The Impact of the Economy on the Field of Presenting

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Join us on Thursday, December 18 at 3:00 PM EST during our national conference call to discuss "The Impact of the Economy on the Field of Presenting." This call will feature a diverse panel of leaders with strong backgrounds in presenting, institutional advancement, and economics.

This is your chance to make observations about the effect of the economy on your presenting practice, seek information on what you need to know, and get feedback that will help our field begin to coalesce its understanding about the current economic conditions and how this will affect what we do.

We are anticipating high call volume, so the conference call will be listen-only. Please send your observations and questions via e-mail both BEFORE and DURING the conference call, and they will be addressed by the panel. Please send your emails to Joe Rooney, Arts Presenters' chief operating officer, at jrooney@artspresenters.org.

To access the call – please dial 800-270-1153 and use the code 13561 #. This call is closed to the media.

More About the Conference Call

"The Impact of the Economy on the Field of Presenting" conference call will be moderated by Abel Lopez, Associate Producing Director of GALA Hispanic Theatre, APAP Board Member, and former Chairman of TCG. Also participating on the call are Patricia Egan of Cool Springs Analytics, experts in strategic and financial planning in the arts; and Richard Evans, President of EMC Arts, founder of the Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts and other ground-breaking programs.

Said Sandra Gibson: "Everyone is watching earned and unearned income sources very carefully for early signs of trouble. Some of you are already having to make tough decisions now. We think it is critical that we all share what you're doing and, as a field, begin to think about how we can best approach the challenges that lie ahead."