May 2 – 5, 2010, Cooperstown, New York
A joint program of the Cooperstown Graduate Program and the Museum Association of New York. Major funding for this program was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Acquire the skills of an entrepreneurial leader.
- Learn how innovators in cultural institutions apply the tools of successful businesses.
- Leadership today requires individuals who see opportunities and are equipped to take educated risks to be successful.
- Cultural organizations must adopt the practices of entrepreneurs.
If you are a mid-career professional with a desire to change your institution and engage your community, we would like you to be a part of this pilot project to introduce museum, preservation, and historic site professionals to the skills and thinking of cultural entrepreneurship.
Apply now to be one of 20 IMLS fellows selected to participate in this pioneering program.
A generous start up grant allows us to offer you room and board at the venerated Otesaga Hotel (or at lovely historic Cooperstown Bed and Breakfasts), most meals and a liberally discounted tuition.
Our grant-subsidized 3½-day Pilot Institute will cost only $200.00
Some additional tuition scholarship funds may be available.
Learn with talented and qualified cultural entrepreneurs and a team of knowledgeable faculty.
Keynote speaker: Barnaby Evans, creator of WaterFire Providence®, the award-winning sculpture that has been praised as a powerful work of art and a moving symbol of Providence’s renaissance. www.waterfire.org
Faculty includes:
Dorothy Chen Courtin, MBA/PhD, Founder/Principal, Marketing & Management Associates for Nonprofits
Philip Morris, CEO, Proctors, Schenectady www.proctors.org
Pamela Green, Executive Director, Weeksville Heritage Society, Brooklyn www.weeksvillesociety.org
Carol Enseki, former President, Brooklyn Children’s Museum www.brooklynkids.org
Each participant receives a Cooperstown Graduate Program certificate upon completion.
To learn more about this exciting new program and to receive an application contact: Elizabeth Furlow, FurlowEW@oneonta.edu
Completed Applications due March 22, 2010
