jennifer Edwards, President, Global Portfolio LTD. Brought to you in collaboration with Hollis Group
Location: Rio II Gallery, 583 Riverside Drive (at West 135 Street), Penthouse
Thursday, September 15, 2011
6:30 PM
HARLEM Arts Alliance, Harlem Business Alliance and RAZR Marketing Present a Workshop: "Learn How to Make Your Money Go Further
The workshop will focus on the importance of creating and maintain personal budgets, beginning and maintaining a saving plan and using credit wisely. Presenter: RAZR Marketing
Location: Harlem Business Alliance, 275 Lenox Avenue, 2nd Floor (between W 124/123 Sts)
September 12, 2011
6:30 PM
Multidisciplinary Artist Discussion: “Make Your Art Work”
Various Harlem Arts Alliance member artists share how they make their art work, how to seek and create opportunities and how to respond when opportunities find you. Come share your success stories in this open artist forum. Confirmed Speakers: Jaylene Clark, Harlem KW Project "Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale", Sydnie L. Mosley, Sydnie Mosley Dances and "Window Sex Project", Jonathan McCrory, The Movement Theatre Company and Yvonne Simone, Jazz Vocalist
Location: Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Community Center's Auditorium, 34 West 134th Street (between Malcolm X Blvd & 5th Avenue)
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
6:30 PM
HARLEM Arts Alliance, Harlem Business Alliance and RAZR Marketing Present a Workshop: "Learn How to Make Your Money Go Further
The workshop will focus on the importance of creating and maintain personal budgets, beginning and maintaining a saving plan and using credit wisely. Presenter: RAZR Marketing
Location: Harlem Business Alliance, 275 Lenox Avenue, 2nd Floor (between W 124/123 Sts)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
6:30PM
HARLEM Arts Alliance and RAZR Marketing Present a Workshop: "Learn How To Make Your Money Go Further"
The workshop will provide helpful advice on:
· Ways to manage your finances
· Helpful payment options
· Budgeting with convenience and ease
· Finding new ways to save money
Presenter: Regina Gomez, Program Manager, RAZR Marketing
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on West 123 Street), Room: Flex 2 New York, NY 10027
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May 19, 2011
6:00PM-8:00PM
HARLEM Arts Alliance, Seedco Financial & The Legal Aid Society Present: Governance for Existing Nonprofit Arts Organizations
These critical issues will be discussed:
Creating a high-functioning board of directors
Adopting conflict of interest and other policies of law
Following best practices in fundraising
Implementing policies to promote financial responsibility
Using a nonprofit checklist to stay on track and out of trouble.
Presenter: Stephen Falla Riff, Esq., Community Development Project, Legal Aid Society
Location: Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Center,34 West 134th Street,New York, NY 10037
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Wednesday May 18, 2011
6:30PM
HARLEM Arts Alliance Career Readiness for Teen Artists
FOR STUDENTS/YOUTH
Career Readiness for Teen Artists
This workshop will focus on resume building, effective interview techniques and appropriate workplace conversation styles and conduct.
Presenter: Deloris Garland, former entertainment industry administrator.
Location: Lt. Joseph Kennedy Center, 34 W. 134th Street, New York, NY 10037
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Monday, May 16, 2011
6:30 PM
Harlem Arts Alliance Theatre Group Presents:"Generating Heat"
A Forum on Securing Media Coverage for Your Theatre Work
Confirmed Panelists:
Pat Stevenson, Harlem News Group
Victoria Horsford, Beacon Columnist
Herb Boyd
Devon Christopher, Bleu Magazine
Invited Panelists: NY1 and Amsterdam News
The Harlem Arts Alliance Theatre Group is an interest group of theatre producers, directors, theatre managers, performing artists, and dramatic writers. The group meets monthly to address issues that pertain to the development of their work and careers.
Location: Dwyer Culture Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue,(Enter on West 123rd Street)
FREE and Open to the General Public
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
6:30PM-8:30PM
Film/Television Marketing Workshop (please note the workshop will be at Harlem School of the Arts & not Dwyer Cultural Center)
"Witnessing the Revolution: How media artists are using social media in marketing themselves and their work".
Harlem Arts Alliance in collaboration with Stacy Lynch, Esq, Lillie Pop Law present a discussion with Warrington Hudlin, veteran Film/TV/Internet producer and media community organizer. The discussion will be moderated by Lisa Collins, award-winning independent filmmaker, events/media producer and entertainment journalist.
