Track: Executive Leaders & Board Members
Events
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Session A4. Honoring the Past, Activating the Future: Engaging Alumni as Leaders, Mentors, and Lifelong Advocates
Ashlawn SouthAlumni stories illustrate the long-term impact of programs like ArtWorks and inspire stakeholders to invest in sustainable leadership pathways. By highlighting alumni as mentors, leaders, volunteers, and donors—not just storytellers—organizations create multigenerational alliances across the youth arts ecosystem.
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Session B4. What Story Are We Telling? Reimagining Narratives Through Youth-Centered Practice
Ballroom AThis session invites participants to examine how power, identity, and narrative shape the ways youth stories are created, shared, and remembered. Participants will be guided toward practices that ensure young people are not only heard, but positioned as co-authors of the stories that define their communities.
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Session C4. Telling ArtsNOW’s Professional Learning Story Through Data
Ballroom CPresenters will share how they collaborated to design an impact survey, collect data, and ultimately tell the story of ArtsNOW’s impact on teachers’ classroom practice through high-quality professional learning. Telling ArtsNOW’s story to different audiences will be the central focus of this session.
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Session D4. The Board’s Role in Fundraising Success (and How to Get Them There)
Ballroom CWhat role should the nonprofit board play in this success? Explore strategies and discover low- to no-cost fundraising ideas to achieve success.
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Session E4. From Partnership to Impact: Building Sustainable Arts Integration Models with School Districts
Ballroom AThrough testimonies, planning tools, and collaborative activities, attendees will identify the story their community currently tells about arts integration and the story required to move the work forward. Participants will leave with a clear roadmap for designing or scaling arts-integrated programming—rooted in school-level partnerships, supported by sustainable budgets, and strengthened by a compelling alliance narrative.
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Session F4. From Story to System: How Narrative Drives Arts Education Policy in Alabama
Ballroom CTogether we will explore how local stories from classrooms and communities can shape conversations with superintendents, legislators, and funders. Participants will practice combining data and personal stories to make a clear case for arts education and will leave with templates and examples they can apply in their own work. Through this process, we will look at how narrative helps build lasting relationships among schools, districts, and state partners and how shared stories can move systems forward.
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Session G4. Board Member Circle: Conference Recap and Next Steps
Ashlawn SouthParticipate in a dynamic and interactive conversation about lessons learned and next steps for organizational health and vitality!