The Education and Community Engagement (EdCE) Half-Day Meeting is a dedicated time for professionals from member orchestras who specialize in this work to learn together, building and strengthening constituency connections in a focused session before the League's National Conference begins.

Full details to come; exact start and end times are subject to change with an optional constituency dinner to follow. If you have any questions, please contact nlee@americanorchestras.org. Space may be limited and therefore priority will be given to EdCE registrants.

Cost: $75 Early Bird (by April 24); $85 Regular

Speaker(s): Rachel Lev, Commissioner, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service; Xavier Merizalde, Commissioner, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service; Stephen Millen, Commissioner, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service; and Jimmy Valentine, Commissioner, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) mediators will share best practices for developing mutually beneficial relationships between orchestra managements and musicians and for resolving conflicts when they occur. Key takeaways will be how to:

• Develop collaborative orchestra committee structures

• Resolve grievances at the earliest stage of your grievance procedure

• Work proactively together on strategic objectives

• Create strategies for conducting productive contract negotiations

Cost: $45 League Member

Speaker(s): Simon Woods, President and CEO, League of American Orchestras

Every orchestra needs to be intentional about what it believes in and where it is headed. Strategic planning is a vital organizational process that brings people together, aligns stakeholders around a common purpose, guides strategy, and provides a backbone for public messaging.

League President and CEO Simon Woods will demystify a topic that tends to inspire apprehension and anxiety, helping participants to run planning processes that are ambitious, clear, and collaborative, and generate positive energy across the organization. Key topics will include mission statements, research, types of planning processes, workflows and sequencing, and communications. Participants will leave with a practical and actionable toolkit to help them plan effectively and release the power of collective thinking in their organizations.

Cost: $310 League Member / $385 Not-Yet-Member