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NASAA 2025 Executive Forum: Top Reasons to Attend

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All state and jurisdictional arts agency and regional arts organization executive directors and deputy/assistant directors (including those with different titles who perform deputy director responsibilities) are strongly encouraged to participate. To whet your appetite, here are some of the top reasons you should join us in Omaha:

Focused on State Government

One of the hallmarks of NASAA professional development programming is that our offerings are attuned to the specific needs of the state government workforce. We focus on multiple aspects of public policy and agency management. Participants gain knowledge and skills that will help their agencies deliver effective, efficient and accountable services to citizens.

Relevant to Today's Challenges

State arts agencies are grappling with complicated and sensitive issues. A skillfully facilitated face-to-face forum addresses these needs in ways that a typical conference structure cannot. The Executive Forum agenda focuses on priority issues facing state arts agency leaders. Topic areas include:
  • Deploying limited resources for maximum impact
  • Scenario planning
  • Strategic partnerships and collaborations
  • Utilizing AI
  • Programmatic innovations
  • Maintaining federal compliance
  • Effective communications
  • Managing staff burnout

Solution-Oriented

Forum discussions are engineered to help participants harvest strategies and solutions applicable to their work. Hearing how other states approach key challenges can yield new ideas and insights for you to adapt to your own environment.

Peer-to-Peer Learning

The Executive Forum agenda has been put together with the direct input of executive directors and deputy directors to reflect the current needs of state arts agency leaders. The agenda is designed to leverage the collective experience and knowledge of NASAA members to create a collaborative learning experience. This approach encourages and reinforces relationships with colleagues that are essential when creating a professional community that works to support all the leaders within it. With turnover at a high level in the state arts agency field, it's particularly important that relationship and trust building be supported in an intentional way.

Agency Visibility

The Executive Forum allows NASAA members to promote their state's work to a national audience. Your participation increases visibility and recognition for your state.