Craig Dreeszen, PhD

Wednesday, April 1	Thursday, April 2	Friday, April 3
CANCELLED Workshop Code SP1 9am — noon North Adams, MA	Workshop Code SP3 9am —  noon SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive New Paltz, NY	Workshop Code SP5 9am — noon Cranwell Resort 55 Lee Road Lenox, MA
Workshop Code SP2 2pm — 5pm White Hart Inn 15 Undermountain Road Salisbury, CT	Workshop Code SP4 2pm —  5pm Hudson Opera House 327 Warren Street Hudson, NY

Cost per participant: $20

Steering a nonprofit organization through a financial crisis is unfamiliar for most of us.  This workshop is intended to help nonprofit leaders think and act strategically, for strategic thinking is never more important than in an emergency.  It’s likely that few strategic plans anticipated steep cuts to the funding and revenues that you are now experiencing.  Even so, the methods of strategic planning and program evaluation can be adapted to help nonprofit leaders make the tough, critical decisions necessary to weather the financial storm.

This seminar prepares nonprofit leaders to learn what is important about their existing plans and how to adjust them to current circumstances.  While decisive action may be necessary, impulsive cuts to programs or staff may be unwise.  This is not a time for business as usual.  Sound planning and evaluation will help your organization be resilient and maintain momentum through this difficult time.

Craig Dreeszen, Ph.D. directs Dreeszen & Associates, a consulting firm in Northampton Massachusetts. Dr. Dreeszen provides planning, evaluation, teaching, facilitation and research for nonprofits, foundations, and public agencies.  He is an educator, consultant and writer who works nationally with arts and other community organizations to do organizational development and strategic planning, collaborative planning, program evaluation, and community cultural planning.  Craig earned his Ph.D. in planning and his M.ED. in organizational development at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is author of books, articles, and courses on planning, board development, arts education collaborations, and program evaluation. He directed the Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts for twelve years and with over twenty five years of planning, he has assisted nearly 60 cultural organizations develop strategic plans.

Special Arts Community Lunch Discussion on Adapting Your Strategic Plan to the Economic Crisis 

The Dutchess County Arts Council and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz are pleased to host a lunch and moderated discussion for the local arts community immediately following the seminar 'Adapting Your Strategic Plan to the Economic Crisis'. Lunch is free of charge and open to artists already registered for the seminar. For those who are interested, tours of Samuel Dorsky Museum's exhibitions are available following the lunch.

When:  Thursday, April 2, 2009 - following the 9-12 Noon seminar (SP3)
Where:  SUNY New Paltz - The Terrace Building
Admission: Lunch is free to all members of the Arts Council, artists and representatives of arts organizations attending the seminar.

Important:  Lunch RSVP's are required before March 25th - 845.473-4278 x17 or by email to Nico Lang.

For More Information:  http://www.artsmidhudson.org/