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Financial Clinic

Offered by the Network of Ensemble Theaters as part of the Ensembles ABCs professional development program.

FINANCIAL CLINIC
for Small & Mid-Sized Arts Organizations

June 12 @ 12-2pm
Downtown Los Angeles

Eyes crossed from looking at your budgetand wondering if you've missed anything?
Tired of faking along like you know what all that financial lingo means?
Are your financial statements a big confusing blur?

Or are you now saying to yourself...ummm, statements?
Wait, we're supposed to have statements?!?!

Got questions or need feedback on your company's financial matters?
We're here to help!

The Financial Clinic is structured as an informal Q&A session for artists and administrators who have a hand in managing the financial/business side of things for their ensembles or small companies. Beginners welcome!

Come with specific questions you've been wrestling with around budgeting, cash flow, income/expense tracking, and reporting; the session will flow between response to individuals' proposed questions, and facilitated conversation among the attendees.

SESSION LEADER:

Alisha Tonsic currently serves as Operations & Resource Coordinator for the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET), the Managing Director for Sojourn Theatre, and an independent non-profit arts management and fundraising consultant focusing on the unique needs of small- and mid-sized companies. She has over 20 years experience in arts administration, gained through general management, finance, fundraising, and literary management positions at organizations that include American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, and Theatre Communications Group. One of two managers selected nationally as a "future theatre leader" in the inaugural round of the TCG New Generations Program in 2001, Alisha has served as a member of Theatre Bay Area's Theatre Services Committee, and as Treasurer of the NET Board from 2006-2009. She has a BA in Theatre and in English from Barnard College, Columbia University, and is based in Portland, Oregon.

PROGRAM INFO/SPONSORS:

The Financial Clinic is part of Ensembles ABCs, a program of the Network of Ensemble Theaters that is designed to provide professional development training and build capacity within ensembles and other small arts organizations. NET is a coalition of America's theater ensembles (www.ensembletheaters.net), preserving the legacy and sustainability of ensemble practice.

The Ensembles ABCs Program is made possible with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, American Express, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, City of Seattle, and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.