Location: The Harlem School of the Arts, 645 Saint Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10030 - www.hsanyc.org
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Music Marketing Workshop
6:30PM-8:30PM
A workshop for recording artist with Marketing and Promotion Representatives from partners of Lillie Pop . The workshop will focus on ways to market and promote yourself as an artist. Gain insight on the five elements of a promotional plan: personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing, publicity and creating of your brand.
Presenters: Naima Cochrane, Marketing Executive, Columbia Records and Apex, founder of "The Industry's Alternative"
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on West 123 Street)
RSVP: rsvp@harlemaa.org
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February 9, 2011
6:30-8:30pm
Marketing & Fundraising for Individuals and Small Non-profits
Workshop targeted to individuals and nonprofits in areas of online and offline marketing and fundraising with focus on copywriting and individual donor cultivation. The workshop will introduce new and established companies and organizations to current trends and tools for today's nonprofit environment.
Presenter: Hans E. Hageman, Hans Hageman & Associates, LLC
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on West 123 Street)
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January 6, 2011
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Media Workshop
This workshop will discuss with established businesses and arts organizations topics such as: Facebook markup language, Facebook fan page engagement, Twitter for your business and Google web analytics. With a "step by step" explanation of how to create an account and upload videos and pictures by connecting different social media tools, the audience will successfully be immersed and able to start using these tools.
Presenter: Eric Hamilton - Executive Director of the Web Academy and author of "Social Media Branding in the Age of Obama”.
Location:Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on 123rd Street)
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December 6, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Securing Commercial Real Estate
Get the basics about searching for and potentially securing commercial property.
Become familiar with the key terms like commercial loan rates, commercial real estate attorney, commercial lenders and negotiating fine points. Presenter: Attorney, Lillie Pop Law Group.
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on West 123 Street)
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November 22, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Creating Your Digital Portfolio
In Collaboration with Harlem Business Alliance
This workshop will focus on techniques for creating digital images of your work in order to develop your digital portfolio for presentation via web-based and other technologies. Emphasis will be placed on proper preparation of work for photography and best practices.
Presenter: Seth Shihab, Director of Services & Training, Tech Headz Company
Location: Harlem Business Alliance, Inc, 275 Lenox Avenue - 2nd Floor (between 124 & 123 Streets)
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November 10, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Marketing & Fundraising for Small Non-profits
Workshop targeted to nonprofits with budgets under $2 million in areas of online and offline marketing and fundraising with focus on copywriting and individual donor cultivation. The workshop will introduce new and established companies and organizations to current trends and tools for today’s nonprofit environment Presenter: Hans E. Hageman, Hans Hageman & Associates, LLC
Location: Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue (enter on West 123 Street)
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November 1, 2010
6:30-8:30pm
Maximizing The Use of Technology
This hands-on workshop will provide participants with website design concepts and ideas to maximize the usefulness of their current websites. The participants will be introduced to some available interactive apps, learn how to set up online payments, explore user fun options, receive suggestions for effective use of social networks and how drive traffic to their websites.
Presenter: Seth Shihab, Director of Services & Training, Tech Headz Company
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr State Office Building, 163 West 125 Street, Art Gallery
Photo ID required to enter the building.
Cost: $15 (free for HAA members)
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October 28, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Other Social Media:
Collaboration with Seedco Financial.
This workshop explains the basic steps to understand and start using social media tools as part of a marketing strategy. Participants will learn topics such as: Face book markup language, Facebook fan page engagement, Twitter for your business and Google web analytics. With “step by step” explanations of how to create an account and upload videos and pictures by connecting different social media tools, the audience will successfully be immersed and able to start using these tools. Presenter: Eric Hamilton is the Executive Director of the NY Web Academy.
Location: Capital One Bank, Harlem Branch, 1999 First Avenue, at 103rd Street
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October 27, 2010
6:00-8:00pm
Keeping Your Business in Business: Book Keeping and Cash Flow Workshop
Collaboration with Seedco Financial.
This workshop, taught by professional CPA, to explain to businesses how to improve their book keeping techniques, as well as understand how to improve their cash flow.
Location: Capital One Bank, Harlem Branch, 1999 First Avenue, at 103rd Street
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