Creating Community and Recreational Music Making Programs that work for you:

1. Creating Community and Recreational Music Making Programs that work for you: Finding the Right Facilitator Wednesday, March 14, 2011 10:00am PDT / 1:00am EDT

2. Guest Moderator: Christine Stevens, RMM Consultant, MSW, MT-BC www.ubdrumcircles.com

3. RMM Updates • Orange County medical insurance company, Cal Optima, funds the first drum circle training for counselors. • Beat the Odds drum circle curriculum featured in UCLA integrative medicine newsletter. http://uclartsandhealing.net/blog/ • Scott Houston, the Piano Guy – launches “Music Makers” a new public television series focused on the world of RMM through on-location interviews with leading professionals, performers and high-profile celebrities who play music for fun and relaxation. • New RMM web page now live with resources for NAMM Members, RMM articles, call archives and more! http://www.namm.org/initiatives/rmm.

4. Featured Discussion: Finding the Right Facilitator With: Debra Perez Musical Moments & Way Cool Keyboarding Corpus Chisti, TX And: Rita Hovanesian Trainer/ Facilitator, Keyboard Concepts Sherman Oaks, CA

5. Featured Discussion: Finding the Right Facilitator • What is the role of the facilitator? • Facilitators training facilitators • Build and sustain your program • Creating the sales connection

6. Featured Discussion: Finding the Right Facilitator What is the need for facilitator training? • Teaching versus facilitating • Why is facilitator training so important with the RMM philosophy group teaching techniques

7. Featured Discussion: Finding the Right Facilitator • What are the characteristics of an effective facilitator? • Personality, skills and philosophy • How do you find a possible facilitator or how do they find you?

8. Industry Perspective: Ukulele Jessica Duarte, Bertrand’s Music San Diego, California

9. Industry Perspective: Ukulele Ukulele program at Bertrand’s Music • Bertrand’s Music held their first Ukulele event hoping for 25 participants– they had 60. • Success Factors: a dynamic facilitator, a popular instrument and the simple fact that people want to play and learn music together.

10. Industry Perspective: Drums & Percussion Moe Jaurant Founder, The Great Djembe Jam Artist Director, Jamani Drummers

11. Industry Perspective: Drums & Percussion • Drum Circle Success • Retail Success • Training Success

12. General Discussion and Q&A

13. Save the Date: June 12, 20129:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT Creating Community and Recreational Music Making Programs that work for you: Reaching the Youth Market

14. For the latest news, call archives and resources for creating community and recreational music making programs for your business visit www.namm.org/initiatives/rmm

15. Post Event: Survey Please take a moment to answer this short post event survey. Your opinions and insight are extremely important as we plan for future webinars and meetings. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L65BJH9 Thank You!

16. NAMM Staff: Your RMM Contacts Mary Luehrsen Director, Public Affairs & Govt. Relations Executive Director, NAMM Foundation Email: maryl@namm.org Phone: 914-933-0516 Jennifer Paisley-Schuch Sr. Project Manager Public Affairs & Govt. Relations Email: jenniferp@namm.org Phone: 760-438-8007 x202