Executive Directors Go Wild!

The North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, recently held a retreat for Local Arts Council Executive Director's at Wild Acres Center, Little Switzerland.

The retreat was very informative providing information by keynote speakers on the following:

Fundamentals of Local Arts Council management
Nuts and bolts of Grassroots Program
Basics of Nonprofit Accounting System
Leadership and Planning
E-Marketing: the state of the art
Advocacy Begins at Home
Cultivating Individual Donars
North Carolina Arts Council Update and
Grassroots Art Program 30th Birthday sds Celebration

Mary Regan, from the North Carolina Arts Council, says there is much to celebrate with the $1 million recurring increase in the budget.