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The South Carolina Arts Alliance isn't just about advocacy! Our Technical Assistance Services have been expanded to include a Peer Advisory Network - an affordable and accessible consultant assistance to arts organizations in South Carolina. South Carolina's arts community abounds with professionals who possess expertise in a wide variety of areas. Management professionals selected to participate in the SCAA Peer Advisory Network can assist arts organizations in identifying and solving their unique problems through this service. Examples of services provided are:

  • Organizational Assessment
  • Programming
  • Strategic Planning
  • Board Development/Retreat
  • Community Cultural Planning
  • Festival Planning
  • Artists Services
  • Fundraising
  • Information Systems
  • Grantsmanship/writing
  • Website Design
  • Arts Education
  • Facility Planning/Management
  • Marketing Strategies
  • Audience Development
  • Working with Volunteers
  • Financial Management
  • Advocacy Workshop
  • Capital Campaigns
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Conduct Focus Groups
  • Interviewing Job Candidates

The South Carolina Arts Alliance offers a basic consultancy service - one day of on-site work with some prep and follow-up time - beginning at of $350 a day. The Client fee would be $200 (for a current SCAA member) plus expenses. The Alliance would subsidize the rest of the service at $150. All consultancies are negotiated based on the content of the work and time involved. Many of our Peer Advisors charge substantially higher fees in their profession but all have agreed to working at a special reduced rate for the Alliance. The Peer Advisory Network provides at least three fundamental benefits:

  • Increase the capacity of the South Carolina Arts Alliance to better respond to the requests for management and programming assistance from our community arts organizations and enhance its serve to constituents
  • Establish a low-cost, sustainable technical assistance delivery system using the expertise of some of South Carolina's leading arts administrators trained in organizational development consulting.
  • Contribute to the professional development of South Carolina's arts administrators and organizations in better serving their communities.

If your organization is interested in a technical assistance program which brings experienced, professional consultants to assist you in bring outside perspectives, fresh eyes and objective viewpoints to help solve problems, identify opportunities and establish new directions - at affordable costs - contact the South Carolina Arts Alliance at 803-324-8296 or E-mail: bjpscaa@infoave.net for more information.

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