NCPC Annual Member Meeting 2024

NCPC Annual Member Meeting 2024
June 17-19th in Asheville, North Carolina
at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts and the Renaissance Asheville Downtown Hotel

The NCPC Board of Directors invites you to the 2024 Annual Member Meeting in beautiful Asheville, NC! There’s something for everyone, so bring your work team and enjoy a gentle mountain breeze while exchanging ideas with colleagues, attending professional development sessions, hearing artist/agent pitches, and seeing live showcases. This year we will dive into what our new membership category encompasses and have insightful conversations regarding professional speakers.

Theme: Together We Grow

REGISTRATION: 
Early bird fee until April 21: $240
Regular fee (April 22- June 3): $255
Additional Monday night dinner guest(s) $55 each

Registration fee includes:
Opening night reception 
Monday night dinner (bring a guest!)
Sponsor Spotlight Live Showcases 
Professional development sessions
Tuesday continental breakfast sponsored by:
Tuesday lunch sponsored by:
Tuesday evening activity
Wednesday full breakfast sponsored by:

Monday 6/17
4:30-5:30 pm - Registration Check-in & Opening Reception
5:30-7:00 pm - Evening Dinner at the Renaissance Asheville Downtown Hotel sponsored by: Ultra Artists
7:00-9:00 pm - "Sponsor Spotlight" Live Showcases

Tuesday 6/18
9:00-10:00 am - Continental Breakfast & Coffee
10:00-11:00 am - Annual Business Meeting
11:15 am -12:15 pm - PD Session #1 - Introducing Professional Speakers sponsored by Georgia Players Guild.
12:30-1:15 pm - Lunch & Networking. Sponsored by: The Stander Group
1:30-3:30 pm - Artist/Agent Pitches
3:30-4:00 pm - Coffee Break
4:00-5:00 - PD session #2 - Optimizing Film in Your Community w/ Ryan O'Quinn
5:00-5:40 - Optional wine tour of Wortham Center for the Performing Arts
7:00-9:00 -  Dine-arounds

Wednesday 6/19
9:00-9:50 am - Full Buffet Breakfast & Affinity Group Roundtable Discussions. Sponsored by: Jazz Legacy Project
10:00-11:00 am - PD Session #3 (choose 1)
1. The Arts MEANS Business: Connecting the Arts to Economic Development (Jason Cannon, Economic Development Director, Town of Wake Forest, & Sharon Jablonski, Director, CoMMA Performing Arts Center, City of Morganton)
OR
2. Thriving in our New Marketing Reality: Using First-Party Data to Sell More Tickets (Aaron Bare, Etix/Rockhouse Partners)

11:15 am -12:15 pm - Closing Plenary/PD Session #4 - Making the Connection
12:15-12:30 - Wrap-Up & Adjourn 

Airport:
Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) 9 mins from downtown and hotel.
Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) 3 hours from downtown Asheville and hotel.

Lodging Block: 
Renaissance Asheville Downtown Hotel (CLICK HERE TO RESERVE A ROOM) 
4-minute walk to the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts and downtown restaurants and shops.
$159 per night + tax 
Parking at the hotel: $10 self-parking or $29 valet parking
Last day to book with this block: May 29th

Thank you to our Meeting Sponsors:

This project was funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.