UPLEVEL COURSE

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UPLEVEL COURSE

$1,665.00

BACK AGAIN IN 2024

Designed for arts professionals at all levels ready to take the next step in your career and make sure you crush it as you do. This virtual program includes:

  • Weekly sessions on leadership development and growth topics; full syllabus below

  • Weekly small group coaching sessions alongside peers of similar experience and aspirations

  • A 1:1 session with Aubrey to strategize for your specific goals

  • Kickoff event to jumpstart your networking and tee off the course together

  • Membership in the Changing the Narrative online community for the next year to continue the connections and learning

  • Ongoing access to course materials to replay anything you missed or want to revisit

  • Offered live only once a year. Join the waitlist, or if you don’t want to wait, you can register here to watch the last cohort’s recordings on demand, as well as gain immediately access to schedule your 1:1 with Aubrey whenever you’d like. You’ll then be automatically registered to participate live with the next cohort at no additional cost.

Leadership development with research-based content and coaching not offered elsewhere in the field.

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Which Group Are You?

Small groups each week are built around common peer cohorts

 
 

I’ve been in every one of these categories — a student or new grad going for my first job without a lot of experience, early career gunning for more challenge and responsibility, ready for my first department head role and wanting to make sure I crushed it, an aspiring ED with management experience under my belt navigating how to take the leap, a VP on the senior leadership team at a major institution, and an Executive Director of a multi-million dollar organization.

I’ve felt the frustrations firsthand, consumed the research on how to combat the challenges, and delivered results in every role—and the number one career question I’m asked is how to chart a path through it all to be a force for positive change in the field of arts and culture. I made this course to share everything I’ve learned with you so you can do the same.

~ Aubrey

 
 

What You’ll Learn

 
 

Curriculum is focused on research-based leadership and career advancement tools, with the large group content delivered virtually and recorded so registrants can participate asynchronously if needed.

 

Full Group Sessions

Mondays | 5:30 Pacific

Kickoff

One session this week to begin the program

Meet each other and connect

Week 1: Job Search

Dos and don'ts as a candidate and hiring manager

Standing out from the pack

Fair and equitable hiring practices

Week 2: Bringing Others Along

Managing up and laterally

Visioning and messaging

 
 

Week 3: Company Culture

Qualities of high performing teams, leaders, and orgs

Ways to strengthen culture

Week 4: Revenue & Bringing it Home

Audience development, UX research, data, streaming, content strategy

Final thoughts to bring it all together

Throughout: 1:1 Sessions

Individual time with Aubrey

Small Group Sessions

Take place later in the week to talk through nuances of the topics covered on Monday specific to your role or peer group

 
 
 

What They’re Saying

 
 
 
 
 

FAQs

  • Pick whichever group you feel you identify with the most. These groups are meant to be a welcoming place wherever you are on your journey.

  • Yes please! Especially if you are considering a career pivot, or want to learn more about administrative roles, this content will be valuable to you. Artists have participated in past cohorts and always bring so much value to the group.

  • The weekly full group sessions will be recorded for asynchronous learning and participation. The small group coachings will not be recorded to create a safe space for conversation that won’t be shared beyond the small group.

  • You can skip that week or grow your network if you’d like by joining another group date/time that week.

  • Yes, a payment plan of three installments over three months is available here.

  • This course is intentionally offered at a lower price than other arts professional development programs and a lower price than one-on-one coaching. The best way to save is to register early as prices will increase per the following schedule:

    Through June 1 $1,565
    June 2 Onward $1,665

    Additionally, I want to help people from historically marginalized groups be able to attend to increase representation in the arts and will offer a limited number of pay-what-you-can slots. If you come from a historically marginalized or underrepresented group(s) and feel your income sources are different than peers that are paying full price, please contact me here to be considered for a PWYC option.

 

More Info + Personal Branding Tips

Hear more details about the course, who it's for and not for, plus Aubrey’s top 7 personal branding tips so you come away with immediately actionable ideas on how to stand out from the pack in your cover letters, in person presence, and online content.

A few notes for you on how the 2023 Uplevel will be different than what you’ll hear about in the video above:

  • Monday full group sessions are 75 minutes instead of an hour to allow for full group discussion. This was the biggest piece of feedback from last year’s participants (“we want to talk to each other during the full group sessions!”), so time for that is incorporated this year.

  • All small group sessions are on Tuesdays at varying times throughout the day, and you can come whenever works for you. During registration you’ll be prompted for your availability so we can try to make sure peer groups are together. 

  • The registration fee includes a one year membership to the Changing the Narrative Community so you can have instant access to a network of likeminded professionals and professional development events on an ongoing basis.

 
 

Uplevel your career as an arts leader

July 17 — August 17, 2023
Monday Full Group Sessions
Tuesday Small Groups