Take a chance...

...with Dance Chance! Dance Chance celebrates its first anniversary at Lou Conte Dance Studio with lots of dance and lots of giveaways to take classes and see performances around Chicago. Join us from 7pm-8pm this Friday, January 30 for DanceWorks Chicago's version of open-mic night and support work by three local choreographers. Only $3!

Special offer from DanceWorks Chicago/Harris Theater

Hey, Chicago! Warm someone's heart. Bring someone young or young-at-heart to DanceWorks Chicago's Family Matinee at 2pm next Saturday, January 17. Check out the special offer from our friends at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance: use code PARENT at checkout for the best seats at only $5! 

Get behind-the-scenes at DanceWorks Chicago's Open Company Audition!

Audience is welcome to check out DanceWorks Chicago's upcoming Open Company Audition on stage of the Dance Center of Columbia College from 10am - 2pm this Saturday, December 13! 

Join us for a unique experience to see what a dance audition is all about. 
Get UP CLOSE to see current and future DWC dancers in action!

FREE/PRICELESS!

There's no business like Small Business!

Sending good energy to our fellow organizations on Small Business Saturday!
Merde for #ILGiveBig on Tuesday  :-)

DanceMoves Showcase: Sunday, November 16

DanceWorks Chicago is excited to continue our commitment to local artists through the DanceMoves Choreography Competition. Four Chicago-based choreographers have been selected, each given a one-week residency, to create new work with DanceWorks Chicago this autumn. The "assignment" given to DanceMoves choreographers was simply to take inspiration from the city of Chicago. These new creations will be unveiled in a one-night-only DanceMoves Showcase from 6:30pm-7:30pm on Sunday, November 16 in the Gerald Arpino Black Box Theatre of The Joffrey Ballet.

Excited to celebrate the next generation of movers and makers.  
Think global! Dance local!

Training: Funding, Fundraising, & Development

Saturday, November 15, 9am-2pm
Location TBD

Join A&BC for our upcoming On BOARD training session on funding, fundraising, and development.

We'll discuss:

• Complex landscape of funding for nonprofit arts organizations and sector-wide trends
• Defining the sources of philanthropic support
• Role board members must play in securing funds
• Identifying prospects and creating an “ask”

Breakfast and lunch are provided. RSVP to ngarcia@artsbiz-chicago.org by Nov 13.

Workshop: Online Fundraising: Crafting the Donor Experience

Tuesday, October 21, 9:00am-11:30am
TechNexus
Lyric Opera Building
20 North Wacker Drive, 12th Floor

Presenter:
Tim Frick, Principal, Mightybytes

Case Studies Featuring:
Amanda Delheimer, Executive Artistic Director, 2nd Story

You want to raise money online but don’t want to blow your budget doing it. This seems a fair assumption, right? This workshop will cover how to apply basic user experience (UX) design principles and lean/agile practices to online fundraising campaigns with measurable success. This may sound like something reserved for the realm of web designers and developers, but it’s not.

By executing some basic tactics and measuring performance you can create fundraising campaigns that perform well and engage donors, but don’t break the bank in the process. We’ll discuss what it takes to create successful user-driven campaigns, then hone in on how to do so quickly and efficiently by creating and validating hypotheses and learning when to pivot away from campaigns that aren’t working while iterating on those that are.

Learning Objectives:

• Online Fundraising User Experience Basics: Website & Social Media
• What you need to understand about your community of donors before deciding on a fundraising approach
• How to effectively use fundraising tools such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and others

Who Should Attend:

• Development, Marketing, and IT staff who are tasked with fundraising
• Board Members who participate on Marketing Committees or Fundraising Committees
• Fundraising consultants who want to integrate online best-practices into their client engagements

REGISTER HERE.