EmcArts Team & Midwest Arts Conference in St. Paul, MN coming up 9/9-9/12

I was looking at the description for the Midwest Arts Conference which I would LOVE to attend in St. Paul, Minnesota this September and one of the partners that helped put the conference together, a group called EmcArts really caught my attention after visiting their site, the work they are doing for arts & cultural organizations is truly unique and needed in this economic climate:

EmcArts' primary mission is to strengthen the capacities and effectiveness of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. Comprised of an ensemble of experienced arts management consultants, the EmcArts Team was formed as a response to the challenges and ever-changing demands of the arts and culture marketplace.

While EmcArts works closely with our clients to create interactive programs and solutions tailored to each institution´s particular needs and vision, all EmcArts programs can help to transform organizations, communities, and whole fields of endeavor and are committed to the same fundamental goals:

• creating solutions that stimulate real, long-term change
• strengthening public programming and management of organizations
• generating knowledge within organizations
• developing networks within and between organizations
• increasing the effectiveness of local cultural systems
• building and sustaining high-performance organizations