pandemic repsonse and recovery

This is a certification program comprised of four 90-minute modules. This is a self-paced program. Courses are pre-recorded online, though some may also be offered live. Complete all 4 courses and the corresponding quizzes to earn the Pandemic Response and Recovery Certification.

Session 1: Pandemic Planning for the Performing Arts

This webinar focuses on both the challenges facing the event and arts industry during this difficult period and provides advice on planning for the future. The session will also provide both guidance and resources that are available to you as venues, individuals and organizations, which includes training and financial grants

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Upon completion of session, click here to take quiz 1

Session 2: Pandemic Response for Performing Arts Organizations

With the ongoing Covid-19 crisis still impacting Performing Arts, this webinar discusses how organizations are responding to the crisis and the information and resources that are available to venues and businesses. The webinar looks at how the industry can recover and re-open, and how to better prepare for future pandemics or disasters of this type. The webinar also looks at how other countries’ Performing Arts industries are recovering and what measures are being put in place in order to bring audiences back into venues.

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Upon completion of session, click here to take quiz 2

Session 3: Road to Recovery – Performing Arts in the Post COVID-19 World

The third webinar in a series of classes discussing the impact of Covid-19 on the Performing Arts. This webinar will focus on reopening planning in 2021/22. It discusses the steps required to prepare and new developments for reopening, as well as case studies on venues which have managed their own reopening. The webinar will also discuss the “new normal” in a post-Covid-19 world, and the impact to future events and gatherings.

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Upon completion of session, click here to take quiz 3

Session 4: How to Get Your Audience Back: Marketing Performing Arts During the Pandemic

This webinar will address the need for Performing Arts organizations to acknowledge the Covid-related anxieties of returning audiences. Organizations that present live lectures, concerts, dance, and theater have found ways forward during the pandemic to minimize risk to their performers, presenters, and in-house staff. Now is the time to welcome back cautious audiences and demonstrate the steps taken to make their safety and comfort a top priority. The class will walk participants through an integrated marketing strategy with this one overarching goal in mind, talk through a variety of tactical options, and give concrete examples of how organizations can work together to give common voice to this overriding concern.

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Upon completion of session, click here to take quiz 4