From Ticket to Destination:
Transforming Organizations from a Timed and Ticketed Venue into an All-Day Destination
This webinar will examine the strategic pillars integral to building an all-day arts and culture destination. ABA will share best practice case examples in community-building, space activation, creative partnerships and branding, which come together to place arts and culture organizations at the center of the cities they serve.
Register — Wednesday, November 5
9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET /
17.00 GMT: London / 18.00 CET: Berlin & Madrid
Strategies to Strengthen Major Giving
Fundraising is the number one strategy for closing funding shortfalls, with 64% of arts leaders indicating they will double down on private fundraising efforts, according to the Q2 ABA Arts Confidence Survey. This webinar will focus on tactics that arts organizations can implement to expand and deepen major donor relationships, including optimizing team structures, engaging board members, using data for prospecting, and demonstrating impact.
Register — Tuesday, December 2
9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET /
17.00 GMT: London / 18.00 CET: Berlin & Madrid
Top 7 Things Art Execs Want to Know for 2026
Arts and culture leaders across the globe ranked designing business models for financial sustainability as their number one priority for 2026, according to The Advisory Board for the Arts' (ABA) annual research agenda survey of approximately 100 arts and culture executives.
ABA's October 2025 survey spanned North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and asked executives to identify their most urgent priorities. 57% of respondents selected designing financially sustainable business models as their most important priority, 45% selected using data analytics to inform customer-centric decisions, and 38% pointed to the future of AI in arts and culture.
2 chances to join ABA's Executive Director of Research, Leila Ghorashi, for a sneak peak of arts and culture executives' full list of most important priorities for 2026 and a preview of how ABA's Major Research will support its members in the year ahead.
Register — Wednesday, December 10
9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET /
17.00 GMT: London / 18.00 CET: Berlin & Madrid
Register — Wednesday, January 14
9:00 am ET / 14.00 GMT: London / 15.00 CET: Berlin & Madrid