Levitt AMP / BLOC / VIBE Affinity Group

10:30 am | Concurrent Breakout Sessions

 

New Levitt AMP & Levitt BLOC Grantees

This session is for grantees who received their initial Levitt grant award in 2023 or 2024.

Facilitator: Amber Withers, Levitt Foundation

Join your fellow Levitt AMP and Levitt BLOC peers to reflect on your first years as Levitt grantees. Share your experiences and learn from each other’s successes and challenges. Together, you’ll brainstorm strategies to elevate your upcoming music series.

 

 

Returning Levitt AMP Grantees

This session is for grantees who received their initial Levitt grant award before 2023.

Facilitator: Michelle Truett, Levitt AMP Utica

Come together with your Levitt AMP peers to reflect on your experiences as Levitt grantees over the years. Share your challenges and successes in planning and programming your music series. Together, you’ll discuss lessons learned and brainstorm creative strategies to elevate and sustain your music series.

 

 

Levitt VIBE Grantees

This session is for grantees who received a Levitt VIBE grant award.

Facilitator: Victoria Bridenstine, Levitt Foundation

Join your fellow Levitt VIBE peers to reflect on your first year as a Levitt grantee. Share your experiences and learn from each other’s successes and challenges. Together, you’ll brainstorm strategies to elevate your upcoming music series.

 

 

 

11:30 am | Concurrent Breakout Sessions 

 

Marketing Your Levitt Music Series

Facilitated by Chris Dzialo and Kimberly Green, Levitt Foundation

Gain actionable insights and strategies for communicating and marketing your Levitt music series, including crafting an online presence, building up social media engagement, leveraging email marketing, securing press coverage, creating a sense of place through signage, and more. An opportunity for new and returning Levitt AMP grantees to learn about marketing best practices, we’ll also review the 2025 Levitt Music Series Toolkit and discuss marketing deliverables.

 

 

Unexpected Funders: Expanding Your Fundraising Horizons

Facilitated by Dagmar Koss and Amber Withers, Levitt Foundation

Ready to discover unique funding possibilities? Through presentations and collaborative group brainstorming, explore innovative approaches to raising funds for your Levitt AMP Music Series by identifying nontraditional sponsors and aligning your mission with a range of funder priorities. This session will cover strategies to build lasting partnerships with funders and expand supporters for your series.

Grantee Presenters: Valerie Horn (Levitt AMP Whitesburg) and Janel Washington (Levitt AMP Baton Rouge)

 

 

Cultivating Connections: From Initial Contact to Lasting Collaborative Partnerships

Facilitated by Victoria Bridenstine, Levitt Foundation, and Meg Rego, Levitt AMP Woonsocket

Ready to build lasting partnerships? Join us to learn essential strategies for initiating and cultivating lasting partnerships within your community. Through presentations and breakout group discussions, you’ll gain practical insights and actionable tips to help you identify potential partners, articulate the impact of your Levitt music series to engage potential partners, and develop reciprocal collaborations to build strong relationships.

Grantee Presenter: Marielle Allschwang (Levitt AMP Sheboygan)