Digital Drawingboard

Digital Drawingboard provides leaders in the creative economy with the resources and skills needed to enhance their organization’s digital presence and reimagine their offerings for virtual engagement. This season, the Arts + Business Council is offering 6 individual and interactive workshops throughout the year that are free and open to the public. Please see below for more information on upcoming workshops.

Register to be added to the waitlist for Digital Archiving: Crafting the Story of Your Organizational History on February 23.

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Who should attend?

Communications, marketing, or development leaders within arts and culture nonprofits

Creative economy for-profit business leaders

Anyone seeking to upgrade their online operations and programs

Each workshop is marked as introductory (open to all levels) and intermediary (some familiarity with the topic is recommended but not required)

Testimonials

“Digital Drawingboard was outstanding, and exactly what we at the Kennett Symphony needed. The program provided me with information and concrete steps to create an impactful online presence for our organization.”

– Monica Buffington, Executive Director, Kennett Symphony

“During a time when almost all of the arts and culture work being done was taking place online, being a part of Digital Drawingboard cohort in 2020 was really helpful to remind me that the basic tenets of effective storytelling, gathering and using data, and audience engagement remained the greatest tools to use in such an uncertain time.”

– LaNeshe Miller-White, Executive Director, Theatre Philadelphia

2022-2023 Speakers

Laura Deutch

Education Director, PhillyCAM

BIO

Laura Deutch is a Philadelphia-based artist, educator, and cultural organizer committed to using media and participatory art as a tool for community building. Currently, as the Education Director at PhillyCAM she oversees workshops and works closely with nonprofits and city partners to produce media that informs, amplifies and connects communities. She serves on the board of Termite TV, and holds an MFA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University.

Sergio Galeano

Associate Producer, PhillyCAM

BIO

Sergio Galeano, Associate Producer at PhillyCAM has more than a decade of industry experience and his entire professional career spent in non-commercial media. Sergio is compelled to bring stories to life for the impact they have on the world around us. He is a graduate of Drexel University’sTelevision Production & Media Management program.

Rachel Eve Ginsberg

Founding Director, Interaction Lab at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

BIO

Rachel Eve Ginsberg is a creative strategist and experience designer exploring the relationship between information systems, interaction design, and sensemaking as the founding director of the Interaction Lab at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and an independent strategic consultant. In her artistic work, Rachel experiments with interactive experiences that drive self-discovery and personal transformation. Ginsberg has shown work at New York Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Generous, radical collaboration, transdisciplinary problem solving, and non-hierarchical systems thinking heavily inform both artistic and professional practices.

Aliya Hammond

President & CEO, Aliya Hammond Consulting

BIO

Aliya Hammond is a Social Media Strategist, Trainer, Blogger, and Speaker. She specializes in social media management and marketing, social media training and coaching for small and large businesses, entrepreneurs, busy executives, and non-profit organizations. She is also the founder of Aliya Hammond Consulting, working alongside a fantastic team of professional Social Media Marketers, Graphic Designers, Web Developers, and Writers.

Ayshea Khan

President, South Asian American Digital Archive

BIO

Ayshea Khan is the Asian American Community Archivist at the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library. She works to collect, preserve, and promote access to the history of Asian Americans living in Central Texas. She is a Certified Archivist and a 2021-2023 RBS-Mellon Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage Fellow with a MSIS from UT-Austin’s School of Information. She also proudly serves as the President of the SAADA Board of Directors.

Rebecca Kowalewicz

Vice President, Digital, Clearbridge Branding

BIO

Rebecca is the driving force behind Clearbridge Branding’s social media and digital services. Rebecca brings experience, insight, and a depth of knowledge that makes her a sought-after expert on all things social or digital (small wonder she’s a contributing writer for Forbes.com). She previously launched social efforts for A.C. Moore, Ibanez Guitars, and Tama Drums. When she’s not busy in the social and digital space, she teaches yoga and is an avid reader, movie lover, and dog mom.

Samip Mallick

Executive Director, South Asian American Digital Archive

BIO

Samip Mallick is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of SAADA, which he has guided from its inception in 2008 to its place today as a national leader in community-based storytelling. Mallick’s background includes degrees in Computer Science and Library and Information Sciences, as well as work related to international migration, South Asia for the Social Science Research Council, and the University of Chicago. Mallick currently serves on the Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative advisory board. He also previously served as an archival consultant for the Ford Foundation’s Reclaiming the Border Narrative initiative and on the Pennsylvania Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs.

Ariel Taylor

Youth Media Manager, PhillyCAM

BIO

Ariel Taylor is the Youth Media Manager at Philadelphia Community Access Media (PhillyCAM) with 13 years experience in youth development, media literacy, and curriculum creation, she supports students to analyze and dissect media by producing thought-provoking work that reveals youth perspective using 21st-century skills.

Will Toms

Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, REC Philly

BIO

William Tyrone Toms is a 29-year-old award-winning entrepreneur from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After starting his first company at the age of 21, Will Toms has quickly made a name for himself in the region’s startup community at the intersection of culture & economics. He is the Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of REC Philly, serving as the visionary + strategist behind the company’s endeavors.

In under four short years he and his business partner Dave Silver have grown REC to almost 20 employees and raised over $3M dollars to scale their socially-driven business model from a warehouse in North Philadelphia to a state-of-the-art facility in Center City. Will’s vision is to scale REC’s model of “a gym membership for creatives” to span across international communities, establishing a network of 100,000 independent creators that all have access to the resources, strategies and opportunities necessary to own their future.

Before REC, Will served day to day as a digital strategist at Fame House, developing and executing marketing campaigns for entertainment brands including Ice Cube, Shady Records & Eminem. He currently serves as a board member of three non-profit organizations fighting structural inequality, food insecurity in inner-city neighborhoods and more. In 2019, William accepted a nomination to join the leadership council of the Philadelphia Global Identity Partnership– a public-private partnership created to help rebrand his beloved city of Philadelphia to the world.

With his background in communication and economics, William takes pride in ensuring that all of his efforts are centered around democratizing access and opportunity for young, passionate people of color.