Theatre Forum is now Performing Arts Forum

Tuesday 20 January

Time Session
12:00 -13:30 Arrival & Lunch
13:30 -14:00 Welcome & Introduction: Irma McLoughlin, Heather Maitland & Katy Raines
14:00 -15:59 Session 1: WHO is my audience? Who engages with arts and culture, who doesnโ€™t and how to work out who you want to engage.
16:00 -16:15 Tea & Coffee Break
16:15 -18:30 Session 2: WHO are we and what are we for? How what your organisation wants to achieve shapes your marketing.
18:30 -19:00 Free Time
19:00 -20:00 Dinner
20:00 -20:30 After dinner GUEST SPEAKER

Wednesday 21 January

Time Session
07:00 -09:00 Breakfast
09:00 -10:45 Session 3: WHY do people choose? Why they get involved with the arts, what stops them and what they need from you to make choices.
10:45 -11:15 Tea & Coffee Break
11:15 -13:00 Session 4: WHY would they choose us? What you are really offering them โ€“ the seven Cs of arts experiences.
13:00 -14:00 Lunch
14:00 -16:00 Session 5: HOW – Horses for Courses? Not all audiences are the same โ€“ how you can use your limited resources to tailor your marketing for different kinds of people?ย  What are the best tools for getting your message across.
16:00 -16:30 Tea & Coffee Break
16:30 -17:30 Session 6: Buried Treasure How can you use your ticketing system to grow audiences?
17:30 -18:30 Session 7: Words that Work How you can use words and images to be more relevant and persuasive?
18:30 -19:00 Free Time
19:00 -20:00 Dinner
20:00 -20:30 After dinner GUEST SPEAKER


Thursday 22 January

Time Session
07:00 -09:00 Breakfast
09:00 -10:00 Session 8: HOW? – Savvy Digital How to make your online marketing more effective.
10:00 -11:00 Session 9: HOW? – Telling Your Story Locally How to get your message across in local media.
11:00 -11:30 Tea & Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Session 10: SO WHAT? – Putting It All Together Developing practical and effective marketing plans.
13:00 -14:00 Lunch
14:00 -15:00 Session 11: SO WHAT? – Going Back To The Office Personal Effectiveness Time management, prioritisation, wellbeing, prioritised to do list
15:00 – 15:15 Closing Plenary
15:15 Departure