Join us for a discussion of corporate partnerships organized in collaboration with and hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

Welcome by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Panel Discussion moderated by Tatum Alli, Sponsorship Account Manager at BRIC. 

Featuring Jennifer Smith, Community Development Officer, Investors Bank; Johari Jenkins Taylor, Manager, Corporate Affairs, Government, Regional & Community Affairs, Consolidated Edison Company; Additional speakers TBA

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ArtsPool will present a workshop covering the basic and not-so-basic ins and outs of non-profit finance.

Topics to be covered include:

• Overview of financial vocabulary

• How to read and analyze a balance sheet

• Good practices when setting up new accounting systems and budget templates

• Budgeting for accuracy

• How to use financial reports to communicate with key stakeholders, such as board members and funders

The workshop is aimed at those charged with designing and managing your organization’s financial systems, including those who are seeking to upgrade/implement new systems and those who are looking to improve budgeting processes and financial reports. We also welcome those who would like to learn more about how non-profit finance and budgeting works. For example, early-career or program staff who want to better understand finance and accounting.

Feel free to submit any specific questions or topic areas you would like to be covered using the box below.

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Please join us for a workshop with HR expert, Janine N. Truitt of Talent Think Innovations, on employment practices and policy. The session will provide a blueprint for managers to align employment practices with the goals of treating every employee and potential employee with the respect and integrity they deserve from a cultural, financial, and strategic standpoint.

The session will cover recruitment and hiring practices, worker classification policies, vendor management, and other topics. In order to maximize the benefit for attendees, we are inviting everyone to submit questions or topic areas for discussion in advance of the session. Have a question about a particular aspect of employment law or policy? Want general advice on recruiting or managing talent? Please let us know using the form below.

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All staff at DBAA member organizations are invited to join us for “Elevate Your Content Creation Skills,” presented by the premier digital marketing consulting firm for culture and the arts, Capacity Interactive.

Designed for social media content creators at all levels, the session will cover the “flywheel” of attracting, engaging, and delighting followers, from creating an effective content strategy, to ideas for optimizing assets, to recommended tools and best practices for interacting with audiences on social media.

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Whether you are planning a gala or renting out your space for a wedding, things like rental agreements, SLA permits and insurance are some of the most important to get right. Quite often these are also the least straightforward aspects of planning events or renting out spaces.

All staff are invited to join us for a panel discussion with event/rentals experts to talk through the legal and logistical considerations for events and answer any questions you may have.

Please feel free to invite everyone on your staff for whom the panel will be helpful.

Panelists
Ronnie Davis, Managing Director, Great Performances
Lauren Testa, Senior Operations Manager, BRIC
Carli Beseau, Executive Director, Exhibits & Programs, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Jim Joseph, Director of Operations, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York

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Join us for a workshop led by Whitney Tome of The Raben Group on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

The workshop will cover:

•  Setting a framework for holding and managing equity, inclusion and diversity conversations;

• Informing participants about the scientific research and impacts of bias - implicit and explicit - on decisions and behaviors;

• Using scenarios to explore the ways that bias can show up, and how to address it; and

• Providing suggestions and approaches for engaging in EDI conversations at your organization.  

The Raben Group is a national public affairs firm with a practice in diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to making connections, solving problems, and inspiring change across the corporate, nonprofit, foundation, and government sectors.

We were founded by former Assistant Attorney General Robert Raben in 2002 with a lofty goal and an audacious spirit: to make this nation greater and move organizations and public policy in a sensible, humane direction through excellent client services. We get our clients to their finish line with our creative approaches, wide networks, and expertise in advocacy, political, and media spaces. No national firm has deeper roots among LGBTQ communities and communities of color than Raben. A majority of our staff are women and/or people of color with a plurality identifying as LGBTQ.

From our offices in Washington, DC, New York City, Los Angeles, and El Paso, Texas, our talented and diverse team of 70+ connects dots, solves problems, and helps each of our clients arrive at their definition of success. 

Whitney Tome, Principal, has worked with fishermen, environmentalists, advocates, political strategists, government employees, and thought leaders to develop the approach and solutions needed for the problem. Combining her facilitation skills and understanding of people, Whitney is able to walk into any room, ask the right questions, develop a strategy in the moment and leave everyone with action items and tasks. Prior to joining The Raben Group, Whitney served as the director of diversity and inclusion at the National Parks Conservation Association where she lead, defined and crafted metrics and measures for the organization’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Whitney has advised complex ocean stakeholder processes as a Program Manager and Mediator at the Meridian Institute including facilitating public meetings for regional ocean planning bodies that included state, federal and tribal partners. Whitney earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Middlebury College and a J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law. In addition to serving as Principal, Whitney is the Executive Director for Green 2.0.