All seminar topics are customizable for each client.

Building a Small Business with an Army of Volunteers.  Share the Vision, Prepare and Organize, Empower the Team, & Commit to Excellence

Creating a significant change in an organization begins with a clear vision of the future, rooted in core values and communicated with passion. How the organization is designed and how it operates is the basis for success or failure. Running a business with volunteers is not easy. That is why some organizations thrive and others fail. The students are given the responsibility, the tools, and the power to strive for performance excellence…we must do the same in the parent organization.

In your booster club, what prevents people from taking more responsibility for the organization? What will need to be changed to make your team more effective?  This seminar examines time-tested methods of the masters, strengths and weaknesses of your organization, how to develop an army of volunteers, and how to build successful volunteer teams for any event or fundraiser.

Communicating to Inform and Empower

Parents and students may be hearing, but do they actually listen to what you are saying? Getting the vision and message to the masses is critical in every organization.  Learn how principles of effective organizational communication reinforce a 21st century business model.  This seminar will examine communication tools and discover how they can be adapted for your organization.

Creating Fundraisers & Events that Work!

Parents intrinsically want what is best for their child and often want to do whatever they can to help make their child’s experiences the best possible. Coaches, directors, and teachers are always overworked. Too many times the “pass the clipboard” procedure is the only method utilized to create a volunteer team to help.

The best parent in the world can work hundreds of hours on an event or fundraiser, but if a well-designed business plan is not created, and a properly constructed, well-balanced project team is not recruited the event is likely to fail or miss the mark of its potential.  This seminar is a practical “how to” in creating a fundraising/event business plan that works and can be replicated time and time again!

People Management

The secret to any non-profit booster organization is acknowledging that a booster club is in the “people business.”  How one manages the people in the organization is crucial and often proportionate to the success of the organization.

In this seminar you will learn how to:
•Apply people management strategies to strengthen your organization.
•Build organization-wide processes to reinforce a corporate culture.
•Analyze and improve your existing new officer selection process.
•Adapt training strategies to promote and emphasize organizational values.
•Develop effective communication methods to meet your organization’s needs.
•Create a supportive environment based on services, communication and recognition.

 

Marketing 101 for Boosters

The most organized event or fundraiser in the world is doomed without a marketing plan. Volunteers can work countless hours, but if no one knows that your event or fundraiser is going on… then all is for naught. Boost your business plan with great marketing!  This session will explore  how to plan and implement a successful marketing program from start to finish. Create winning promotions and campaigns by improving your
marketing efforts that can serve as a template for every project.

Effective Data Management for a Small Business

Everyone has too much work and not enough time. Effective database management is an essential for any small business.  This session will offer suggestions to improve your time management skills by creating a data management plan, as well as, exploring available software and services that are a must for every non-profit booster organization.

 

Boosters to the Rescue Overview!

HELP! I NEED A DELEGATION OF DELEGATION. Learn how to maximize your time by gathering the appropriate parents for your booster organization.  Transform your parent group into a small business specializing in event planning and project management. Gather tips to harness parents help making a difference in their child’s enrichment and music education!

 

 

Other Music Education Seminar Topics:

Harmonize the Madness

TOO MUCH WORK. NOT ENOUGH TIME. Explore management and organizational strategies to deal with all the things they never teach you in music school!  This class examines and offers ideas about:  assessment, communication, policies, fundraising, advocacy, administration, and more travel for the secondary level.

Instrumental Rehearsal Techniques

Examine conceptual based teaching methods and techniques to develop successful performance fundamentals from the warm-up to the concert. Learn how to be an efficient teacher through proper sequential conceptual rehearsal techniques.

Music Literature: Developing a Quality Curriculum

Discuss the process of programming and selecting literature to develop a strong curriculum platform for any ensemble. Also examine the available resources for finding quality new literature as well as factors to consider for a four-year program of study for your students.

Surviving the Block!

The schedule challenges of the block schedule can have lots of positives if the challenges are managed with success. 6 years on a 4×4 block provide insights in strategies to develop and maintain successful performance ensembles over a long period of time.