Become a Business Volunteer for the Arts

Posted by on September 17, 2010

Business Volunteers for the Arts

Become a Business Volunteer for the Arts!

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102, United States
Organization: Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

Start date: October 2, 2010     End date: October 2, 2010

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia helps drive the cultural vitality and economic development of the Greater Philadelphia Region by strengthening the partnership between business and the arts and cultural community.

Description of Volunteer Opportunity:

Become a volunteer management consultant and use your business expertise to assist a museum, historical site, musical group or theater. Through the Business Volunteers for the Arts program (BVA), volunteer consulting projects are guaranteed to be varied and rewarding. As a BVA volunteer, some of the region’s most promising business professionals have helped arts and cultural organizations create a sustainable business plan for long-term success, develop public relations strategies and revamp financial management practices to improve efficiencies. BVA volunteering can benefit your career and business by expanding your network, introducing you to people from many different fields and sharpening your consultation and project management expertise.

BVA consultants typically have:
· A minimum of five years of for-profit management experience
· Expertise in one or more of the following fields: marketing, public relations, strategic planning, business planning, accounting/finance, organizational development, human resources or event planning
· An interest in the arts
· A willingness to commit 5 to 10 hours a month during a project

Enroll now in the October 2, 2010 Business Volunteer for the Arts training sessions. Applications must be filled out in advance.

How to Apply:

Please log on to http://www.artsandbusinessphila.org/bva/becomebva.asp or call Eileen Cunniffe.

Eileen Cunniffe
Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
200 S. Broad Street
Suite 700
[email protected]
http://www.artsandbusinessphila.org/bva/
215-790-3621


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