Session 1

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 from 8:30 to 11:00am
CSU Parker-Hannifin, Rooms 104–105

Building Successful Collaborations
Sharing Resources • Doing Work Together

Turn your vision of shared community arts work into highly successful collaborations. In this two-part session you’ll learn about innovative thinking to bring projects and participants together and making strong business decisions that will protect your organizations.

I. Building strong business relationships
With Todd Masuda, attorney with Schneider, Smeltz, Ranney & LaFond, and Vice-Chair of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Todd advises businesses on partnerships and collaborations. Once a visual artist, he is active with Volunteers Lawyers for the Arts and served on the board of Zygote Press.

II. Developing innovative, ground-breaking collaborations
With Greg Peckham, Managing Director of LAND studio, a new organization created from the successful merger of ParkWorks and Cleveland Public Art. Greg is a member of the Ohio City Design Review committee and is on the board of Community Partners for Arts and Culture.

Session 2

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 from 8:30 to 11:00am
CSU Main Classroom, Conference Room 101

Using Excel in Evaluations

Learn the secrets of using Excel to analyze and report evaluation findings with Ashley Philliber, Evaluation Coordinator with Philliber Research Associates.

Ashley has an advanced skill set in Excel, Access, and SPSS and has used each of these to create and maintain databases for both for profit and nonprofit organizations. She revealed those skills during CAEC’s September 2011 Evaluation PD and is coming back to share Excel insights. With 15 years of experience, Ashley has taught courses on evaluation internationally and has been the Evaluation Coordinator for several national projects in youth development, school achievement, journalism, community development, and other areas of human service delivery.

Check your calendar and register right away!
Per session: $15 for CAEC members & $30 for non-members.
To register, call Judith Ryder at 216.802.3378.