Fall Forum 2007

Cultivating Innovation: From the Board Room to the Box Office
November 9–11, 2007
New York City

Tentative Agenda (subject to change)

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Friday, November 9

Bryant Park Grill, 25 West 40th Street
6:00 pm–9:30 pm

6:00 pm–7:00 pm	Registration and Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm–9:30 pm	Dinner & Keynote Address by Peter Gelb (General Manager, The Metropolitan Opera)

 

Saturday, November 10

The Prince George Ballroom
15 East 27th Street (between 5th & Madison Avenues)
8:30 am–5:00 pm

8:30 am–9:00 am	Continental Breakfast, Late Registration
9:00 am–9:15 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 am–10:30 am	Plenary Session (Ballroom) Russell Willis Taylor, President and CEO of National Arts Strategies (NAS), and Jim Rosenberg (Vice President, NAS), lead a discussion on the unique role of executive leadership and the board in innovation. The plenary sessions this morning explore the creation of an environment conducive to developing new ideas and strategies to address challenges and opportunities within your organization.
10:30 am–11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am–12:30 pm	Plenary Session (Ballroom) Discussion of the unique role in innovation of the board and top executives continues with Russell Willis Taylor and Jim Rosenberg of National Arts Strategies.
12:30 pm–1:45 pm	Lunch
1:45 pm–3:15 pm	Breakout Sessions New Technologies in Practice: (Ballroom) Erika Block (Director, blockwork), Brad Carlin (Associate Managing Director, SITI Company), Howard Sherman (Executive Director, American Theatre Wing) and David Jobin (Managing Director, Magic Theatre) discuss emerging technology concepts and tools. What Today's Teens Are Saying About Theatre: (Gallery) Connie Hall (Development Associate, TCG) moderates a panel of teens that explores the views and assumptions that teens have regarding theatre. Teen panelists include Ileana Diaz (Sophomore, Repertory Company High School for Theater Arts), Raquel Gordon (Junior, Repertory Company High School for Theater Arts), Tylor Headrick (Senior, Murrow High School), Amanda Ruth Moreau (Senior, Monroe Academy for Business & Law), Nicholas Pico (Junior, Monroe Academy for Business & Law) and Lenice Wells (Senior, The High School for Fashion Industries). Thanks to Atlantic Theater Company, Roundabout Theatre Company and Theatre Development Fund for helping organize our teen panel. Think Tank Discussion: (Tea Room) David Hawkanson (Executive Director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Hana Sharif (Artistic Producer, Hartford Stage) will moderate this hands-on creative breakout, which will offer participants the opportunity to grapple with ideas, identify areas in which the field should innovate and develop strategies for field-wide advancement.
3:15 pm–3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm–5:00 pm	Plenary Session: Innovations in Financial Structures (Ballroom) Roche Schulfer (Executive Director, The Goodman Theatre), moderates a panel with Itamar Kubovy (Executive Director, Pilobolus), Michael Robertson (Managing Director, Lark Play Development Center), Zannie Voss (Chair and Professor, Southern Methodist University) and Susan Medak (Managing Director, Berkeley Repertory Theatre), which focuses on the traditional models that the field utilizes and the assumptions we make regarding financial structures (ratio of earned to contributed income, ticket pricing, building an endowment, etc.). Do these models need to be discarded or adapted and what innovations can be introduced to effect change?

 

Sunday, November 11

The Prince George Ballroom
15 East 27th Street (between 5th & Madison Avenues)
8:30 am–12:30 pm

8:30 am–9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am–10:30 am	Breakout Sessions Innovations in Space: (Ballroom) Sunder Ganglani (Co-Producer/Community Outreach, The Foundry Theatre), Charles Frasier (Director of Development, Portland Center Stage) and Michael Ross (Managing Director, CENTERSTAGE) discuss various innovations in the use of space. An In-Depth Look at the 2007 Governing Boards Survey: (Gallery) Zannie Voss (Chair and Professor, Southern Methodist University) examines the results uncovered in this recent survey and leads a discussion of the trends in the field that inform the way boards act and react to our ever-changing environment. Think Tank Discussion: (Tea Room) This session is a repeat and not a continuation from Saturday. David Hawkanson (Executive Director, Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Hana Sharif (Artistic Producer, Hartford Stage) will moderate this hands-on creative breakout, which will offer participants the opportunity to grapple with ideas, identify areas in which the field should innovate and develop strategies for field-wide advancement.
10:30 am–10:45 am	Coffee Break
10:45 am–12:00 pm	Plenary Session: Innovation in Philanthropy (Ballroom) Diane Ragsdale (Associate Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) moderates a panel with Luis Castro (Director, Arts Development, Time Warner), Jessica Chao (Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors) and Marian Godfrey (Managing Director, Culture and Civic Initiatives, the Pew Charitable Trusts), in which a number of topics will be discussed including: Are there new models of giving? How do we engage younger donors? How do we make a universal case for support of theatre?
12:00 pm–12:30 pm	Closing Remarks: Observations by Susan Booth (Ballroom) (Artistic Director, The Alliance Theatre Company and TCG Board President)

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